Plan Your 2009 Holidays in the Philippines With the Help of Tech

By Rico, 9:09 am Fri Jan 9 2009 - Downloads - 1 Opinion

Technology makes it easy to distribute documents, and that’s a good thing for Filipinos who want to plan their vacations for this year. I recently received a PDF from a friend outlining the 2009 holidays in the Philippines, as declared by President GMA. Here’s the document:

If you’re too lazy to look through all that, an outlined summary is available for those who continue.

• Regular Holidays:
  • Maundy Thursday – April 9
  • Good Friday – April 10
  • Araw ng Kagitingan – April 6 (Monday)
  • Labor Day – May 1 (Friday)
  • Independence Day – June 12 (Friday)
  • National Heroes Day – August 31 (Monday)
  • Bonifacio Day – November 30 (Monday)
  • Christmas Day – December 25 (Friday)
  • Rizal Day – December 30 (Wednesday)
• Special (Non-Working) Holidays
  • Ninoy Aquino Day – August 21 (Friday)
  • All Saints Day – November 1 (Sunday)
  • Additional special (non-working) day – November 2 (Monday)
  • Additional special (non-working) day – December 24 (Thursday)
  • Last day of the year – December 31 (Thursday)

You can also check out the entire proclamation on Scribd.

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