AMID threat from Typhoon Yolanda (international codename: Haiyan), the following provinces and cities suspended classes on Friday, November 8:
* Bacolod City (all levels)
* Bacoor (all levels)
* Batangas (all levels)
* Baybay, Leyte (all levels)
* Biliran (all levels, until further notice)
* Bohol (all levels)
* Borogan City, Samar (all levels)
* Butuan City (all levels)
* Caloocan City (preschool to high school)
* Camarines Sur (all levels)
* Cebu Province (all levels)
* Compostela Valley (all levels)
* Daet, Camarines Norte (all levels)
* Dumaguete City (all levels)
* Eastern Samar (all levels)
* Imus, Cavite (all levels)
* Kawit, Cavite (all levels)
* Laguna (all levels)
* Lapu-Lapu City (all levels)
* Mandaluyong (all levels)
* Mandaue City (all levels)
* Mendez, Cavite (preschool to high school)
* Muntinlupa City (all levels)
* Marikina City (all levels)
* Negros Oriental (all levels)
* Pasay (all levels)
* Pateros City (all levels)
* Quezon City (preschool to high school)
* Quezon Province (all levels)
* Rizal Province (preschool to college)
* Sorsogon City (all levels)
* Southern Leyte (all levels)
* Surigao del Norte (all levels)
* Tagaytay City (all levels)
* Taguig City (preschool)
* Tagum City (all levels)
(Source: www.gov.ph)
Metro Manila:
Classes in all levels:
City of Manila -- from 12 noon
Ateneo de Manila University, including Ateneo Law School (ALS), the Ateneo Graduate School of Business (AGSB) and the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health (ASMPH)
Adamson University
Miriam College -- including work in all units
Far Eastern University FERN College
De La Salle College of St. Benilde
Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Manila
Philippine Women's University Taft, JASMS -- including work in all units
St. Scholastica's College Manila
University of the Philippines Diliman - starting 11:30 a.m.
University of Santo Tomas -- including work, starting at 12 noon
Other announcements, from offices, universities and colleges:
Bureau of Customs -- from 3 p.m.
Supreme Court and other Metro Manila courts -- from 12 noon
University of the Philippines Cebu: classes in all levels
Darwin International School: all levels in all campuses, “Dream Day” activities to be rescheduled
Aquinas University of Legazpi: opening of classes moved from November 6 to November 11
Bicol University: classes in all levels until further notice
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(With reports from JK/Sunnex)