Manila - Millions packed cemeteries across the Catholic Philippines on Thursday to pay their respects to the dead, on a day that mixes somber reflection with the nation's penchant for festivity.

The PM's Office Committee, which has been assigned to help the sea-gypsy community get land and housing security, went to inspect four sea-gypsy cemeteries in Krabi's Koh Lanta district yesterday following complaints that the community was facing eviction