MANILA — Malacañang on Thursday announced the regular holidays and special non-working days for 2025, based on Proclamation No. 727 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued the list of the following regular holidays and special non-working days:

Regular Holidays:

• • January 1 (Wednesday) – New Year’s Day
• • April 9 (Wednesday) – Araw ng Kagitingan
• • April 17 – Maundy Thursday
• • April 18 – Good Friday
• • May 1 (Thursday) – Labor Day
• • June 12 (Thursday) – Independence Day
• • August 25 (Last Monday of August) – National Heroes Day
• • November 30 (Sunday) – Bonifacio Day
• • December 25 (Thursday) – Christmas Day
• • December 30 (Tuesday) – Rizal Day

Special (Non-Working) Days:

• • August 21 (Thursday) – Ninoy Aquino Day
• • November 1 (Saturday) – All Saints Day
• • December 8 (Monday) – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
• • December 31 (Wednesday) – Last Day of the Year

Special (Working) Day:

• • February 25 (Tuesday) – EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary

Additional Special (Non-Working) Days:

• • January 29 (Wednesday) – Chinese New Year
• • April 19 – Black Saturday
• • December 24 (Wednesday) – Christmas Eve
• • October 31 (Friday) – All Saints’ Day Eve

EDSA PEOPLE POWER ANNIVERSARY STILL NOT A HOLIDAY

It is the second consecutive time that the palace did not declare the EDSA Revolution Anniversary as a holiday. The first one last year received backlash from critics, with a group calling the non-declaration as start of "state-sponsored historical whitewashing".

The Office of the President that time said it was not treated as a holiday since it falls on a Sunday. However, EDSA People Power Anniversary in 2025 is Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the declaration of Muslim holidays Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha will depend "in accordance with the Islamic calendar (Hijra) or the lunar calendar, or upon Islamic astronomical calculations."

The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos will recommend to the Office of the President the actual dates of the Muslim holidays, according to the Palace document.