Oct 31 not a holiday but 2 long weekends ahead

MANILA, Philippines - The government reminded the public on Wednesday that October 31 has not been declared a nationwide holiday.

The government made this clarification after some netizens recently shared an online news article, which stated that Malacañang has declared October 31 a special non-working day.

This is to give more travel time for Filipinos who will be commemorating the dead on November 1 and 2, according to the article.

However, the online article was published in 2011.

For those asking: October 31 is not a nationwide holiday. Click here for a complete list of 2013 nationwide holidays: http://t.co/bnpZHmGjnC

— Official Gazette PH (@govph) October 23, 2013

The government, through the Official Gazette, also reminded the public of the remaining holidays for 2013, which includes Monday next week.

October 28 has been declared a special non-working day for the conduct of this year's barangay elections.

This means there will be two consecutive long weekends: October 26 to 28 (election day) and November 1 to 3.

November 1, a Friday, is a special non-working day for the traditional All Saints Day while November 2, a Saturday, has been declared as an additional special non-working day.