Mother's Day

====Philippines====
In the [[Philippines]], Mother's Day is officially celebrated on the second Sunday of May, but it is not a public holiday.<ref name=proclamation1998>{{cite news | url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1998/12/11/proclamation-no-58-s-1998/ | title=Proclamation No. 58, s. 1998 | newspaper=[[Official Gazette (Philippines)|Official Gazette]] | date=11 December 1998 | access-date=1 December 2014 | archive-date=23 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623101315/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1998/12/11/proclamation-no-58-s-1998/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Although not a traditional Filipino holiday, the occasion owes its popularity to [[American Colonial Period (Philippines)|American Colonial Period]] influence.

According to a 2008 article by the [[Philippine News Agency]], in 1921 the [[Ilocos Norte]] Federation of Women's Clubs asked to declare the first Monday of December as Mother's Day "to honor these fabulous women who brought forth God's children into this world." In response, [[Governor-General of the Philippines|Governor-General]] [[Charles Yeater]] issued Circular No. 33 declaring the celebration. In 1937 [[President of the Philippines|President]] [[Manuel L. Quezon]] issued Presidential Proclamation No. 213, changing the name of the occasion from "Mother's Day" to "Parent's Day" to address the complaints that there wasn't a "Father's Day". In 1980 President [[Ferdinand Marcos]] issued Presidential Proclamation No. 2037 proclaiming the date as both Mother's Day and Father's Day. In 1988 President [[Corazon Aquino]] issued Presidential Proclamation No. 266, changing Mother's Day to the second Sunday of May, and Father's Day to the third Sunday of June, discontinuing the traditional date.<ref>{{cite web |title= The First Monday of December is Mother's Day and Father's Day |date= 1 December 2014 |author= Content Manager 03 |publisher= [[Malacañan Palace]] (official residence of the [[President of the Philippines]]) |url= http://malacanang.gov.ph/74663-the-first-monday-of-december-is-mothers-day-and-fathers-day/ |access-date= 3 December 2014 |archive-date= 8 December 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141208012108/http://malacanang.gov.ph/74663-the-first-monday-of-december-is-mothers-day-and-fathers-day/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> In 1998 President [[Joseph Estrada]] returned both celebrations to the first Monday of December.<ref name=proclamation1998/>