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jijitipie said:ABSCBNNews ABS-CBN News
As per @ willardcheng January 2 (Monday) is not a holiday -- Malacanang
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Dec 30 (Rizal Day), Friday, is a regular holiday. Dec 24 is not a holiday while Dec 31 is a special non-working holiday | via @ willardcheng
kabayan westpoint,
On Dec 30 (Rizal Day), are we all obliged to go to work ?or is it considered absolutely no work.what do they mean by regular holiday? u are not obliged to go to work but if u do, u get extra salary (double pay, depending on the computation). regular holidays are those holidays which are implemented nationwide, it is in our law (and is observed in the country)...while what they call as Regular Public Holidays are those holidays w/c pertains to a designated place (city/municipality) which only applies to that particular place/city or any other specific place, for example, panagbenga (in Baguio?) it's a holiday in Baguio, but not in Manila or Quezon City, just in Baguio....thats my opinion about it.
Thanks for the info..I know you are more knowledgeable about general datas in our country
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Philippines#Regular_and_Special_Holidays
"Holiday Economics"
Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo usually issues proclamations moving the holiday to Friday if a holiday falls on a Wednesday or Thursday, or to Monday if a holiday falls on a Tuesday. The sole purpose is to enable government and private employees to enjoy a three day weekend holiday. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, coining the term holiday economics, introduced the policy in 2001 to reduce disruption to business and production schedules, encourage domestic tourism and give employees long weekends.[32] In 2004 she issued a proclamation making Christmas Eve as special non-working holiday and December 27, the Monday after Christmas as special non-working holiday.
On July 25, 2007, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed into law Republic Act (RA) 9492 also known as "An Act Rationalizing the Celebration of National Holidays", designating 11 Regular Holidays and three Nationwide Special Holidays.[1] Specific dates or days for celebration are designated. The law provides that holidays falling on a Wednesday will be observed on the Monday of the week and that holidays falling on a Sunday, the holiday will be observed on the Monday that follows. Three holidays (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Eidul Fitr) are designated as having movable dates, and the law provides that for movable holidays the President shall issue a proclamation, at least six months prior to the holiday concerned, the specific date that shall be declared as a non-working day. Though it was allowed by RA 9492, Labor Day was never moved to another date by President Arroyo at the request of labor groups.[33]
In addition to the Regular Holidays and Nationwide Special Days which it designates, the law specifies that the Eidul Adha shall be celebrated as a regional holiday in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
While Arroyo's "holiday economics" has been praised for boosting domestic tourism and for encouraging more quality time among members of Filipino families, businessmen are complaining over lost productivity and the hassle of preparing mandatory holiday and overtime salaries in a short period of time. Others deplored it as presidential tinkering with history via executive fiat.[32]