MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippines has the most number of public holidays anywhere in the world.

Filipinos are also confused about the differences among a regular, special, national, local, working and non-working holidays.

Today, President Bongbong Marcos signed an Executive Order limiting the number of public holidays to not more than one every two months or a total of 6 holidays max per year.

The E.O. also standardizes all holidays to non-working. Workers will be paid their regular day’s wages.

Malacañang said the standardization will avoid confusion over double pay, premium pay, additional percentage pay and all sorts of pay rates.

Marcos said the purpose of a holiday is to give workers a well-deserved paid day of rest, adding that a working holiday is no holiday at all.

A task force will be created to determine the 6 national holidays that will be observed. All local holidays are hereby rescinded.