Elem, HS classes in QC suspended on Monday for Aquino's SONA

Classes in the elementary and high school levels in Quezon City will be suspended on Monday for President Benigno Aquino III's State of the Nation Address.

The Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office disclosed this on its Twitter account Thursday afternoon.

"Quezon City has suspended JULY 22 (MONDAY) classes in public and private schools, from elementary to high school," it said.

The Department of Education retweeted the announcement on its own Twitter account.

President Aquino will deliver his fourth SONA before a joint session of Congress on July 22.



Militants take QC gov't to court

Militants on Thursday questioned before the court the Quezon City government's decision to deny them a permit to hold a protest rally for President Benigno Aquino III's State of the Nation Address this coming Monday.

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. said the militant umbrella group has filed a petition on the matter with the Quezon City regional trial court.

Earlier, Reyes said Bayan was denied a permit to hold the rally at Batasan Road in Quezon City on July 22.

Bayan and other militant groups are planning protest actions on SONA Day on July 22. Aquino is to deliver his SONA before a joint session of Congress.

A report on dzBB radio said police will allow rallies along Commonwealth Avenue but not near the Batasan Complex, where Aquino will deliver his SONA before a joint session of Congress. — BM, GMA News