President Rodrigo Duterte approved the calendar of holidays, non-working days, special working days for 2022.
The following were declared as holidays for 2022, according to Proclamation 1236 signed by Duterte on Oct. 29:
Regular Holidays
January 1 (Saturday) – New Year’s Day
April 9 (Saturday) – Araw ng Kagitingan
April 14 – Maundy Thursday
April 15 – Good Friday
May 1 (Sunday) – Labor Day
June 12 (Sunday) – Independence Day
August 29 (last Monday of August) – National Heroes Day
November 30 (Wednesday) – Bonifacio Day
December 25 (Sunday) – Christmas Day
December 30 (Friday) – Rizal Day
Special Non-Working Days
February 1 (Tuesday) – Chinese New Year
February 25 (Friday) – EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary
April 16 – Black Saturday
August 21 (Sunday) – Ninoy Aquino Day
November 1 (Tuesday) – All Saints’ Day
December 8 (Thursday) – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
For the third straight year, Nov. 2 (All Souls’ Day), Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve), and Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve), 2022 are declared as “special working days.”
“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,” Duterte said in his proclamation.
Duterte also said Eid’l Fit’r and Eid’l Adha would remain as national holidays, but their dates would be determined upon recommendation of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos. John Ezekiel J. Hirro