TACLOBAN CITY – The University of the Eastern Philippines in Catarman, Northern Samar, has implemented online classes starting Friday, April 5, due to extreme heat. Cherry Ultra, UEP president, issued a memorandum for the implementation of online classes for undergraduate, law, and...
The Department of Education (DepEd) reiterated on Thursday, April 4, the existing guidelines concerning the cancellation or suspension of classes and work in schools during natural disasters, power outages, or other calamities, particularly amidst the high heat index experienced across different...
Over 2.4 million students in more than 4,000 schools nationwide are affected by scorching heat as schools suspend face-to-face classes and shift to alternative delivery modes (ADM), according to the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, April 4. A student blocks the midday sunlight using a...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, April 4 said he will ask the Department of Education (DepEd) to study the possibility of shortening the transition period in preparation for the return to the old school calendar. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, said...
URDANETA CITY, Pangasinan – This city cancelled face-to-face classes on Thursday, April 4, due to extreme heat. Eleven other areas in this province also suspended face-to-face classes on Thursday because of hot weather. These are: • Aguilar – All levels...
TACLOBAN CITY – Mayor Nacional Mercado suspended classes from preschool to elementary in public and private schools in Maasin City, Leyte on Thursday, April 4, due to extreme heat forecast by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration. MAYOR Mercado (FB)...
Valenzuela City 2nd district Rep. Eric Martinez (Facebook) It's the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) that should declare the suspension of classes on days of intensely hot weather, not the local...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has extended the suspension of face-to-face classes on all levels here to April 3 and 4 due to extreme heat that has reached 40 degrees Celsius. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/4/1/bacolod-negros-lg-us-suspend-classes-due-to-high-heat BENITEZ (right) Benitez...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Task Force El Niño led by Mayor John Dalipe has cancelled classes on Thursday and Friday, April 4 and 5, due to extreme heat in this city. Dalipe announced the suspension of classes in his social media page which said: “There will be no on-site classes in all levels in...
CEBU CITY – Several local government units in Metro Cebu have suspended face-to-face classes due to extreme heat. Talisay City Mayor Samsam Gullas suspended classes on all levels in public schools until April 14. Private schools were given the discretion to suspend in-person classes. A WOMAN uses...
TACLOBAN CITY – At least 12 schools in the municipalities of Malitbog, Macrohon, Pintuyan, and Tomas Oppus in Southern Leyte suspended face-to-face classes on Wednesday, April 3, due to extreme heat. The local government of Biliran in Biliran province issued an executive order shifting...
ILOILO CITY – In-person classes here were cancelled for the third straight day on Wednesday, April 3, due to extreme heat. Mayor Jerry Treñas has issued Executive Order No. 047-B extending the cancellation of classes to colleges and universities as the heat index continued to register 40 degrees...
