BACOLOD CITY – This city and three other local government units in Negros Occidental suspended face-to-face classes on Thursday, March 6, and Friday, March 7, due to extreme heat. Mayor Albee Benitez issued an executive order late Thursday morning cancelling in-person classes from pre-school...
The Department of Education (DepEd) clarified on Wednesday, March 5, that there is no automatic suspension of classes due to extreme heat, but assured the public that preventive measures are in place to protect students and teachers while maintaining learning continuity. Pupils and their guardians...
With classes suspended due to high temperatures, teachers' groups are calling on authorities to take urgent action as extreme heat poses serious risks to students' health and disrupts learning in schools. Pupils and their guardians use umbrellas to combat the heat in Quezon City on March 3, 2025....
CAVITE – The local government unit (LGU) of Bacoor announced the suspension of in-person classes on Tuesday, March 4, due to extreme heat. Memorandum Circular No. 001-2025 signed by Mayor Strike B. Revilla ordered the suspension of face-to-face classes from preschool to Grade 12 in public...
The municipality of Mangatarem in Pangasinan suspended face-to-face classes on all levels on Monday afternoon, March 3, due to extreme heat. Mayor Ramil P. Ventinilla, chairman of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council, issued Executive Order No. 209, Series of 2025,...
Mayor Francis Zamora San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora issued an executive order on Monday, March 3, adjusting class hours in the city's public schools in an effort to ensure its learners' health and safety against extreme heat. Executive Order No. FMZ-193, Series of 2025 implements an adjusted...
By ALLYSA NIEVERA, PATRICK GARCIA, DIANN IVY C. CALUCIN, and JEAN FERNANDO The local governments of Manila, Marikina, Valenzuela, Caloocan, Malabon, Paranaque, Las Piñas, and Pasay have announced the suspension of face-to-face classes on Monday, March 3, due to the extreme heat forecast...
A new wave of financial pain could squeeze consumers’ pockets next week, as pump prices could be tracking new wave of increases – primarily for gasoline products, based on the initial calculation of the oil companies. As assessed by the industry players, the price of gasoline will likely rise...
Four children died and three persons were injured when the tricycle they were riding was crushed by a tree uprooted by bad weather in Barangay Cabasaran, Malabang, Lanao del Sur on Friday, September 13. A SOCIAL worker interviews a victim of a tricycle crushed by a fallen tree in Malabang, Lanao...
Mothers and their children cool off at Fontana dei Leoni during a heatwave in Rome, Italy, on Aug. 14, 2024. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua) UNITED NATIONS (Xinhua) -- Almost 500 million children, mainly in West and Central Africa, spend more than half the year in temperatures above 35...
A person wipes sweat from her brow at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, Calif., July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — During the summer, Levena Lindahl closes off entire rooms, covers windows with blackout curtains and budgets to manage the monthly cost of...
CEBU CITY – The province of Bohol has been placed under a state of calamity due to the extreme heat. AUMENTADO (FB) Gov. Aris Aumentado on Wednesday, May 22, confirmed that the Sangguniang Panlalawigan has approved a resolution that sought a declaration of a state of calamity in the province...
