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Philippines Public Sector Holiday March 28

Source: Philippine Information Agency (Manila)
Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Philippines' Presidential Executive Secretary, Salvador Medialdea, has announced the declaration of an additional non-working public holiday in the Philippines on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, on account of Holy Wednesday.

Earlier this month (2018-03-14), the Mayor of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, Joseph Estrada, has declared Wednesday, March 28, 2018, as a one-off non-working municipal public holiday (2017-10-23, 2017-09-27, 2017-04-21, 2017-01-03, 2015-10-05, 2014-12-23, 2013-06-18, 2011-06-08, 2010-06-22,...) on account of the upcoming annual Holy Wednesday.

The aforementioned declaration of an additional non-working public holiday in the Philippines on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, beginning at noon and only for the public sector, is in addition to the list of 2018 non-working public holidays in the Philippines, as set out in Proclamation No. 269, s. 2017, released this past summer (2017-07-19).