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#WalangPasok: Metro Manila mayors eye new guidelines on class suspensions

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<p>MANILA - Local chief executives in Metro Manila are drawing new guidelines for the suspension of classes to keep students safe from floods and rains, Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista said Tuesday.</p><p>Some students plodded through flooded streets last month after some officials issued late announcements on cancelled classes. </p><p>New guidelines on class suspensions will iron out coordination among local agencies, the state weather bureau, the education and public works departments, and other relevant agencies, Bautista told reporters at a meeting of the Metro Manila Council in Taguig. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1427854" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Officials eye finalizing the guidelines in 2 weeks. In the meantime, mayors would remain in charge of the suspension of classes, he added.</p><p>Bautista&#x27;s announcement comes as tropical depression Karding and a low pressure area threatened to stir the southwest monsoon and bring rains over large sections of the country. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/07/18/karding-is-here-lpa-off-luzon-now-a-storm">Karding is here: LPA off Luzon now a storm</a></li></ul><p>Visit the <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/weather">ABS-CBN Weather Center</a> for the latest weather updates.</p><div><strong>Report from Henry Atuelan, ABS-CBN News </strong></div>

<p>Local chief executives in Metro Manila are drawing new guidelines for the suspension of classes to keep students safe from floods nd rains, Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista said Tuesday. <br /> </p>

Local chief executives in Metro Manila are drawing new guidelines for the suspension of classes to keep students safe from floods nd rains, Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista said Tuesday.