In Proclamation No. 38, Malacañang Palace has already released the majority of the regular holidays and special non-working days for the upcoming year. There will be 17 Philippine holidays in 2024, some of which happen on weekends, but there will also be a few long weekends that are suitable for travel.

For the REGULAR HOLIDAYS (and long-weekends):

January

• December 30, 2023 (Saturday) – Rizal Day
• December 31, 2023 (Sunday) – Last day of the year
• January 1 (Monday) – New Year’s Day

March

• March 28 (Thursday) – Maundy Thursday
• March 29 (Friday) – Good Friday
• March 30 (Saturday) – Black Saturday
• March 31 (Sunday) – Easter Sunday

April

• April 6 (Saturday)
• April 7 (Sunday)
• April 8 (Monday) – file for leave
• April 9 (Tuesday) – Araw Ng Kagitingan

August

• August 24 (Saturday)
• August 25 (Sunday)
• August 26 (Monday) – National Heroes Day

November

• November 1 (Friday) – All Saints’ Day
• November 2 (Saturday) – All Souls’ Day
• November 3 (Sunday)

December

• December 28 (Saturday)
• December 29 (Sunday)
• December 30 (Monday) – Rizal Day
• December 31 (Tuesday) – Last day of the year

For the SPECIAL NON-WORKING days:

• February 10 (Saturday) – Chinese New Year
• March 30 (Saturday) – Black Saturday
• August 21 (Wednesday) – Ninoy Aquino Day
• November 1 (Friday) – All Saint’s Day
• November 2 (Saturday) – All Soul’s Day
• December 8 (Sunday) – Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
• December 24 (Tuesday) – Christmas Eve
• December 31 (Tuesday) – Last Day of the Year

A fun-filled and meaningful day!

The Filipino Bloggers Network (FBN), one of the most active Philippine-Based community of bloggers and influencers in the country, held its 10th Annual Christmas Party virtually last December 12.

FBN currently has almost 2,000 members around the country and continues to expand as it provides a venue for Filipino bloggers to interact with other members even those based overseas. Moderating the discussions and posting opportunities from several brands are co-admins Divine RC and Richard Mamuyac and Lariza Garcia.

The yearly event serves as a venue to reacquaint with fellow members around the country, celebrate the holiday season and create great new memories. Just like last year, the gathering was conducted online and livestreamed within the official FBN group page. Aside from the exciting prizes given away during the virtual games and raffle draws, a couple of members received financial assistance to support them in their family medical emergency. Indeed, it was both a fun-filled and meaningful day at the same time.

Different PR groups and brands and individual sponsors were acknowledged during the event for supporting the online community in 2021 and hopefully for more years to come. This year’s virtual event is made possible by the following generous donors:

PR Partnerss – CAT PR, i55 Talent Hose, Page One, M2.0 Communications, Comm&Sense, ROAR Agile, GPS TV, BIOCOCO, Full Circle, Pro Communications Inc. Pro Solutions ,Full Circle and Ripple 8.

Brand and Individual sponsors – Pacific Sunrise, Goodah!, Cebuana Llhuillier, Glorious Blend, Rex Education, Gur Lavi Corporation (Telavi); Dyna Drug Corporation, Diana Stalder, Sagada Harvest, Stevia Natural Sweetener, a number of fellow FBN members and public servants like Rep. Eric Yap of ACT-CIS partylist, Rep. Joey Salceda (2nd District of Albay), Rep. Edgar Mary Sarmiento (1st District of Samar). Rep. Mike Defensor of Anakalusugan partylist, General Guillermo Eleazar, Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and Deputy Commissioner Randy Escolango of the Philippine Insurance Commission.

With the great support and opportunities that FBN received this year from partners companies and brands, the group is looking forward to more campaigns and activities that members can join and engage with in the coming new year.

Let us claim that 2022 will be a better year for all of us. Cheers for more success and blessings!