“In view of heightened risks to public safety and public health, classes suspended except college and (post secondary.) Parents should fetch their children especially in kinder. So ordered,” he said in a Facebook post.
In a succeeding post, Salceda cited the state weather bureau’s Doppler radar rain forecast as the reason why classes were suspended. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Wednesday that Bicol may experience cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms.
As of 8a.m., Mayon Volcano was still in a state of unrest and remained under Alert Level 3. In the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology detected one rockfall event.
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