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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1087 |
SUBJECT : Revised Guidelines for the observance of special and legal holidays.
WHEREAS, Letter of Instructions No. 814 provides guidelines for the observance of special holidays and a calendar of holidays for 1979;
WHEREAS, there is a need to update the guidelines for the observance of special as well as legal holidays;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and direct:
1.
A special public holiday for any province, city or municipality may be
declared, but such day shall be a regular working and school day.
2. All working
days from time to time falling between holidays or between a holiday
and a Sunday shall not be considered special public holidays.
3. When a
legal holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall not be a
holiday, unless a proclamation is issued declaring it a special public
holiday.
4. All other
holidays for special purposes such as elections and related events
shall be covered by special proclamations.
5. Academic
holidays due to floods and typhoons shall be governed by rules and
regulations prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Culture with
respect to suspension of classes in schools and colleges. For signal
No. 1, classes may be suspended at the discretion of the school
management; Signal No. 2, classes in Elementary and High School shall
be suspended and for Signal No. 3, classes in all levels shall be
suspended.
6. All private
and government offices shall follow announcement of the Office of the
President as regards holidays due to floods and typhoons in accordance
with Memorandum Circular No. 1105.
7. For
unforeseen special public holidays that may prolong the suspension of
work, the Saturdays immediately following such holidays may be declared
as working days.
8. The
aforesaid guidelines shall be followed for the remaining part of the
Calendar Year 1980 and the years thereafter until otherwise repealed by
subsequent legislations.
9. Unless
otherwise modified by law, order or proclamation, the following
holidays shall be observed in this country;
A.
Legal Holidays
New
Year's Day — January 1
Maundy
Thursday — Movable date
Good Friday
— Movable date
Labor Day
— May 1
Araw ng
Kagitingan — May 6
(Bataan,
Corregidor and Besang Pass Day)
Independence
Day — June 12
Filipino-American
Friendship
Day — July 4
National Heroes
Day — Last Sunday of August
Bonifacio Day
— November 30
Christmas Day
— December 25
Rizal Day
— December 30
Barangay
Day — September 11
National Thanks
Giving
Day — September 21
All Saints Day
— November 1
Last Day of the
Year — December 31
Letter of Instructions No. 814 is hereby repealed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.
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