Fewer people flocked to the Manila Memorial Park in this year’s All Saints’ Day Eve, authorities said on Tuesday. Records of the Manila Memorial Park Security Office showed that as of 5 p.m., more than 46,000 people trooped the cemetery, not even half of the 102,270 visitors recorded last year. ADVERTISEMENTManila Memorial Park security guard Amando Ombiang said it was like All Saints Day at the cemetery last Sunday, with the numbers reaching roughly about 80,000 to 90,000. (If you were here last Sunday you would have thought it was already All Saints Day.) Many may have also taken advantage of taking a leave on Monday, a working day, which fell between Sunday and two consecutive holidays – Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, the official said./ac

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 31, 2017 09:56 UTC