Pinoys to enjoy long Yuletide vacation

MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos will enjoy a long holiday in December as Malacañang declared two days - which are wedged between a weekend and a regular holiday - as special non-working holidays, a radio report said. With this, the following days in Decembers are officially declared holidays: • December 1 (in lieu of the Bonifacio Day on November 30), • December 25, Christmas Day (regular holiday), • December 26 (special non-working holiday), • December 29 (special non-working holiday), and • December 30, Rizal Day (regular holiday). December 27 and 28 fall on a Saturday and on a Sunday, respectively. Malacañang has also earlier declared December 31 as a "last day of the year" special holiday, which will be followed by another the New Year holiday on January 1. - Sophia Dedace, GMANews.TV