Pursuant to Proclamation No. 38, s. 2022, August 30 of this year 2022 is declared the 53rd Mandaue City Charter Day as a special non-working holiday in celebration of its foundation anniversary. August 30, 2022 is Mandaue City Charter Day, a Special Non-Working Day (Pursuant to Proclamation No. 38, s. 2022) The holiday which is […]
Read MorePresident Rodrigo Duterte has proclaimed July 20, 2021, a national holiday in observance of Eid’l Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice. The Office of the President in the Malacañan Palace issued Proclamation No. 1189 on Thursday, allowing Filipino Muslims to enjoy Eid’l Adha “subject to current community quarantine and social distancing measures.” July 20 declared […]
Read MoreThe Malacañang on Monday, April 12, proclaimed April 14, 2021, as a Special Non-Working Holiday in Cebu City in line with the quincentennial celebration of Christianity’s arrival in the Philippines. The Palace issued Proclamation No. 1130 on Monday, titled “Declaring Wednesday, 14 April 2021, A Special (Non-Working) Day in the City of Cebu”. April 14 […]
Read MoreThe Coronavirus pandemic may have disoriented us in 2020, but the observance of holidays this year offers people a sense of normalcy. President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation No. 986 declaring the Philippine regular holidays and special non-working days to be observed in 2021 last July 31, 2020, Friday. Philippine Regular Holidays and Special Non-Working Days […]
Read MoreThe Philippines boasts the longest Christmas season in the world. As the calendar of the long-held, visually sparkling season is packed with parades, festivals, concerts, and other events, September opens up the so-called “Ber” (September, October, November, and December) months. While this tropical archipelago nation has no white Christmas, no one has the same holidays […]
Read MoreAs mandated in Republic Act 8952, August 6 is a special non-working holiday for the Province of Cebu. The day is also a holiday in Cebu City and Mandaue City as well as in Lapu-Lapu, Danao, and Toledo. The law was enacted on August 31, 2000, during the administration of former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada. […]
Read MorePresident Rodrigo Duterte declared May 25 to be a regular holiday for the observance of the Eid’l Fitr or the culmination of the Fasting of Ramadan. Double pay is waiting for private-sector workers who will work today, a regular holiday. Malacañan declares May 25, 2020, a regular holiday for Eid’l Fitr Duterte signed Proclamation No. […]
Read MoreMark your calendars and get ready to plan ahead for your next travel adventure this year. Book for your flights online and take advantage of promo fares and don’t forget to reserve your accommodations for the best and most amazing hotels in Cebu as the Philippine holidays 2020 is slowly coming their way. Philippine Holidays […]
Read MoreThe “Hubo” ritual, or the undressing of the Sto. Niño image takes place five days after the Grand Sinulog Parade, which was held every 3rd Sunday of January. SINULOG 2020: The “Hubo” ritual concludes the Sinulog festivities Hubo is the Cebuano word for “undress”. During the mass, priests ceremonially remove the festival garments of the […]
Read MoreThe country’s biggest and grandest festival, Sinulog, officially marked its 40th year of adoring the Holy Child Jesus of Cebu or Sto. Niño de Cebu through a fun-filled grand parade and festive activities has come to a close. With contingents from Cebu City and its neighboring cities, other provinces in the Philippines, and even as […]
Read MoreThe biggest and the grandest festival in the Philippines, Sinulog, is Cebu’s most solemn and religious event to celebrate the adoration of the city’s patron, Señor Sto. Niño or the Holy Child Jesus. Aside from the colorful parade and street dancing on Sinulog Sunday (January 19), Novena masses are scheduled in order to give the […]
Read MoreThe year 2019 is about to end as we wait for the up and coming Christmas holiday and the entry of the New Year. As we are about to wrap up this year, let us have the last stretch for the remaining public holidays for December 2019. LAST STRETCH: Remaining Public Holidays for December 2019 […]
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