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Malaca ň ang Palace today confirmed that December 31, 2010 will stay "as is" as a special non-working holiday based on Procalamation No.1841 by former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo .                                 Image via Wikipedia Based on the tweet ( @govph ) from Philippine Government's official gazette, all holidays for  December 2010 will stay on the dates originally scheduled ( Proclamation 1841 ). The following are the remaining holidays for December 2010 . Special (Non-Working) Holidays Additional Special (Non-Working) Holiday  - December 24 (Friday) Last Day of the Year December 31 (Friday) Regular (Non-Working) Holidays Christmas Day December 25 (Saturday) Rizal Day December 27 (Monday nearest December 30 ) Those who will be required to work on these dates shall be paid additional premiums as dictated by La...

As a supplement to the list of holidays provided in the previous article, I have here a downloadable calendar for the year 2010 . The holidays are shaded for easy distinction. To view the calendar, click the following links: JPEG format PDF Format To download the file, click the following links: JPEG format PDF Format

Image via Wikipedia Planning ahead is a difficult job. For one simple reason…no knows the exact future! Yes, if you could only see few years from now or even just few days from now, then you can plan your activities well to maximize your benefit and avoid bad things that may happen. Well, this article is not about fortune telling or any kind of divination, this article will just present to you the CURRENT schedule of national holidays in the Philippines . The schedule of holidays varies as the year goes so the dates presented here are not fixed. There are also region-specific holidays like provincial foundation days, festivals, and other events that may be declared by the local government. Also, please take note that December 24 and 31 are not really special occasions but usually declared as non-working day to give people time to prepare for the next day’s celebration. The current government administration has a policy of moving some holidays to Monday . I don’t know if this policy...