#WalangPasok: TS Crising prompts class suspensions on Friday, July 18

Tropical Depression Crising may make landfall in mainland Cagayan by Friday night, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said. Photo from DOST / Pagasa

[Updated July 18, 2025, 11:27 a.m.]

MANILA, Philippines — Several local government units (LGUs) have suspended classes for Friday, July 18, in anticipation of inclement weather due to Tropical Storm Crising and the southwest monsoon, locally known as habagat.

The following areas suspended classes on Friday, July 18:

National Capital Region / Metro Manila

• Caloocan City – all levels, in-person, public and private
• Las Piñas City – all levels, face-to-face classes, public and private
• Malabon City – all levels, in-person and online, public and private
• Marikina City – all levels, public and private
• Muntinlupa City – all levels, face-to-face classes, public and private (schools advised to shift to alternative learning modes)
• Mandaluyong City – all levels, public and private
• Parañaque City – all levels, public and private
• Pasay City – all levels, public and private (schools was given the discretion to shift to alternative learning modes)
• Pasig City – kindergarten to senior high school, in-person, public and private
• Pateros – all levels, public and private
• San Juan City – all levels, public and private
• Taguig City – kindergarten to grade 12, public and private (schools advised to shift to modular learning)
• Valenzuela City – kindergarten to senior high school, in-person and online, public and private
• Quezon City – child development centers to Grade 12, afternoon face-to-face classes, public (private schools and higher education institutions were given the discretion to suspend in-person classes)

READ: Crising now a tropical storm, Signal No. 2 in 8 Luzon areas

Ilocos Region

• Ilocos Norte – entire province, all levels, public and private
• Ilocos Sur – entire province, all levels, public and private

La Union

• Luna – all levels, public and private
• Bangar – all levels, public and private
• Bagulin – pre-school to senior high school, public and private

Cordillera Administrative Region

• Abra – entire province, kindergarten, public and private
• Benguet – entire province, pre-school to senior high school, public and private

Cagayan Valley

Cagayan

• Sanchez Mira, Cagayan – preschool to grade 12, public and private (including alternative learning system)
• Alcala — all levels, public and private
• Tuguegarao City — all levels, public and private, including law, medicine and graduate studies

Central Luzon

Nueva Ecija

• Natividad – preschool to senior high school, public and private
• Talavera – preschool to senior high school, public and private
• Science City of Muñoz – pre-elementary to Grade 12, public and private

Bulacan

• Obando – all levels, public and private

Tarlac province

• Concepcion – all levels, public and private
• Paniqui – preschool to senior high school, public and private

Zambales

• Iba – afternoon classes, all levels, public and private
• Botolan – starting 11 a.m., all levels, public and private

Calabarzon

• Batangas – Entire province, all levels, public and private
• Cavite – Entire province, all levels, public and private (schools to shift to online or modular classes)
• Laguna – Entire province, preschool to senior high school, public and private
• Quezon – Kindergarten, elementary and secondary level, public and private
• Rizal – Entire province, all levels, public and private (schools to shift to modular distance learning)

Mimaropa

Palawan:

• Puerto Princesa – all levels
• Brooke’s Point – kindergarten to grade 12, public and private

Bicol Region

LIVE UPDATES: Tropical Storm Crising 

Camarines Norte

• Santa Elena – all levels, public and private
• San Vicente – all levels, public and private (schools strongly encouraged to implement alternative learning modalities)
• Paracale – all levels, public and private
• Daet – preschool to senior high school, face-to-face classes, public and private
• Vinzons – preschool to senior high school, public and private

Camarines Sur

• Pasacao – all levels, face-to-face classes, public and private (schools advised to shift to modular or alternative learning)
• Naga City — all levels, public and private

Catanduanes

• Baras – all levels, public and private

Western Visayas

Antique

• Belison – preschool to senior high school, public and private
• Hamtic – preschool to senior high school, face-to-face classes, public and private
• Valderrama – preschool to senior high school, public and private
• Iloilo City – preschool to senior high school, face-to-face classes, public and private

Negros Island Region

Negros Occidental

• Talisay City – all levels, public and private
• Binalbagan – all levels, public and private
• Calatrava – all levels, public and private
• Sipalay City – all levels, public and private
• Siquijor – entire province, all levels

Negros Oriental – entire province, all levels, public and private

Central Visayas

Cebu

• Cebu City – all levels, face-to-face classes, public and private (schools advised to continue asynchronous or modular delivery of classes)

Northern Mindanao

Misamis Oriental

• Magsaysay – all levels, public and private

Zamboanga Peninsula

Zamboanga del Norte

• Manukan – all levels, face to face classes (shift to offsite learning modality)

Zamboanga del Sur

• Zamboanga City – all levels, public and private

Zamboanga Sibugay

• Kabasalan – all public and private schools, on-site operations (schools encouraged to transition to online learning)

Based on the 8 a.m. bulletin of Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), tropical storm Crising was last spotted about 250 kilometers east of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.

READ: TS Crising landfall likely in Cagayan or Babuyan Island Friday afternoon

The tropical storm has maintained its strength, packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 80 kph. It is moving northwest at 15 kph.

Crising may make landfall over mainland Cagayan or the Babuyan Islands on Friday afternoon or evening, said the Pagasa. /mr /gsg /jpv