By BRIAN YALUNG, mb.com - MANILA, Philippines
Classes in all levels in the National Capital Region (NCR) have been suspended Wednesday as Typhoon “Juaning” continues to plague most parts of Luzon. With more heavy rains expected to pour on Metro Manila and Central Luzon, the suspension of classes initially covered the pre-school, elementary and high school levels.
Tertiary level suspension of classes had been left to the jurisdiction of the colleges and universities by the CHED but Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda thru social networking site Twitter, tweeted that classes in all college levels in NCR have been officially suspended as well just before midnight on Tuesday.
"Upon the recommendation of NDRRMC, Executive Secretary Jojo Ochoa has declared the suspension at the tertiary level in NCR" (via @govph, @dawende).
As for Central Luzon and the Calabarzon areas, DOST PAGASA made it clear that they are not recommending any suspension of classes in the tertiary level.
Metro Manila continues to be under signal #2. Other regions under signal #2 include: Camarines Provinces, Albay, Catanduanes, Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Benguet, La Union, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Zambales, Pampanga, Tarlac, Bulacan, Bataan, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Quezon, Polillo Island
Under signal #1 are Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Apayao, Cagayan, Abra, Kalinga, Isabela, Mt. Province, Ifugao, Mindoro, Provinces, Lubang Is., Marinduque, Romblon, Burias Is., Masbate, Ticao Is. and Sorsogon
As per the MMDA, number coding has been temporarily lifted for tomorrow except for Makati and Las Pinas.
