Proclamation 986 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte lists the following dates as regular holidays and special non-working days for the year 2021:
Regular Holidays
January 1, 2021, Friday
New Year’s Day
April 1, 2021
Maundy Thursday
April 2, 2021
Good Friday
April 9, 2021, Friday
Araw ng Kagitingan
May 1, 2021, Saturday
Labor Day
June 12, 2021, Saturday
Independence Day
August 30, 2021, last Monday of August
National Heroes’ Day
November 30, 2021, Tuesday
Bonifacio Day
December 25, 2021, Saturday
Christmas Day
December 30, 2021, Thursday
Rizal Day
Special non-working days:
February 12, 2021, Friday
Chinese New Year
February 25, 2021, Thursday
EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary
April 3, 2021
Black Saturday
August 21, 2021, Saturday
Ninoy Aquino Day
November 1, 2021, Monday
All Saints’ Day
December 8, 2021, Wednesday
Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
December 31, 2021, Friday
last day of the year
Additional special non-working holidays
November 2, 2021, Tuesday – All Souls’ Day
December 24, 2021, Friday – Christmas Eve
The President issues separate proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid’l Fitr, the end of the month-long Ramadan, and Eid’l Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice, after the dates of these Islamic holidays are determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar or the lunar calendar.
In 2021, EID was celebrated as a regular holiday on May 13.
Eid’l Adha was set as a holiday for July 20, 2021.
Labor laws require employers to grant additional pay for employees tasked to render hours of work on regular holidays and special non-working holidays.
SCHOOL YEAR
School year 2021-2022 will consist of 209 school days.
It will begin on September 13, 2021, and terminate on June 24, 2022.
Regular enrollment period will start on August 16 until September 13, 2021.
Christmas break will be from December 20 until January 3, 2022.
The 209 school days shall be inclusive of Saturdays and the five-day midyear break.
