MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang has released the list of regular holidays and special non-working days in the Philippines for 2025.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued Proclamation No. 727, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Wednesday, October 30. The proclamation was made public on Thursday, October 31.
Here are the 2025 holidays in the country:
Marcos issued Proclamation 729, signed on October 30, declaring July 27, the founding anniversary of Iglesia ni Cristo, as a special non-working day nationwide. It falls on a Sunday in 2025.
“The proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha will be issued 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 applicable,” the PCO said.
The PCO added that the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos “will recommend to the President the actual dates on which these holidays will respectively fall.”
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is tasked to issue the implementing guidelines for Proclamation 727.
– Rappler.com
