Official List of 2021 Holidays In The Philippines

LIST: 2021 Philippine Regular, Special Non-Working, and Long Weekend Holidays in PH

Manila, Philippines — After this tiring pandemic, everyone deserves a vacation. Are you now excited for your 2021 Holidays? If you are among those people who are already planning for a long weekend post-pandemic vacation, this list of the official Philippine Holidays 2021 will help you plan your trip.

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Malacañang recently released a copy of Proclamation 986, which enumerates the regular holidays and special non-working days for 2021.

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Under the proclamation, the following days are declared as Nationwide Holidays:

Complete List of Philippine Holidays and Long Weekends for 2021

REGULAR HOLIDAYS

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January 1 (Friday) – New Year’s Day
April 1 – Maundy Thursday
April 2 – Good Friday
April 9 (Friday) – Araw ng Kagitingan
May 1 (Saturday) – Labor Day
June 12 (Saturday) – Independence Day
August 30 (last Monday of August) – National Heroes Day
November 30 (Tuesday) – Bonifacio Day
December 25 (Saturday) – Christmas Day
December 30 (Thursday) – Rizal Day

SPECIAL NON-WORKING HOLIDAYS

February 12 (Friday) – Chinese New Year
February 25 (Thursday) – EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary
April 3 – Black Saturday
August 21 (Saturday) – Ninoy Aquino Day
November 1 (Monday) – All Saints’ Day
December 8 (Wednesday) – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
December 31 (Friday) – Last day of the year

ADDITIONAL NON-WORKING HOLIDAYS

November 2 (Tuesday) – All Souls’ Day
December 24 (Friday) – Christmas Eve

List of 11 long weekends in 2021

January 1-3, 2021 (New Year weekend)
February 12 to 14, 2021 (Chinese New Year weekend)
February 25 to 28, 2021 (EDSA Anniversary weekend)
April 1 to 4, 2021 (Holy Week)
April 9 to 11, 2021 (Araw ng Kagitingan weekend)
July 17 to 19, 2021 (Eid’l Adha weekend) **for update
August 28 to 30, 2021 (National Heroes’ Day weekend)
October 30, 2021, to November 2, 2021 (All Saints/Souls’ Day weekend)
November 27 to 30, 2021 (Bonifacio Day weekend)
December 24 to 26, 2021 (Christmas weekend)
December 30, 2021, to January 2, 2022 (Rizal Day and New Year weekend)

The proclamation of two Islamic holidays for the observance of Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha will be issued after the dates of the Islamic Nationwide Holidays have been determined following the Islamic calendar (Hijra).

Projected dates of Philippine Islamic holidays in 2021:

Eidul Fitr 2020 – Thursday, May 13
Eidul Adha 2020 – Tuesday, July 20

The holiday proclamation also stated that “The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) shall inform the Office of the President of the actual dates on which these holidays shall respectively fall.”

National Holidays in Philippines in 2021 — National Holidays in the Philippines in 2021

Holiday Pay in PH: What’s the difference between a Regular Holiday and a Special Non-Working Day?

The Labor Code of the Philippines specifies two types of holidays: the “regular holiday” and the “special non-working day.”

There is a difference in the compensation that employers must pay between the two types of holidays. There is also a difference in what is closed and in how the days are declared.

A graphic from the Office of the President of the Philippines showing the difference in pay between the two types of holidays.

Type	Pay if…
Type	Did not work (including rest days)	Did work
Regular holiday	100% of the daily wage	200% of the daily wage
Special non-working day	not paid	130% of the daily wage

On top of these pay rules, an employee shall be given an additional 30% if the holiday falls on his or her rest day, and an additional 30% if they work overtime.

There you have it: Complete list of Philippine Regular, Special Non-Working Holidays, and Long Weekend Holidays for the Year 2021.

LIST of Philippine holidays for 2021 - Balabac photo by Cris Tagupa via Unsplash — LIST of Philippine holidays for 2021 – Balabac photo by Cris Tagupa via Unsplash

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