If you’re planning on traveling this year to Iloilo or any destination around the Philippines, you should already get a hold of the list of holidays this year. So here’s the official list of Philippine Holidays for 2010 based on Proclamation 1841 signed by Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on July 2009.
Official List of Philippine Holidays for 2010
A. Regular Holidays – 2010
- New Year’s Day – January 1 (Friday)
- Maundy Thursday / Good Friday – April 1 / 2 (Thursday / Friday)
- Araw ng Kagitingan – April 9 (Friday)
- Labor Day – May 1 (Saturday)
- Independence Day – June 14 (Monday), moved from June 12
- National Heroes Day – August 30 (Monday)
- Bonifacio Day – November 29 (Monday), moved from November 30
- Christmas Day – December 25 (Saturday)
- Rizal Day – December 27 (Monday), moved from December 30
B. Special (non-working) holidays – 2010
- Ninoy Aquino Day – August 23 (Monday), moved from August 21
- All Saints’ Day – November 1 (Monday)
- Christmas Eve – December 24 (Friday)
- New Year’s Eve – December 31 (Friday)
C. Others
- 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution anniversary – Special holiday for schools – February 22 (Monday), moved from February 25
- Eid’l Fitr and Eid’l Adha 2010 - To be announced later
- Founding Anniversary of Iglesia ni Cristo – July 27, 2010 – Special national working holiday
