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Traditionally, until 2019 and since 2025, it marked the start of the school year and formerly the university academic year (until the move to August in 2015-17). The holiday marked the end of the school year for students of basic academic institutions from 2020 to 2024 and today serves as the end of the university and college academic year.
2020 in the Philippines details events of note that have occurred in the Philippines in 2020.. This year is largely defined by COVID-19 pandemic that caused of the national economic recession and continued until the state of public health emergency was lifted in the country on July 21, 2023.
The 2020 Census reported that 78.8 percent of the population professed Roman Catholicism; other Christian denominations with a sizable number of adherents include Iglesia ni Cristo, the Philippine Independent Church, and Seventh-day Adventistism.
Following new measures and a route change in 2020, which decreased the length of the procession by 300 meters (980 ft) by passing through Ayala Bridge instead of the usual Jones Bridge (2014–2019) or the traditional MacArthur Bridge (used 2007, 2009–2013), the 2020 procession took sixteen hours and thirty-four minutes, the third-fastest in ...
Binabayani Festival[66] November(last week)[66] Masinloc, Zambales[66] re-enacts the war between the Aetas and the Christians through dance[66] Crown Festival. November(third week) Taytay, Rizal. Tan-Ok ni Ilocano Festival of Festivals.
2025 date. August 25. (2025-08-25) 2026 date. August 31. (2026-08-31) Frequency. annual. National Heroes Day (Filipino: Pambansang Araw ng mga Bayani[1]) is a public holiday in the Philippines celebrated annually on the last Monday of August as a tribute to Filipino Heroes.
Bayanihan to Heal as One Act. Status: Expired. The Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, also known as Bayanihan 2, [1] and officially designated as Republic Act No. 11494, is a law in the Philippines that was enacted in September 2020 granting the President additional authority to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. [2][3]
May 14–17, 2020: Typhoon Vongfong (Ambo) made landfall over Eastern Samar as a Category 3 typhoon, and affected much of Luzon. Preparations for the typhoon were complicated due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the Philippines, Vongfong caused around ₱1.57 billion (US$31.1 million) in damage, and killed five people. [31] [32]