US embassy releases its list of 2014 holidays

MANILA, Philippines—The United States Embassy has released its own list of holidays for 2014, dates that would inform the public that the embassy is closed for the day, following the release of the Philippine Government’s release earlier.

The 19-holiday list contains events in the Philippines and also important holidays from the US.

Only two dates are joint holidays for Philippines and US: New Year’s Day and Christmas.

From the list, eight are exclusively American holidays and these are Martin Luther King Jr. day (January 20), US President’s day (February 17), US Memorial day (May 26), US Independence day (July 4), Columbus day (October 13), US Veterans day (November 11) and Thanksgiving (November 27).

The embassy also lists the Muslim event of Eid-ul-Fitr as one of its holidays, though the date hass yet to be announced.

Heroism Day (April 9), Maundy Thursday (April 17), Good Friday (April 18), Labor Day (May 1), Philippine Independence Day (June 12), Ninoy Aquino Day (August 21), Rizal Day (December 30) and the last day of the year are the exclusive Filipino holidays on the embassy’s list.

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