Philippines-scoped civic, historical and remembrance observances supported by proclamations, government calendars or other institutional evidence.
Philippine civic observances can differ in legal effect: a date may be a regular holiday, special non-working day, special working day or commemorative observance depending on the instrument and year.
This hub therefore keeps the exact designation and target-year evidence attached to each authority page rather than inferring holiday status from a patriotic or historical title.
These pages include reviewed meaning, history, activities, facts and FAQs in addition to the underlying observance record.
Republic Act No. 9430 declares July 23 each year a special working holiday in Tanauan City known as Apolinario Mabini Day to commemorate Mabini’s birth anniversary; NHCP confirms his 23 Jul…
The DILG Aurora advocacy calendar lists the birth anniversary of Manlilikha ng Bayan Masino Intaray on April 10 and gives 1943 as the birth year.
Philippine government cultural sources verify Honorata “Atang” de la Rama’s birth on January 11, 1902 and her National Artist recognition for Theater and Music. The inherited DILG cultural…
Philippine government cultural sources verify Lino O. Brocka’s birth on April 3, 1939 and his posthumous 1997 recognition as National Artist for Film. The inherited DILG cultural calendar l…
NCCA’s current Monthly Observances and Significant Dates calendar explicitly lists January 26 as the birth anniversary of National Artist Napoleon Abueva (1930). NCCA’s official National Ar…
Republic Act No. 7792 declares 31 August each year a special nonworking public holiday in the Province of Zambales to commemorate former President Ramon Magsaysay’s birth anniversary; curre…
Republic Act No. 9430 declares July 23 each year a special working holiday in Tanauan City known as Apolinario Mabini Day to commemorate Mabini’s birth anniversary; NHCP confirms his 23 Jul…
The DILG Aurora advocacy calendar lists the birth anniversary of Manlilikha ng Bayan Masino Intaray on April 10 and gives 1943 as the birth year.
Philippine government cultural sources verify Honorata “Atang” de la Rama’s birth on January 11, 1902 and her National Artist recognition for Theater and Music. The inherited DILG cultural…
Philippine government cultural sources verify Lino O. Brocka’s birth on April 3, 1939 and his posthumous 1997 recognition as National Artist for Film. The inherited DILG cultural calendar l…
NCCA’s current Monthly Observances and Significant Dates calendar explicitly lists January 26 as the birth anniversary of National Artist Napoleon Abueva (1930). NCCA’s official National Ar…
Republic Act No. 7792 declares 31 August each year a special nonworking public holiday in the Province of Zambales to commemorate former President Ramon Magsaysay’s birth anniversary; curre…
Act No. 2946 made 30 November a legal holiday in 1921; later national holiday law retains Bonifacio Day while Republic Act No. 9492 permits movable observance, and Proclamation No. 1006 set…
Republic Act No. 11120
Philippine government information states that 25 February 2026, the EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary, was declared a special working day under Proclamation No. 1006, Series of 2025.
Proclamation No. 148 declares June 9 every year as Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day.
Republic Act No. 11014 declares January 23 of every year First Philippine Republic Day and a special working holiday throughout the Philippines.
Philippine primary legal sources document June 12 observances in 1962 and 1963 and Republic Act No. 4166 permanently changed Independence Day from July 4 to June 12 in 1964.
Republic Act No. 11217 declares January 17 every year as James Leonard Tagle Gordon Day, a special nonworking holiday in Olongapo City and the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
Philippine law declares May 28 through June 12 each year as Flag Days; Proclamation No. 374 (1965) established May 28 as Flag Day to commemorate the first unfurling of the Philippine flag a…
Republic Act No. 11304 declares February 4 of every year Philippine-American War Memorial Day / Araw ng Paggunita sa Digmaang Pilipino-Amerikano and classifies it as a special working holid…
Proclamation No. 381 (2000) established Philippine-British Friendship Day on December 7; Proclamation No. 1592 (2008) moved the recurring date to October 20. Current NCCA material lists Oct…
Republic Act No. 9187 declares June 30 each year Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day, a national special working holiday and a special non-working holiday in Aurora Province; current NCCA/NHC…
Proclamation No. 15 declares 17 March 1966 and every March 17 thereafter as Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Day.
Republic Act No. 4166 declared July 4 Philippine Republic Day in 1964, and the current DILG Aurora advocacy calendar still lists July 4 as Republic Day while later holiday frameworks mean i…
December 30 commemorates José Rizal’s death on 30 December 1896. Official historical material records national commemoration in 1898; Act No. 345 of 1902 designated December 30 a public hol…
Senate of the Philippines primary-history and centennial records tie October 16 to the inauguration / first convening of the Philippine Legislature with the Senate on 16 October 1916. The J…
