Senate follows suit, suspends work over transport strike

The Senate building at the GSIS Complex in Pasay City (Photo by LYN RILLON / Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Work in the Senate on Monday, October 16, is suspended due to the nationwide transport strike, Senate officer-in-charge Senator Gregorio Honasan said on Sunday.

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Following this, Senator Panfilo Lacson, chair of the public order and dangerous drugs committee, said the hearing on the death of University of Santo Tomas (UST) law student Horacio ‘Atio’ Castillo III has been moved to Wednesday, October 18, at 9:30 a.m.

Advisory: Hearing on fatal hazing of 'Atio' Castillo moved to Wednesday, Oct. 18. More details at:https://t.co/huknFJ7lt1

— UsaPingLacson (@usapinglacson) October 15, 2017

Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has also suspended work in all courts nationwide after Malacañang announced the suspension of government work, and classes at all levels of both public and private nationwide on Monday. /cbb

READ: No classes at all levels, no gov’t work on Monday – Malacañang

READ: No work in courts on Monday — Sereno