Due to Storm Gener or floods : Classses suspended July 30 in these schools (see list below), gmanews.tv 8:30am
Centro Escolar University – all levels
Colegio de San Juan de Letran – all levels
College of the Holy Spirit – all levels
De La Salle University (Taft, Makati, Ortigas campuses and College of St. Benilde) – Classes in all levels and all office operations suspended.
Far Eastern University – all levels
La Consolacion College – no classes up to high school
Malabon National High School and Malabon Elementary Schools – Classes suspended
Miriam College – all levels
National University – all levels
New Era University – Preschool, elementary, and high school classes. No announcements yet for college level.
Philippine Christian University – all levels
Philippine Normal University – all levels
San Beda College – all levels
San Sebastian Recoletos – all levels
St. Paul’s University, Quezon City – No classes in all levels
St. Scholastica’s College Manila – no classes in all levels, according to VPAA Virginia Fornias
University of the East – all levels
University of Perpetual Help (Cavite) – all levels
University of Santo Tomas – Work and classes in all levels are suspended.
Ateneo De Manila University – For Loyola Schools, classes will proceed as scheduled, but its Facebook account said the school will “continue to monitor weather developments throughout the day, and may make another announcement later.”
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council: schools in parts of Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, and Cavite also suspended classes for the day. These include, aside from those already mentioned, schools in:
Mandaluyong (preschool to high school, private and public schools)
Pasig (all levels)
Marikina (all levels)
Muntinlupa (all levels)
Taguig (preschool to high school, public and private schools). Mayor Cayetano also suspended classes in Taguig City University.
Parañaque (all levels)
Pateros
Las Piñas (preschool to high school)
Meycauayan, Bulacan (Zamora Elementary School)
Marilao, Bulacan (preschool to elementary)
Nueva Ecija (all levels, public and private schools)
Laguna (all levels)
Talisay, Batangas (preschool to elementary)
Bacoor, Cavite (preschool to elementary)
Naic, Cavite (all levels)
Rosario, Cavite (preschool to high school)
Tanay, Rizal (preschool to high school, private and public schools)
Taytay, Rizal (preschool to high school, private and public schools)
Antipolo, Rizal (all levels)
Teresa, Rizal (preschool to high school, private and public schools)
Morong, Rizal (preschool to high school, private and public schools)
Montalban, Rizal (all levels)
Rodriguez, Rizal (all levels)
San Mateo, Rizal (preschool to high school, private and public schools)
Classes are also suspended in all levels in Obando, one of the low-lying areas in Bulacan, the DepEd said.
In Cainta, Rizal, classes suspended in all public and private schools from pre-school to high school levels, the Cainta Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said.
In Angono, Rizal, from Mayor Gerardo Calderon: suspension of classes from pre-school to secondary levels in all public and private schools.
In Dasmariñas, Cavite, classes from preschool to high school levels suspended by Mayor Jenny Barzaga.
In Carmona, Cavite, Mayor Dahlia Loyola also suspended classes
Twitter account of DepEd: kindergarten to high school classes are suspended in the cities of Manila, Navotas, Pasay, and Malabon.
In Quezon City, San Juan, Valenzuela and Caloocan, classes from kindergarten to high school in all public and private schools are also suspended, according to their local government units.
In Makati, classes suspended up to the college level in both public and private schools, the local government said.
ANTIPOLO CITY: Mayor suspends classes in public and private schools, preelem to HS. via @jmesantos
TAYTAY suspends classes from preschool to high school via @UnangHirit
BINANGONAN, RIZAL suspends classes from preschool to high school via @danotingcungco
QUEZON CITY – Classes tom SUSPENDED in Kinder, Elem and High School for public and private. Via Office of Quezon City Mayor Bautista
SAN JUAN CITY – No Elem & HS classes in San Juan, public and private. Info for college, 2am. Via Olive Reyes, Public Info Department.
NAVOTAS – Update: Office of Navotas Mayor Tiangco: No classes tomorrow from kinder to HS public and private due to rain.
