2014 Philippine Holidays

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Hi, everyone! I'm back to writing after quite a long time of not updating my blog. I've been quite busy with a number of things for the past 7 months, and have only found the time to sit & write just now.

I still owe this blog (and its audience) a post about my recent travel to Thailand, and that should be coming out soon! In the meantime, here's a helpful little post for all of you, especially those who love to travel but have a regular job schedule.

So...last October, the Philippine government has released its list of holidays for the year 2014. Good thing they released this early enough so people (myself included) could plot out their vacation leaves and plan their trips more efficiently! In my aim to help you, my fellow travel freaks, I'm posting the list right here.

With no further ado, here's the list of 2014 Philippine holidays (regular and special non-working) as per the Official Gazette of the Philippine Government:

REGULAR HOLIDAYS
DATE	HOLIDAY
January 1, 2014 (Wednesday)	New Year’s Day
February 25, 2014 (Tuesday)	EDSA Revolution anniversary (holiday for all schools)
April 9, 2014 (Wednesday)	Araw ng Kagitingan
April 17, 2014	Maundy Thursday
April 18, 2014	Good Friday
May 1, 2014 (Thursday)	Labor Day
June 12, 2014 (Thursday)	Independence Day
August 25, 2014 (Monday)	National Heroes’ Day
November 30, 2014 (Sunday)	Bonifacio Day
December 25, 2014 (Thursday)	Christmas Day
December 30, 2014 (Tuesday)	Rizal Day

SPECIAL NON-WORKING DAYS
DATE	HOLIDAY
January 31, 2014 (Friday)	Chinese New Year
April 19, 2014 (Saturday)	Black Saturday
August 21, 2014 (Thursday)	Ninoy Aquino Day
November 1, 2014 (Saturday)	All Saints Day
December 26, 2014 (Friday)	Additional special non-working day
December 31, 2014 (Wednesday)	Last day of the year

*Not included on these lists are dates for Eid'l Fitr, Eidl Adha, and individual city holidays.

There you go! Happy holiday planning, everyone!