The Office of the Executive Secretary released yesterday the list of regular holidays and special non-working days for 2025.
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed Proclamation 727 on Oct. 30 declaring the official holidays for next year.
The following dates are declared regular holidays and special non-working days:
Regular Holidays
New Year’s Day – Jan. 1 (Wednesday)
Araw ng Kagitingan – April 9 (Wednesday)
Maundy Thursday – April 17
Good Friday – April 18
Labor Day – May 1 (Thursday)
Independence Day – June 12 (Thursday)
National Heroes Day – Aug. 25 (Last Monday of August)
Bonifacio Day – Nov. 30 (Sunday)
Christmas Day – Dec. 25 (Thursday)
Rizal Day – Dec. 30 (Tuesday)
Special (Non-Working) Days
Ninoy Aquino Day – Aug. 21 (Thursday)
All Saints Day – Nov. 1 (Saturday)
Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary – Dec. 8 (Monday)
Last Day of the Year – Dec. 31 (Wednesday)
Special (Working) Day
EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary – Feb. 25 (Tuesday)
Additional Special (Non-Working) Days
Chinese New Year – Jan. 29 (Wednesday)
Black Saturday – April 19
Christmas Eve – Dec. 24 (Wednesday)
All Saints’ Day Eve – Oct. 31 (Friday)
The proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha will be issued after the approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar (Hijra) or the lunar calendar, or upon Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is applicable.
The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos will recommend to the President the actual dates on which these holidays will respectively fall.
The proclamation has tasked the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to issue the implementing guidelines for the proclamation, which is expected to take effect immediately.
In a separate proclamation, the Palace declared July 27, 2025 a special non-working day nationwide for the founding anniversary of Iglesia ni Cristo (INC).
Proclamation 729 issued by Bersamin said that this was intended to “give the members of Iglesia ni Cristo the full opportunity to participate in the occasion.”
