PROCLAMATION NO. 1107 – AMENDING PROCLAMATION No. 986, S. 2020, DECLARING THE REGULAR HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) DAYS FOR THE YEAR 2021

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 986, s. 2020, declared the Regular Holidays, Special (Non-Working) Days, and additional Special (Non-Working) Days to be observed for the year 2021;

WHEREAS, by virtue of Proclamation 929, s. 2020, as extended by Proclamation 1021, s. 2020, the Philippines remains under a State of Calamity due to COVID-19;

WHEREAS, COVID-19 protocols promulgated by health authorities discourage large gatherings and festivities that usually take place during public commemorations;

WHEREAS, for the country to recover from the adverse economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a need to encourage economic productivity by, among others, minimizing work disruption and commemorating some special holidays as special (working) days instead;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare:

SECTON 1.   Section 1 of proclamation No. 986, s. 2020, is hereby amended as follows:

            Section 1.      The following regular holidays and special days for the year 2021 shall be observed in the country 

A.        Regular Holidays

New Year’s Day 1 January (Friday)
Araw ng Kagitingan9 April (Friday)
Maundy Thursday1 April 
Good Friday2 April 
Labor Day1 May (Saturday)
Independence Day12 June (Saturday)
National Heroes Day30 August (Last Monday of August)
Bonifacio Day30 November (Tuesday)
Christmas Day25 December (Saturday)
Rizal Day 30 December (Thursday)

B.        Special (Non-Working) Days

Chinese New Year 12 February (Friday)
EDSA People Power Revolution 25 February (Thursday)1
Ninoy Aquino Day21 August (Saturday)
Black Saturday3 April 
All Saint’s Day1 November (Monday)
Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary 8 December (Wednesday)

B.        Special (Working) Days

All Soul’s Day2 November (Tuesday)
Christmas Eve24 December (Friday)
Last Day of the Year31 December (Friday)

SECTION 2.  All other provisions of Proclamation No. 986, s. 2020, shall remain unchanged, valid and existing.

SECTION 3.  This Proclamation shall take effective immediately. 

SECTION 4. This Proclamation shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. 

Done in the city of manila, this 26th day of February in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty-One.

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