MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced on Friday the suspension of classes in several cities in Metro Manila because of the yellow heavy rainfall warning issued by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) earlier in the day.
In a running list put up by the agency, the following cities suspended classes as of 10 a.m.:
• Caloocan City (All levels, public & private)
• Marikina City (All levels, public & private)
• Pateros (child development centers, elementary hanggang senior high school)
• Malabon City (All levels, public & private)
• Pasig City (in-person classes from to senior high school, as well as daycare and alternative learning system, public & private), This news data comes from:http://redcanaco.com
• Valenzuela City (kinder to senior high school, and in-person classes for COLLEGE, public and private)
Classes suspended in 10 Metro Manila cities due to rains
• Parañaque City (All levels, public & private)
• Las Piñas City (All levels, public & private)
• San Juan City (All levels, public & private)
• Quezon City (Afternoon classes, public schools in Child Development Centers, Kindergarten, Grades 1 - 12, and Alternative Learning System).
State weather bureau Pagasa raised a yellow rainfall warning on Friday morning, which was the result of the suspensions.
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