No classes on Monday in some NCR cities, Luzon areas due to Typhoon Labuyo

(Updated 10:11 p.m.) Amid the threat of bad weather conditions from Typhoon Labuyo (Utor) on Monday, some cities in Metro Manila on Sunday evening announced the suspension of classes at different levels. In Manila, Mayor Joseph Estrada announced classes up to the elementary level in Manila will be suspended on Monday. "All public and private schools, hanggang elementary, no classes tomorrow," Estrada said in an interview on dzBB radio. Estrada added that the expected rainy weather will be not be an excuse for colorum buses to enter the city. "Walang pagbabago yan. Hindi excuse ang bagyo sa bus," he said. Mandaluyong City public and private elementary and high schools will have no classes on Monday, said Mayor Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. In Makati City, Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr.'s spokesman Joey Salgado announced classes will be suspended at the elementary and high school levels, in public and private schools. San Juan City declared no classes in all levels from preschool to college in all public and private schools. In Pateros, Mayor Jose Medina announced the suspension of classes in public and private schools in all levels on Monday, radio dzBB reported. In Parañaque, classes are suspended from preschool to high school levels, public and private. In Pasay, elementary to high school classes, both private and public, are suspended. In Caloocan, Malabon and Marikina Cities, classes up to the high school level in public and private schools are suspended Monday. In Las Piñas City, classes are to be suspended at the elementary to high school levels on Monday, dzBB reported. In Navotas City, classes are suspended in all public elementary and high schools. In Pasig City, classes are suspended Monday in the elementary and high school levels in public and private schools. In Muntinlupa City, classes up to high school are suspended Monday. In Taguig City, classes are suspended in all day care and elementary schools, but public high schools and colleges will have classes. In Valenzuela City, the city government said there will be no classes for daycare and preschool citywide on Monday. However, it said classes will be suspended in the elementary and high school levels in public and private schools, only in some flood-prone barangays, including Wawang Pulo, Balangkas, Pariancillo Villa, Palasan, Arkong Bato, Polo, Poblacion, Tagalag, Bisig, Isla, Rincon, Pasolo, Mabolo, Malanday, Dalandanan, Coloong and Malinta. In Quezon City, Mayor Herbert Bautista told dzBB radio that classes in all levels are suspended in public and private schools. Meanwhile, Monday classes at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Metro Manila campuses (Manila, San Juan, Taguig, Parañaque & QC) were suspended. The University of the East said preschool and elementary classes in its Manila and Caloocan City campuses will be suspended. As of 5 p.m. Sunday, Metro Manila was one of the areas under Storm Signal No. 1 due to Labuyo. Earlier Sunday, state weather bureau PAGASA placed nine areas under Storm Signal No. 3 Sunday afternoon as Labuyo intensified and continued to move toward the Isabela-Aurora area. Outside NCR Monday classes at the preschool and elementary levels in public and private schools have also been suspended in Tagaytay City. In San Mateo, Rizal, classes are suspended in all levels on Monday, in both private and public schools. Also in Rizal, Cainta suspended classes for Monday from preschool to high school, both public and private, according to an administrator's post on President Benigno Aquino III's Taitter account. In Cavite, Governor Jonvic Remulla said there will be no classes Monday in all levels in the whole province due to Labuyo. In Bulacan, Provincial Administrator Jim Valerio said that Gov. Willy Sy-Alvarado has declared the suspension of classes for preschool, elementary and high school in both public and private schools for the whole province. In Abra, classes are to be suspended in public and private elementary and high schools on Monday. The Department of Education's guidelines on the suspension of classes include: - Signal No. 1: No classes in kindergarten - Signal No. 2: No classes in elementary and high school - Signal No. 3: No classes in all levels including college DOH on white alert, allots P147M for emergency relief The Department of Health has raised the white alert on government health facilities, which is adopted when there is a forecast cyclone or a national holiday. Under Code White, emergency service personnel at the hospital dorms shall be placed on call status. Emergency medicines should be stocked and made available In its 9 p.m. update, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) also said the Department of Social Welfare and Development has prepositioned P147.39 million in emergency relief goods. 12 missing fishermen safely home Meanwhile, at least 12 out of some 33 fishermen from Catanduanes who were reported missing returned home Sunday afternoon, the Philippine Red Cross said. In a post on its Twitter account, the Red Cross said the fishermen who returned were from Virac and Gigmoto in Catanduanes. The Red Cross had said 28 fishermen were missing, but Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council spokesperson Edna Bagadiong told state-run Philippines News Agency that 33 fishermen were missing. Of these, she said 14 were from Pandan town, eight from Gigmoto, eight from Virac, and three from Bagamanoc. Since Saturday, the Office of Civil Defense in Bicol had appealed to fishermen not to venture out to sea due to the threat from Labuyo. Number of stranded passengers rises The number of passengers stranded in several major ports due to Labuyo continued to rise, with the Philippine Coast Guard reporting that as of 5 p.m., there were 7,774 passengers stranded in ports in Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Bicol. — BM, GMA News