WALANG PASOK: DLSU, Benilde suspend classes due to papal visit road closures

Classes in at least two schools in Manila will be suspended on Wednesday due to road closures for Pope Francis' five-day visit to the Philippines.

 

The De La Salle University's student government tweeted office work and classes in all levels are suspended Jan. 14.

 

Classes in all levels, including office work, in the Taft campus are suspended on 14 Jan 2015 due to the road closures for the Papal Visit.

— DLSU USG (@usg_dlsu) January 13, 2015

The Taft campus will be on heightened security alert from 14 to 19 January 2015. Access to the campus will be closed.

— DLSU USG (@usg_dlsu) January 13, 2015

 

The College of St. Benilde issued a similar announcement on its Twitter account:

 

#WalangPasok Due to road closures for #PapalVisitPH, Benilde suspends all classes tom Wed, 14 Jan 2015 #PopeFrancisPH @dzbb

— Benilde (@BenildeNews) January 13, 2015

 

The suspensions come just ahead of the five-day holiday declared by Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada for the papal visit.

 

Key roads in Metro Manila will be closed starting Jan. 15, the day of Pope Francis' arrival.

 

On Monday, government agencies held a dry run of Pope Francis' Jan. 15 arrival in Manila. — Joel Locsin/TJD, GMA News