Nilagdaan ni Pangulong Duterte nitong Biyernes, Oktubre 29 ang Proclamation No. 1236 na tumutukoy sa mga petsa ng regular holiday at mga special working and non-working days para sa darating na 2022.

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Sa ilalim ng direktiba, ang  All Souls’ Day (Nov. 2, Wednesday), Christmas eve (Dec. 24, Saturday) and the last day of the year or New Year’s eve (Dec. 31, Saturday) sa susunod na taon ay kinokonsiderang special working days.

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“For the country to recover from the adverse economic impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic, there is a need to encourage economic productivity by, among others, minimizing work disruption and commemorating some special holidays as special (working) days instead,” ayon sa proclamation. 

Samantala, narito ang special non-working days sa susunod na taon: Chinese New Year (Feb. 1, Tuesday), EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary (Feb. 25, Friday), Black Saturday (April 16), Ninoy Aquino Day (Aug. 21, Sunday), All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1, Tuesday), and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (Dec. 8, Thursday).

Regular holidays: New Year’s day (Jan. 1, Saturday), Araw ng Kagitingan (April 9, Saturday), Maundy Thursday (April 14), Good Friday (April 15), Labor Day (May 1, Sunday), Independence Day (June 12, Sunday) National Heroes Day (Aug. 29, Monday), Bonifacio Day (Nov. 30, Wednesday), Christmas day (Dec. 25, Sunday), and Rizal Day (Dec. 30, Friday).

"The proclamations of declaring national holidays for the observance of Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha shall hereafter be issued after the appropriate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar (Hijra) or the lunar calendar, or upon Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible convenient,” ayon sa Palace directive

“To this end, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos shall recommend to the Office of the President the actual dates on which these holidays shall respectively fall,” dagdag pa nito.

“The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) shall promulgate the implementing guidelines for this proclamation,”paglalahad pa.