Several local government units announced the suspension of classes and all school-related activities for public and private schools on Friday, 26 May, in anticipation of Typhoon Mawar.
Calamba City and Los Baños in Laguna have suspended classes Friday, public and private.
Calamba City Mayor Roseller Rizal said the classes would be held in modular or online methods.
In Los Baños, authorities suspended classes from pre-school to senior high.
According to PAGASA, Typhoon Mawar, which “further intensifies” into a super typhoon (category 5), is reportedly heading to the Philippines after battering Guam.
Those LGUs which have called off classes, as of this writing, were Marikina and Sta. Ana, Cagayan (until 27 May); Echague and San Mariano, Isabela; Macabebe, Pampanga; Roxas, Palawan; and Minglanilla, Argao, San Fernando, Consolacion, Naga, Carcar, Alcoy, and Talisay in Cebu province.