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MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – As heavy rainfall continues to batter the Philippine capital, businesses, government offices, and courts shut.
Malacañang suspended work in both the public and private sectors in separate announcements Tuesday morning, August 7.
As of 9:40 a.m., work in the private sector in the National Capital Region (NCR), Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, and Bulacan have been suspended upon declaration by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa.
Prior to that, work and classes in the college level were suspended through Memorandum Circular No. 33, released early Tuesday morning.
The Philippine Stock Exchange, one of the world’s fastest growing markets, joined scores of private businesses operating in Makati City, the country’s financial capital, to call off work as Filipinos in the metro struggle with floods and transportation woes.
The cancellation of work in government offices led to the postponement of the scheduled release of July inflation data, which gives a hint of monetary policies that this fast-growing Asian economy will adopt in the coming days.
Metro Manila hosts the country’s political and business powerhouses, and memories of how the Typhoon Ondoy inundated massive parts of the capital in 2009 are creeping back as rainfall volume in the past hours increase.
Business process outsourcing firms, real estate developers, mall operators and other large scale firms have adopted business continuity plans after Typhoon Ondoy struck.
These plans include phone brigades among employee teams — and complemented by traditional and social media announcements.
Some BPOs, a key job and dollar generator, have set up offices in the provinces to spread business risks, including weather disturbances.
The Senate and the House of Representatives also suspended Tuesday’s session and hearings. – Rappler.com
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Everyone is encouraged to help out. Check this list of evacuation centers and relief operations in Metro Manila for places near you.
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