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Pedestrians and motorists navigate through rain and flood after a sudden downpour in Manila City on May 26, 2023. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File

Pedestrians and motorists navigate through rain and flood after a sudden downpour in Manila City on May 26, 2023 hours before the arrival of super typhoon Mawar. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/178667405189320230526-rain-flood-manila-jc-1.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Pedestrians and motorists navigate through rain and flood after a sudden downpour in Manila City on May 26, 2023. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Palace on Friday suspended onsite classes and work for government offices in Metro Manila and several other areas due to persistent southwest monsoon or habagat rains.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/8/14/list-flooded-roads-in-metro-manila-on-aug-14-1017">LIST: Flooded roads in Metro Manila on Aug. 14</a></div><p>&quot;[G]overnment offices are directed to shift to appropriate alternative work arrangements in the National Capital Region and the provinces of Zambales, Bataan, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Cavite, Batangas, Rizal, Laguna, Quezon, and Occidental Mindoro on 14 August 2026,&quot; the Office of the President said in a memorandum circular. </p><p>&quot;Unless otherwise directed by their respective Local Chief Executives, alternative learning modes for classes at all levels in public and private schools shall be implemented in the aforementioned areas,&quot; it added.</p><p>The Palace said it issued the advisory following recommendation from the country&#x27;s main disaster agency as well as in view of heavy rainfall warnings issued by state weather bureau PAGASA.</p><p>The cancellation or suspension of classes and work in government offices in other areas of the country may be implemented by their respective local chief executives, it said.</p><p>Government agencies involved in basic services and disaster response should continue their operations, the Palace added.</p><div><em><strong>For more weather updates, visit the </strong></em><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/calamity-hub"><strong><em>ABS-CBN Calamity Hub.</em></strong></a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS:</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RmjvB0yZqss?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j5bsX4FsZ90?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9L2QeTiqg94?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The Palace on Friday suspended onsite classes and work for government offices in Metro Manila and several other areas due to persistent southwest monsoon or habagat rains.</p>

The Palace on Friday suspended onsite classes and work for government offices in Metro Manila and several other areas due to persistent southwest monsoon or habagat rains.

Palace suspends onsite classes, work for gov't offices in NCR, nearby provinces amid rains

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Palace suspends onsite classes, work for gov't offices in NCR, nearby provinces amid rains

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Published August 14, 2026 10:30 AM PHT

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Updated August 14, 2026 10:34 AM PHT

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