Holidays For 2016

The Office of the President officially released the list of national holidays for 2016 last August 20. While online freelance workers normally do not observe holidays since every day can be a holiday, it is good to take note of this list since it may affect them if they work in co-working zones that observe these holidays.

Anyway, here's the list of official holidays as released by the Office of the President through the Official Gazette:

A. Regular Holidays

New Year’s Day	1	January (Friday)
Maundy Thursday	24	March
Good Friday	25	March
Araw ng Kagitingan	9	April (Saturday)
Labor Day	1	May (Sunday)
Independence Day	12	June (Sunday)
National Heroes Day	29	August (Last Monday of August)
Bonifacio Day	30	November (Wednesday)
Christmas Day	25	December (Sunday)
Rizal Day	30	December (Friday)

B. Special (Non-Working) Days

Chinese New Year	8	February (Monday)
EDSA People Power Revolution	25	February
Black Saturday	26	March
Ninoy Aquino Day	21	August (Sunday)
All Saints Day	1	November (Tuesday)
Additional special (non-working) days	2	January (Saturday)
–	31	October (Monday)
–	24	December (Saturday)
–	31	December (Saturday)

Source: Official Gazette