Palace bares 2025 holidays, special days

Malacañang has issued a proclamation enumerating the holidays for next year, including the anniversary of the people power revolution, which was classified as a special working day.

- - Alexis Romero

Under Proclamation No. 727 signed for the President by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Oct. 30, the regular holidays for 2025 include New Year's Day (Jan. 1) and Araw ng Kagitingan (April 9), both of which will fall on a Wednesday; Maundy Thursday (April 17), Good Friday (April 18), Labor Day (May 1) and Independence Day (June 12), both of which will fall on a Thursday.

Other regular holidays are National Heroes Day (Aug. 25), which is celebrated every last Monday of August; Bonifacio Day (Nov. 30), which will fall on a Sunday; Christmas (Dec. 25), which will fall on a Thursday and Rizal Day (Dec. 30), which will fall on a Tuesday.

The special non-working days for 2025 are Ninoy Aquino Day (Aug. 21), which will fall on a Thursday; All Saints' Day (Nov. 1), which will fall on a Saturday; Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8), which will fall on a Monday and the last day of the year (Dec. 31), which will fall on a Wednesday.