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On July 25, 1987, President Corazon Aquino promulgated the Administrative Code of the Philippines. [1] Chapter 7 of this code specified a list of ten nationwide regular holidays and two nationwide special days and provided that the President may proclaim any local special day for a particular date, group or place.
The Philippine Truth Commission was created by President Benigno Aquino III and tasked to investigate cases of graft and corruption during the Arroyo administration. [26] December 10 – President Aquino III orders the release of " Morong 43 " (43 health workers arrested as suspected communist rebels in February 2010), saying their rights were ...
List of countries by number of public holidays. The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal has the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week. Country.
There are more than 42,000 known major and minor festivals in the Philippines, the majority of which are in the barangay (village) level. Due to the thousands of town, city, provincial, national, and village fiestas in the country, the Philippines has traditionally been known as the Capital of the World's Festivities.
The business sector has opposed the policy due to extra costs associated on paying workers extra wage on public holidays. He would issue Proclamation 82 on December 20, 2010, ending the holiday economics policy. Under Republic Act 9492, the president has the "prerogative" to move or retain the movable holidays specified in the law.
Christmas ( Filipino: Pasko; [pɐsˈkɔʔ]) [a] is one of the biggest holidays in the Philippines. As one of the two predominantly Catholic countries in Asia, the Philippines celebrates the world's longest Christmas season (Filipino: Kapaskuhan ); [1] [3] Christmas music is played as early as August. [4]
July 17, Basketball – The San Miguel Beermen wins defeating the Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings 90–79 to win the 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals. October 8, Basketball – The Ateneo Blue Eagles wins defeating the UE Red Warriors 2–1 in their final series to win their fifth men's title in the UAAP Championships.
June 17 – 27 – Typhoon Fengshen, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Frank, is the sixth named storm and the fourth typhoon recognised by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center recognised Fengshen as the seventh tropical depression, the sixth tropical storm, and fifth typhoon of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season.