Philippines : public and bank holidays, closure of banks, stock exchanges, school vacations

Secular holiday : Araw ng Manggagawa

Secular holiday : Abad Santos Day in Pampanga only

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cards/flowers : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year. One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world. Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mother’s Day in 1914

Secular holiday : Kaamulan Festival - in honor of San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of Bukidnon in Bukidnon only - on Midanao island

Secular holiday : Granted by Spain in 1898. Araw ng Kasarinlan

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Secular holiday : Naga City only

Secular holiday : Manila only

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Muslim, Sufi : Until 2008, was a nationwide holiday, then a regional holiday; in 2012 this is a national holiday again.

Secular holiday : in the City of Cadiz, Negros Occidental in commemoration of its Charter Day anniversary.

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Secular holiday : in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).

Muslim, Sufi : Amun Jadid Basilan, Kudarat, Lanao del Norte & del Sud, Maguindanao, North Cotabato, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga provinces

Secular holiday : Celebration of the Founding Anniversary of the Province of Cebu (in 2008: 434th anniversary) in Cebu only

Secular holiday : Kadayawan Day - tribute to good harvest in Davao City only

Culture : A working holiday which was first observed in 2016. Celebrates the internationally-recognized former mayor of Naga City Jesse Robredo who died while serving as Aquino's local government secretary on August 18, 2012.

Secular holiday : Quezon City only

Secular holiday : Senator assassinated at the Manila airport in 1983 Araw ng Kabayanihan ni Ninoy Aquino

Culture : A working holiday which was first observed in 2018. This holiday aims to promote technical and vocational education and training in the Philippines.

Secular holiday : Araw ng mga Bayani

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Secular holiday : Celebrates the city's Charter Anniversary. in Baguio

Secular holiday : To mark the surrender of the Japanese Imperial Army at the end of World War II. in Ifugao province

Culture : A working holiday which will be first observed in 2019. Celebrates the surrender of Japanese Army General Tomoyuki Yamashita in Baguio City at the conclusion of hostilities of the Second World War on September 3, 1945. [Wikipedia]

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Secular holiday : Osmeña Day -- in honor of the late President Sergio Osmeña in Cebu province only

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Muslim, Sufi : Basilan, Kudarat, Lanao del Norte & del Sud, Maguindanao, North Cotabato, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga provinces and in Pangasinan

School holidays : World Teachers’ Day

School holidays : public schools only

Secular holiday : The Buglasan Festival of Festivals is the landmark socio-economic-cultural showcase of the province held every October, to boost the local tourism industry and attract potential investors to Oriental Negros. Oriental Negros province only

School holidays : public schools only

Catholic : The day now honors all saints of the church, even those not known by name. The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. Boniface dedicated it as the Church of Santa Maria Rotonda in honor of the Blessed Virgin and all martyrs. During Pope Gregory III's reign (731-741), the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly. Pope Gregory IV officially designated the day in 837. (World Book Encyclopedia)

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Secular holiday : Pangasinan Day celebrates the birthday of the late Speaker Eugenio Perez, Sr., a foremost son of Pangasinan. Pangasinan province only

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Secular holiday : Andres Bonifacio led the 1896 revolt against Spain Kaarawan ni Bonifacio