December 9, 2011 Classes Suspended in NCR - DepEd

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday announced the suspension of December 9, 2011 afternoon classes in all levels in the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila due to heavy rains.

DepEd NCR Director Elena Ruiz said that classes in all pre-school, elementary and high school (private and public) have been suspended due to predicted heavy rains this afternoon.

The DepEd suspension of classes , however, does not cover colleges and universities, which are under the care of Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

Previous reports said college-level classes are only automatically suspended if an area is under storm signal number 3 or 4 hence leaving the pronouncement of suspension of classes in college level to university officials.

In its weather advisory of PAGASA issued at 5:00 a.m., 09 December 2011, at 2:00 AM today, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on satellite and surface data 330 km West of Puerto Princesa City (10.0°N,115.5°E).

PAGASA said, Northern Luzon and eastern section of Central Luzon, Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming cloudy with widespread rains over Palawan and eastern Visayas which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. The rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.