You may be wondering if a charter day holiday is declared for a city or province, do you get something like a double pay if you come to work? Every year, cities and provinces in the Philippines celebrate charter day or the founding anniversary of the place and usually there is no work for this day as this is declared as a special non-working holiday by Malacanang. You can monitor announcements like this on the Official Gazette. The Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines is a government website administered by the Office of the President of the Philippines. This site contains proclamations like special non-working holidays for fiestas, festivals, special events celebrations, and charter days. You can also find links to different government agencies, executive issuances, publication of Republic Acts, and a lot more in the Official Gazette. Paskong Pinoy linked above the page where the holiday proclamations such as charter day are listed. ...