Some schools have announced the suspension of classes and office work on Monday, Feb. 27, due to the scheduled transport strike of jeepney operators.
Meanwhile, Malacañang on Sunday evening announced the suspension of classes for Monday in “all affected areas nationwide” in the elementary and high school levels.
The Office of the Executive Secretary also said “let us wait for an announcement if there will be a suspension in the tertiary level at 11 a.m. tomorrow (Monday).
The schools that earlier announced suspension of classes and office work are:
-Elementary and high school levels in National Capital Region (NCR)
-Elementary and high school levels in Bacolod City
-Elementary and high school levels in Legazpi City
-Elementary and high school levels in Iloilo City
-Adamson University (all classes and office work)
-Far Eastern University (all classes in Manila and Makati campuses)
-De La Salle University (all levels, including office work, in all campuses)
-De La Salle College of Saint Benilde (all classes and office work)
-De La Salle University — Science and Technology Complex Biñan (all classes)
-Colegio de San Juan de Letran Manila (all classes and office work)
-Lyceum of the Philippines University (all classes and office work)
-University of Santo Tomas (all classes and office work)
-Don Bosco Technical Institute Makati (all classes and office work)
-Manila Tytana Colleges (all classes and office work)
-Philippine Women’s University (all classes and office work in Manila and Quezon City campuses)
-University of San Agustin-Iloilo (all classes and office work)
-Bicol University (all classes)
-Aquinas University (all classes)
-West Visayas State University (all classes)
Transport groups PISTON, STOP and GO Coalition, and No To Jeepney Phase Out Coalition will hold a demonstration in Metro Manila and other cities nationwide on Monday to protest the government’s jeepney modernization program.
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The same groups staged a similar strike earlier this month, which stranded passengers and forced suspension of classes.
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