Walang pasok, Huwebes. With the enhanced southwest monsoon, compounded by Tropical Cyclone Neneng, still drenching Luzon, Malacañang has ordered government offices in Metro Manila and 17 provinces to shift to alternative work arrangements on August 20, and schools in the region are moving to alternative learning. Here is the running list of class suspensions.
Why Thursday is disrupted
The Habagat rains that have soaked Luzon all month are being reinforced by Tropical Cyclone Neneng, which slightly weakened but continues to intensify the downpour. That combination is enough for the Palace to act on a Memorandum Circular on alternative arrangements, this time covering NCR plus 17 provinces.
What is suspended on August 20
- Metro Manila: no face to face classes, all levels, public and private; shift to alternative delivery, including Caloocan and San Juan (online)
- CALABARZON / CAR / MIMAROPA / Regions I and III: Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Abra, Benguet, Oriental Mindoro, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and a flooded Zambales shift to online or modular learning
- Government offices in NCR + 17 provinces: alternative work arrangements via Memorandum Circular 131, signed by Executive Secretary Ralph Recto
Areas are being announced in batches as LGUs decide, so the GMA Walang Pasok tracker is the place to keep refreshing if your area is not yet listed.
PAGASA flood alerts and Zambales
PAGASA’s heavy rainfall warning places Zambales and Bataan under orange (flooding threatening) and Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, parts of Metro Manila, Cavite and Batangas under yellow. Zambales is among the hardest hit: the Bucao River is on high alert and an overflowing river has flooded government buildings in San Marcelino, with one town under a state of calamity.
This is a running list
Municipal announcements vary hour by hour, and a full national tally is still forming into the evening. The pattern follows the suspensions that hit Luzon earlier this week, and with the monsoon showing no sign of easing and the fuel that moves goods getting more expensive by the day, the transport and cost pressures on families are only building.
