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1 May Labor Day
Araw ng Paggawa
12 June Independence Day
Araw ng Kalayaan

August (last Sunday)
National Heroes Day
The Basics 1 November Araw ng Pambansang mga Bayani

All Saints’ Day

Araw ng mga Santo
30 November Bonifacio Day
Araw ni Bonifacio
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25 December Christmas Day
Araw ng Pasko

30 December Rizal Day
Araw ni Rizal

Sundays are observed as religious legal holidays. The day approved
by law for the holding of a general election is also a legal holiday.
On these days, shops and movie theaters are open but banks and
government institutions are closed. Individual cities and towns
also have public holidays to celebrate their own patron saints
and foundation day anniversaries.

1.9 Telephone alphabet

• Since the adoption of Filipino as the national language of the
Philippines in 1987, pronunciation of the new alphabet follows
the English pronunciation, e.g. A as in America.

a ey
b bi
c si
d di
e i

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