Philippine Holidays for 2015

Most of our trips were planned ahead of time that’s why it’s important that we have the list of Philippine National Holidays handy. I appreciate the fact that President Noynoy Aquino just released the list of Philippine holidays for 2015.

List of 2015 Philippine National Holidays

Most of the regular holidays and special non-working days fall on a Thursday or Friday, so that means more long weekends!

Regular Holidays

• New Year’s Day (Thursday) – January 1
• Maundy Thursday (Thursday) – April 2
• Good Friday (Friday) – April 3
• Araw ng Kagitingan (Thursday) – April 9
• Labor Day (Friday) – May 1
• Independence Day (Friday) – June 12
• National Heroes Day (Monday) – August 31
• Bonifacio Day (Monday) – November 30
• Christmas Day (Friday) – December 25
• Rizal Day (Wednesday) – December 30

Special Non-working Days

• Additional special non-working day (Friday) – January 2
• Chinese New Year (Thursday) – February 19
• Black Saturday (Saturday) – April 4
• Ninoy Aquino Day (Friday) – August 21
• All Saints Day (Sunday) – November 1
• Additional special (non-working) day (Thursday) – December 24
• Last Day of the Year (Thursday) – December 31

Special Holiday for all schools

• EDSA Revolution Anniversary (Wednesday) – February 25

Tentative Dates of Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha

• Eid’l Fitr (Friday) – July 17
• Eid’l Adha (Thursday) – September 24

For your reference, here’s the official announcement: http://www.gov.ph/2014/07/23/list-of-nationwide-holidays-for-2015/

See you on the road!