In whatever you do it is always best to have a plan. It’s very important especially in planning vacations or quality time with loved ones. So, if you’re already planning your personal calendar of activities for this year you need to acquaint yourself with the Philippine holidays for 2014.
For 2014 there are 18 non-working holidays. Most of these falls on weekdays which means long weekends are not that frequent.
Aside from these 18 non-working holidays, there will be two more which will be announced soon. They’re for the Islamic holidays Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha.
So, here is the list of regular and special non-working holidays for 2014 released last September 2013 under Proclamation No. 655:
- January 1 (Wednesday) – New Year’s Day
- January 31 (Friday) – Chinese New Year
- February 25 (Tuesday) – People Power Anniversary
- April 9 (Wednesday) – Araw ng Kagitingan
- April 17 (Thursday) – Maundy Thursday
- April 18 (Friday) – Good Friday
- April 19 (Saturday) – Black Saturday
- May 1 (Thursday) – Labor Day
- June 12 (Thursday) – Independence Day
- August 21 (Thursday) – Ninoy Aquino Day
- August 25 (Monday) – National Heroes Day
- November 1 (Saturday) – All Saints Day
- November 30 (Sunday) – Bonifacio Day
- December 24 (Wednesday) – Christmas Eve
- December 25 (Thursday) – Christmas Day
- December 26 (Friday) – Day after Christmas
- December 30 (Tuesday) – Rizal Day
- December 31 (Wednesday) – New Year’s Eve
Source 1, Source 2
