• CHERYL G. CRUZ
Classes at all levels in public and private schools will remain suspended today, Dec. 11, in La Castellana and La Carlota City, and even until Dec. 13 in Bago City, all due to the Mount Kanlaon eruption and the raising of its alert level to 3.
But it’s back to school for students in Binalbagan, Isabela, and Himamaylan, as per the advisories of their mayors, as of press time.
The Bago City Public Information Office said Dec. 10 that as per the request of DepEd-Bago, acting Mayor Ramon Torres “ordered the extension of the suspension of classes in all levels, including colleges, both public and private, until Friday.”
Several schools in Bago are being used as evacuation centers for residents affected by the volcano eruption Dec. 9.
Reports from the Bago City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) showed that, as of noon Tuesday, 100 affected families from Barangay Mailum were staying at the Bago City Gymnasium and Ramon Torres National High School; and 269 families from Brgy. Ilijan staying at Manuel Y. Torres Memorial Coliseum and Cultural Center, Bago City Elementary School, and General Juan Araneta Elementary School.
Twenty families from Barangay Binubuhan were staying at the Regional Evacuation Center, and nine families from Ma-ao evacuated to the ABAP Gym, the city said.
Work at City Hall and in all offices under the local government of Bago will resume today, Torres said.
In La Castellana, Mayor Alme Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan signed Executive Order No.2024-050 “on the suspension of classes at all levels, both public and private, and work in government offices…until lifted”.
Work in private companies shall be at the discretion of the respective management, in accordance with company policy, the EO said.
In Murcia, Mayor Gerry Rojas suspended Dec. 9 classes at all levels in barangays Minoyan, San Miguel, Sta. Rosa, and Pandanon only. The camping grounds in these barangays are also closed until further notice. | CGC
