The Philippines enjoys more number of nationwide public holidays compared to many other countries. Aside from the national holidays (regular and special), there are also city-wide-only and province-wide only public holidays. These extra special non-working holidays must be declared as such by Malacañang through a proclamation. Without an official proclamation, there is no special non-working holiday in a specific LGU only, unless the date is already covered by a republic act. Example of limited scope special non-working holiday that must be declared yearly is the Malasiqui founding anniversary which needs a proclamation from Malacañang and is only for the municipality of Malasiqui in Pangasinan. Another example is the Ati-Atihan Festival which is usually declared by the current president as special non-working day. Now, there are city-wide or province-wide special (non-working) holiday that doesn’t need a proclamation yearly because there is already a law about ...