Pres. Duterte declares May 14 a nationwide holiday for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections | via @VivienneGulla pic.twitter.com/bsjJ8D7ZqJ — ABS-CBN News Channel (@ANCALERTS) May 2, 2018

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has declared May 14, 2018 a special non-working holiday as the nation holds the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.

Duterte signed on May 2 Proclamation No. 479 declaring May 14 a holiday to "enable the people to fully exercise their right of suffrage."

(Editor's note: The year was added to the headline to avoid confusion.)