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#WalangPasok: Two long weekends this August

Malacañang on Monday reminded the public of two long weekends this August.

In a Twitter post, the Official Gazette (@govph) cited Ninoy Aquino Day on Aug. 21, which falls on a Friday; and National Heroes' Day on Aug. 31, a Monday.

Workers and schoolchildren in Quezon City, and the provinces of Quezon and Aurora will have a midweek holiday in observance of Quezon Day on Aug. 19, a Wednesday.

Manuel L. Quezon, the first President of the Philippine Commonwealth, was born on Aug. 18, 1879. -NB, GMA News