PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. has declared October 31 as a special non-working holiday to give the public more time to spend with their family and eventually help promote the tourism industry, Press Undersecretary and Office of the Press Secretary officer-in-charge Cheloy Garafil said yesterday.
“The President has already signed the proclamation declaring October 31 as a special non-working holiday so that we will have more time with our family and to promote local tourism,” Garafil said.
Proclamation Order 79, which was signed last October 18, directed the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to issue the appropriate circular implementing the order.
October 31 falls on a Monday, in between Sunday (October 30), a non-working day, and November 1 or All Saint’s Day, a regular non-working holiday.
November 2, which commemorates All Souls’ Day, is a special working holiday. But there is still no announcement if it will be declared as a non-working day.
