On July 25, 1987, President Corazon Aquino promulgated the Administrative Code of the Philippines.

[1] Chapter 9 of this code specified a list of ten nationwide regular holidays and two nationwide special days and provided that the President may proclaim any local special day for a particular date, group or place.

[4] This act had been specified by the Administrative Code with a new list of eleven national holidays and three nationwide special days.

If the employee works on the special non-working day, they shall be entitled to an additional compensation of 30% of the regular daily wage.

212, s. 1955, which established the observance of Philippine–American Day every November 15, which was the anniversary of the 1935 inauguration of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

Section 26 of the Administrative Code of 1987 specified a list of regular holidays and nationwide special days that did not include July 4.

[15] On October 13, 2023, President Bongbong Marcos announced that February 25 will no longer be a holiday in 2024 under Proclamation No.

Secular observances usually mark a government's founding day or the birth or death of a prominent native.

Senate President Francis Escudero emphasized the need to reduce the number of holidays in the levels of cities, municipalities,and provinces, including those of national level (besides religious), noting that the current total of more than one month hampers productivity.

They contend that the move would primarily benefit employers by lowering costs through the reduction of holiday pay.