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On July 25, 1987, President Corazon Aquino promulgated the Administrative Code of the Philippines. [1] Chapter 7 of this code specified a list of ten nationwide regular holidays and two nationwide special days and provided that the President may proclaim any local special day for a particular date, group or place.
Independence Day[ 1] ( Filipino: Araw ng Kasarinlán; also known as Araw ng Kalayaan, "Day of Freedom") is a national holiday in the Philippines observed annually on June 12, [ 2] commemorating the declaration of Philippine independence from Spain in 1898. [ 2] Since 1978, it has been the country's National Day .
Independence Day. 3 July. 1944. Nazi Germany. The liberation of Minsk after several years of German occupation in 1944. Two other independence days – 25 March (proclamation of the Belarusian People's Republic in 1918) and 27 July (independence from the Soviet Union in 1990) – are commemorated unofficially.
National celebration day Flag raising Day off New Year's Day: 신정 Sinjeong: January 1: The official name of the holiday means New Calendar New Year's Day no no yes Korean New Year: 설날 Seollal: 1st day of 1st lunar month Also called Seol (설) or Gujeong (Korean: 구정; Hanja: 舊正). The first day of the Lunar calendar. It is one of ...
The Proclamation of Independence on June 12, 1898, as depicted on the back of the Philippine five peso bill. Independence was proclaimed on June 12, 1898, between four and five in the afternoon in Cavite at the ancestral home of General Emilio Aguinaldo in Cavite el Viejo (present-day Kawit ), Cavite, some 30 kilometers (19 mi) south of Manila.
The 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines ( 2021 QCP) was a series of observances organized to mark the 500th anniversary of various events in the Philippines, notably the introduction of Christianity in the Philippines, the role of the country in the Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation, and the victory of Lapulapu in the Battle ...
World Introvert Day. January 3. Drinking Straw Day. Festival of Sleep Day. Fruitcake Toss Day. Humiliation Day. International Mind-Body Wellness Day. JRR Tolkien Day. National Chocolate-Covered ...
The Feast of the Black Nazarene (Filipino: Pista ng Itím na Nazareno ), also known as the Traslación after the mass procession associated with the feast, is a religious festival held in Manila, Philippines that is centered around the Black Nazarene, an image of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated annually on January 9.