Mark Your Calendar: Philippine Holidays and Long Weekends in 2024
Good News! The List of Philippine Holidays 2024 was finally released. The Palace has released the list of regular and non-working holidays for 2024 through Proclamation No. 368, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
The proclamation declares ten regular holidays and four special non-working days for the year. The annual Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha are also declared national holidays, but the exact dates are yet to be determined via the Islamic calendar or Islamic astronomical calculations.
The regular holidays for the year 2024 are as follows:
- January 1 – New Year’s Day
- March 28 – Maundy Thursday
- March 29 – Good Friday
- April 9 – Araw ng Kagitingan
- May 1 – Labor Day
- June 12 – Independence Day
- August 26 – National Heroes Day (Last Monday of August)
- November 30 – Bonifacio Day
- December 25 – Christmas Day
- December 30 – Rizal Day
The special non-working days for the year 2024 are as follows:
- August 21 – Ninoy Aquino Day
- November 1 – All Saints’ Day
- December 8 – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
- December 31 – Last Day of the Year
In addition, Proclamation No. 368 states that the following days are special non-working days for the year 2024:
- February 10 – Chinese New Year
- March 30 – Black Saturday
- November 2 – All Souls’ Day
- December 24 – Christmas Eve
List of Long Weekends in 2024
January
- December 30, 2023 (Saturday) – Rizal Day
- December 31, 2023 (Sunday) – Last day of the year
- January 1 (Monday) – New Year’s Day
March
- March 28 (Thursday) – Maundy Thursday
- March 29 (Friday) – Good Friday
- March 30 (Saturday) – Black Saturday
- March 31 (Sunday) – Easter Sunday
April
- April 6 (Saturday)
- April 7 (Sunday)
- April 8 (Monday) – file for leave
August
- August 24 (Saturday)
- August 25 (Sunday)
- August 26 (Monday) – National Heroes Day
November
- November 1 (Friday) – All Saints’ Day
- November 2 (Saturday) – All Souls’ Day
- November 3 (Sunday)
December
- December 28 and 29 (Saturday and Sunday)
- December 30 (Monday) – Rizal Day
- December 31 (Tuesday) – Last day of the year
The annual Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha are national holidays, but their exact dates are yet to be determined. The proclamation states that the proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha shall be issued after the…
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