MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATED as of 7:21 pm) Classes have been suspended Thursday, August 9, by local government units and several universities and colleges due to continuing rain affecting Metro Manila and some parts of Northern Luzon.
(UPDATE: Palace: No classes in flood-hit areas Thursday)
Based on information from the Department of Education (DepEd), local government units, and various schools, classes in the following cities have been cancelled:
NCR
(Kindergarten to high school, public and private)
- Pateros
- Navotas
- Mandaluyong
- Valenzuela City
- San Juan City
- Makati City
- Antipolo City
- Marikina
- Pasay (until Friday, Aug 10)
- Manila
- Quezon City (until Friday, Aug 10)
- Paranaque City
- Caloocan City
- Pasig
- Muntinlupa
- Taguig
Region 1
- Pangasinan
Region 3
(Kindergarten to high school, public and private)
- Bocaue, Bulacan
- Calumpit, Bulacan
- Hagonoy, Bulacan
- Olongapo
- Pampanga
- Bataan
- Bulacan
- Olongapo
- Zambales
- Nueva Ecija
- Cabanatuan
- Hagonoy, Bulacan
Region 4A
(Kindergarten to high school, public and private)
- Taytay, Rizal
- San Mateo, Rizal
- Binangonan, Rizal
- Bacoor City, Cavite
- Rodriguez, Rizal
- Cainta, Rizal
- Cavite
- Batangas (day care students only)
- Laguna
- Antipolo
Schools (all levels unless indicated otherwise)
- University of the Philippines in Diliman
- Miriam College in Katipunan Avenue
- Ateneo De Manila University (Grade school, high school, college, Ateneo School of Government, Ateneo Center for Continuing Education)
- The Philippine College of Criminology-Manila Law College
- Centro Escolar University
- Saint Paul University Quezon City
- Claret School
- Adamson University
- Xavier School
- University of Santo Tomas
- San Beda College Manila
- Far Eastern University (Makati and Diliman)
- FEU- EAC
- De La Salle University
- De La Salle University – College of Saint Benilde
- La Salle Greenhills
- Arellano University (all campuses)
- University of the East (Manila and Caloocan)
- Jose Rizal University
- La Consolacion University (Malolos)
- San Beda College (Rizal)
- University of Asia and the Pacific
- School of Fashion and Arts
- Polytechnic University of the Philippines
- Don Bosco Mandaluyong
– Rappler.com
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