2013 Philippine Holidays (Proclamation No. 459, s. 2012)

This Proclamation No. 459, signed August 6, 2012 in Manila City, shall take effect immediately and shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with Section 4 & 5.

Philippine National Holiday for 2013

A. Regular Holidays

• New Year’s Day - January 1 (Tuesday)
• Maundy Thursday - March 28
• Good Friday - March 29
• Araw ng Kagitingan - April 9 (Tuesday)
• Labor Day - May 1 (Wednesday)
• Independence Day - June 12 (Wednesday)
• National Heroes Day - August 26 (Last Monday of August)
• Bonifacio Day - November 30 (Saturday)
• Christmas Day - December 25 (Wednesday)
• Rizal Day - December 30 (Monday)

B. Special (Non-Working) Days

• Black Saturday - March 30
• Ninoy Aquino Day - August 21 (Wednesday)
• All Saints Day - November 1 (Friday)
• All Soul’s Day - November 1 (Saturday)

Additional special (non-working) days

• December 24 (Tuesday)
• Last Day of the Year - December 31 (Tuesday)

C. Special Holiday (for all schools)

• EDSA Revolution Anniversary - February 25 (Monday

The proclamations for Eid’l Fitr and Eidul Adha will be announce after approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined and after the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) inform the Office of the  President on which day the holiday shall fall. 

Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines

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Benigno S. Aquino III, Third State of the Nation Address

State of the Nation Address of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III President of the Philippines To the Congress of the Philippines

English translation of the speech delivered at the Session Hall of the House of Representatives, Batasan Pambansa Complex, Quezon City, on July 23, 2012

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Vice President Jejomar Binay; former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; eminent Justices of the Supreme Court; distinguished members of the diplomatic corps; honorable members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate; our leaders in local government; members of our Cabinet; uniformed officers of the military and of the police; my fellow public servants;

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Largest Islands in the Philippines

1. Luzon

This MODIS true-color image of the northern
Philippines shows the island of Luzon. (Wikipedia)

Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, is located in the northernmost region of the archipelago, and is the economic and political center of the Philippines, being home to the country's capital city, Manila.

The island of Luzon, with an area of 104,688 square kilometers (km²), is the 17th largest island in the world and the world’s fourth most populated island.

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