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Lapu-Lapu Day

Special working public holiday on 27 April throughout the country, commemorating the victory of Lapu-Lapu at Mactan in 1521, fixed by law (also a special non-working holiday in Lapu-Lapu City): a normal working day nationwide.

When

Next: Tuesday, 27 April 2027

Its record

Kind
Special working day
It honours
Lapu-Lapu and the Battle of Mactan
When
Every 27 April
Declared by
Republic Act No. 11040
Scene listing number
holiday-ph-2027-law-02
Source
Republic Act No. 11040LawPhil Project (Arellano Law Foundation)

Its place

The Philippines in the Atlas

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Sources

Page updated October 9, 2026. Now catalog release b17b56f23649.

Republic Act No. 11040, as published.

  1. 1.LawPhil Project (Arellano Law Foundation). Republic Act No. 11040. Open the source

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