The Philippine Gazette published an Infographic that lists the 2016 holidays in its Twitter account.

[tweet https://twitter.com/govph/status/640706876058038273]

I’m reposting the infographic below:

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According to the list, there are 19 holidays in 2016. But what they failed to highlight was that 9 of those holidays fall on weekends (Saturdays and Sundays).

So, what good is a holiday if it falls on a weekend?