Marcos urges early notification of suspensions of classes and work

PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has directed concerned government agencies to ensure the prompt dissemination of advisories regarding work and class suspensions during inclement weather.

Marcos stressed that the public should know if classes or work will be suspended the next day so they can make necessary adjustments.

“We will try to get the bulletin out as early as possible tomorrow before work and school. Ang instruction ko sa kanila kung maaari bago tayo matulog alam natin kung may pasok bukas o hindi para makapag-adjust naman ‘yung mga tao (My instruction to them is that if possible, before we go to sleep, we should already know if there is work tomorrow or not, so that people can adjust accordingly),” Marcos said.

Residents of areas affected by the combined effects of Tropical Storm Enteng (international name: Yagi) and habagat have expressed anger online over the late announcement, particularly the suspension of classes, as some students were already in or on their way to school when the announcement was made.

In the National Capital Region, Malacañang announced the suspension of classes in public and private schools around 7:00 a.m., while work in government agencies was canceled around 8:30 a.m.

Marcos, however, assured that the national government is closely monitoring the situation around Engteng and Habagat.

“So that’s what we’re looking at now and we’re prepared for the aftermath of all this. And as usual, the forward deployment is the best option, we’ll just have to wait for the weather to see what it’s going to do,” Marcos said.

“Hopefully this is the case, but even if it is not, we have all the elements in place to support our people in the magiging… mahihirapan dahil dito sa naging Bagyong Enteng,” he added.

(Hopefully it will escape us, but even if it doesn’t, we have all the necessary resources to support our people who will be hit hard by Typhoon Enteng.)

Enteng was last seen around 10 a.m. Monday morning, 115 kilometers (km) northeast of Infanta, Quezon, or 85 km east-southeast of Baler, Aurora with maximum sustained winds of 75 km per hour (km/h) near the center, gusts of up to 90 km/h, and a central pressure of 994 hectoPascals (hPa). It was moving northwestward at 15 km/h.

The northern part of Ilocos Norte, Apayao, eastern part of Kalinga (Rizal, Pinukpuk, Tabuk town), Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, Isabela, Quirino, northern part of Aurora (Casiguran, Dilasag, Dinalungan, Dipaculao, Baler), Polillo Islands and northern part of Camarines Norte (Santa Elena, Capalonga, Jose Panganiban, Paracale, Vinzons) were placed under Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal (TCWS) number 2 by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

TCWS number 2 was lifted over Batanes, the rest of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, the eastern part of Pangasinan (Rosales, Asingan, Binalonan, Sison, San Manuel, Santa Maria, Balungao, San Quintin, Tayug, Umingan, Natividad , San Nicolas), Abra, the rest of Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, the rest of Aurora, Nueva Ecija, the eastern part of Pampanga (Candaba), the eastern part of Bulacan (Doña Remedios Trinidad, Norzagaray , City of San Jose del Monte, Obando, City of Meycauayan, Bocaue, Balagtas, Bustos, Baliuag, Pandi, Santa Maria, Marilao, Angat, San Rafael, San Ildefonso, San Miguel), Metro Manila, the rest of Quezon, Rizal, Laguna , the eastern part of Batangas (San Juan, Santo Tomas, Tanauan City, Lipa City, Malvar, Balete, Padre Garcia, Rosario), Marinduque, the rest of Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes and Albay.

Enteng is expected to make landfall over Isabela or Cagayan on Monday afternoon or evening. However, it is not ruled out that the hurricane will also make landfall over the northern aurora borealis on Monday afternoon.

The ship is expected to leave the Philippine area of ​​responsibility no later than Wednesday, September 4. (TPM/SunStar Philippines)