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Classes, sea trips suspended, half day for Capitol workers

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN

In-person classes in 12 local government units of Negros Occidental and sea trips were suspended on Monday, while the provincial government declared half day work for its employees, due Tropical Storm Enteng bringing heavy rains, enhanced by the southwest monsoon.

Negros Occidental and highly urbanized Bacolod City were placed on blue alert status, which also led the activation of their respective emergency operations centers and disaster online reporting and monitoring systems.

The trip of a Manila-bound vessel from the BREDCO port in Bacolod City was also canceled yesterday, due to a tropical storm warning signal at its destination, according to Cmdr. Jansen Benjamin, chief of Coast Guard Station, Northern Negros Occidental.

Benjamin said the 2GO Travel’s M/V Masigla, with 389 passengers, has remained docked at the BREDCO port since Monday morning.

Aside from the passengers, five rolling cargo, 145 containers, and four motorcycles were also stranded at the BREDCO Port.

The Philippine Airlines 4:25 p.m. flight from Manila to the Bacolod Silay Airport was also canceled due to foul weather.

The local government units that canceled classes include the cities of Talisay, Silay, Victorias, San Carlos, and Bacolod, as well as municipalities of Don Salvador Benedicto, EB Magalona, Pulupandan, Murcia, Valladolid, Isabela, and Hinoba-an.

Classes in San Carlos City, Bacolod City, Silay City, and E.B. Magalona will resume today, September 3.

Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson also ordered the suspension of work in all provincial government offices starting noon yesterday, due to the inclement weather.

“However, those who are assigned to vital and essential services such as security and emergency personnel shall continue to be on duty as scheduled,” Lacson said in a memorandum issued through Acting Provincial Administrator Alberto Nellas Jr.*

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