Philippines Could Declare January 2 Bridge Public Holiday

Sources: Philippine Headline News (Manila) and Philippines public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malacañang has not yet made any announcement as to the possibility of Friday, January 2, 2009, being a one-off public holiday, but local sources deem it quite likely, as it would give the Philippines 11 consecutive days of public holidays, from Thursday, December 25, 2008, to Sunday, January 4, 2009, inclusively.