Amlan Adventure Park Soft Opening
Saturday saw the soft opening of the Amlan Nature and Adventure Park. Even the mayor of Dumaguete City dropped by to congratulate Amlan’s mayor Benthean Dela Cruz and all the busy hands for their achievement.
Amlan Fiesta 2015
The municipality of Amlan is about to celebrate their annual celebrations. Thanks to the 2015 Amlan Fiesta Directorate for providing us the 2015 Amlan Fiesta Schedule of Activities
Sandurot Festival 2015
Just after Buglasan and St. Paul University celebration, the City of Gentle People gets ready to party again. The Sandurot Festival 2015 & 67th Charter Day Celebration will take place from November 20 to November 29, 2015.
St. Paul University – 111th Founders Day
St. Paul University Dumaguete is celebrating its 111th Founders Day from October 23 until October 29, 2015. While many locals are a bit tired from celebrating Buglasan, St Paul continues to celebrate, and that for a good reason.
Candidates Mayor of Dumaguete
. Comelec Dumaguete reported 29 candidates filed their CoCs to run for the positions of Mayor, Vice Mayor and Councilors of Dumaguete.
Governors Sports Festival 2015
Sports enthusiasts from all over the province are participating in the countless events during the Governors Sports Festival 2015. The first events start already on October 3, while the last will be held on October 31, 2015.
Valencia Fiesta – Schedule of Activities 2015
The celebration of the annual Fiesta are always some of the busiest days for the municipalities officers and persons in charge to create great events. This year the festival celebrations in Valencia start first week of September and last until October 12.
Buglasan 2015 – Schedule of Events
Buglasan Festival 2015 is celebrated from October16 -25 across the city of Dumaguete and surrounding areas for some sports events.This years celebration runs under the theme: “Building Friendship Worldwide, Opening Development Opportunities”.
Manjuyod Anihan Festival 2015
The municipality of Manjuyod Negros Oriental is annually celebrating their famous Anihan Festival. The festival celebrates the bountiful Harvest of their products like root crops, vegetables and fish.
Philippine Holidays 2016
President Benigno S. Aquino III signed the Proclamation No. 1105, s. 2015 which declares the regular Philippine Holidays 2016 as well as the special non-working days.
Regular Philippine Holidays 2016
January 1 (Friday) – New Year’s Day
March 24 (Thursday) – Maundy Thursday
March 25 (Friday) – Good Friday
April 9 (Saturday) – Araw ng Kagitingan
May 1 (Sunday) – Labor Day
June 12 (Sunday) – Independence Day
August 29 (Monday) – National Heroes Day
November 30 (Wednesday) – Bonifacio Day
December 25 (Sunday) – Christmas Day
December 30 (Friday) – Rizal Day
Special non-working Holidays in the Philippines 2016
February 8 (Monday) – Chinese New Year
February 25 (Thursday) – 30th Anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution
March 26 (Saturday) -Black Saturday
August 21 (Sunday) – Ninoy Aquino Day
November 1 (Tuesday) – All Saints Day
Declared additional special non-working holidays 2016
January 02 (Saturday) – 2nd Day of the New Year
October 31 (Monday) –
December 24 (Saturday) – Noche Buena , Christmas Eve
December 31 (Saturday) – New Year’s Eve
Additional Holidays
Like each year the regional governments of the municipalities and cities will request and declare some additional holidays 2016. Those days are usually the Charter Days and special Fiesta Days.
Furthermore the Muslim holidays Eid’l Fitr and Eidul Adha will be public holidays. The exact days will be announced as soon as the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) has informed the Office of the President about the actual dates.
The special declared non-working holidays are mainly declared to boost domestic tourism. If one plans to travel during the long weekends, better book your ticket way ahead of time. Many might recall the disaster at the Airports and the “shit-storm” against some domestic airline on all social networks.
Just as a side note: October 30 is not a holiday to celebrate Halloween. It is mend to a extra holiday to enable domestic traveler to spend more time with their loved ones, as All Saints Day falls on a Tuesday in 2016.
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