June 12, 2007 - Philippine Independence Day - is a Working Day in the Philippines; June 11 Is Not

I stand corrected. I said in my previous post that June 12 is an official holiday. Well, it has always been one and should be one.

Apparently, President Arroyo has declared it inconvenient to celebrate Philippine Independence Day on a Tuesday. So June 11, a Monday, is now the non-working holiday, instead. June 12 is a working day but, according to the proclamation, all activities and celebrations in observance of Independence Day will be observed on June 12.

I am told that this is a common and very popular practice - to have long weekends. So if Christmas Day falls on a Tuesday, should we then move our celebration to December 24 instead?

December 25, 2007 does fall on a Tuesday!

Thankfully, President Arroyo has not declared December 25, 2007 a working day. She has, instead, declared December 24, 2007 a special non-working holiday in addition to Christmas Day. Whew!