Malacañang Palace officially announced that there are 4 long weekends for 2013. This is according to Proclamation 459 signed by President Aquino declaring regular holidays, special non-working holidays and special holiday for schools next year.
The first special non-working holiday will be on Jan. 23 (Monday) for the celebration of Chinese New Year. All in all, there will be 16 regular and special holidays to be observed next year. Here's the complete list:
Regular Holidays
- New Year's Day - January 1 (Tuesday)
- Maundy Thursday - March 28
- Good Friday - March 29
- Araw ng Kagitingan - April 9 (Tuesday)
- Labor Day - May 1 (Wednesday)
- Independence Day - June 12 (Wednesday)
- National Heroes Day - August 26 (Last Monday of August)
- Bonifacio Day - November 30 (Saturday)
- Christmas Day - December 25 (Wednesday)
- Rizal Day - December 30 (Monday)
Special (Non-working) Days
- Black Saturday - March 30
- Ninoy Aquino Day - August 21 (Wednesday)
- All Saints Day - November 1 (Friday)
- Additional special (non-working) days - November 2 (Saturday)
- - December 24 (Tuesday)
- Last Day of the Year - December 31 (Tuesday)
- EDSA Revolution Anniversary - February 25 (Monday)
The proclamation stated that the national holidays for the observance of Eid'l Fitr and Eidul Adha will be declared "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 possible or convenient".
Long Weekends
- March 28-31, 2013 - Holy Week
- August 24-26, 2013 - National Heroes Day
- November 1-3, 2013 - All Saints' Day
- December 28, 2013 - January 1, 2014 - Rizal Day and New Year