MARIKINA CITY has suspended classes in public and private schools from preschool to HS. via Saleema Refran
MANDALUYONG CITY – Update: Mandaluyong classes suspended, pre-school to HS, public and private, via Office of Mayor Benhur Abalos
VALENZUELA CITY – Valenzuela Mayor Gatchalian suspends classes pre-school to HS, public and private (via Twitter @stgatchalian)
PARANAQUE CITY Mayor Bernabe suspends classes in public and private schools including college. via @noynoyaquino
PASIG Mayor Bobby Eusebio suspends classes in all levels including college. via Saleema Refran
PASAY – Classes suspended tomorrow, July 30, in MANILA, NAVOTAS and PASAY Division, Kindergarten to HS. (via DepEd_PH)
CAINTA – Mayor Ramon Ilagan suspends classes from Pre-school to H.S. Both public and private.(Cainta local disaster risk reduction & mgt)
MANILA CITY HALL suspends classes in public schools from kinder to high school. via @jpsoriano
MAKATI suspends classes in ALL LEVELS (Preschool to college, public and private) via @MakatiTraffic
DASMARINAS, CAVITE – classes from pre-elem to high school in Dasmarinas cavite are suspended on Mon, July 30, due to continuous heavy rains & strong winds.
RODRIGUEZ, RIZAL suspends classes in public, private schools from prep to college, via text from Rodriguez PIO Singson.
TAGUIG suspends classes in all levels (preschool to college) via @noynoyaquino
BACOOR, CAVITE suspends classes from preschool to high school via @UnangHirit
CARMONA, CAVITE suspends classes from preschool to high school via @UnangHirit
INDANG, CAVITE suspends classes from preschool to high school via @UnangHirit
ROSARIO CAVITE via @DepEd_PH
TANZA, CAVITE via @DepEd_PH
NOVELETA via @DepEd_PH
MARAGONDON via @DepEd_PH
TERNATE, CAVITE via @DepEd_PH
OBANDO, BULACAN suspends classes in all levels via @DepEd_PH
PATEROS suspends MORNING CLASSES from preschool to high school via @UnangHirit
LAGUNA suspends classes in all levels via @DepEd_PH
MUNTINLUPA suspends classes from preschool to high school via @UnangHirit
MARILAO, BULACAN suspends classes from preschool to high school via @UnangHirit
OLONGAPO CITY suspends classes from preschool to high school via @UnangHirit
BALAGTAS, BULACAN suspends classes from preschool to high school via @UnangHirit
SCHOOLS:
New Era University – Pre-school, elementary, and HS classes for New Era U are suspended tomorrow, July 30. No announcements yet for college level.
MALABON – Classes suspended July 30, in Malabon Elementary School and Malabon Nat’l High School, Malabon Polytechnic
ADMU: Classes suspended in prep, grade school, and high school levels, in accordance with the QC government announcement. ADMU Loyola Schools no suspension (via @ateneodemanilau)
UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST classes suspended from pre school to high school in Manila and Caloocan. via @noynoyaquino
MIRIAM COLLEGE CSC, grade school, high school, SAID, and MAE suspended. via @Miriam_College
NAVOTAS POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE classes suspended declared by Navotas Mayor John Rey Tiangco. via Saleema Refran
SAN SEBASTIAN COLLEGE (all levels) via @UnangHirit
FOREST RIDGE INTEGRATED SCHOOL, Bulacan via @UnangHirit
SAMSON COLLEGE OF SCIENE AND TECHNOLOGY
POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES (Sta. Mesa, Taguig, San Juan, PQue, Commonwealth campuses)
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA suspends classes and offices for July 30 via @UnangHirit
FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY-MANILA
ST. PAUL UNIVERSITY-MANILA suspends classes and offices for July 30 via @UnangHirit
PHILIPPINE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (including grad school)
SAN BEDA COLLEGE-MANILA
STI-CALOOCAN
STI-MEYCAUAYAN
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT-MANILA suspends classes and offices for July 30 via @UnangHirit
CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY Manila, Makati, Malolos campuses
DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-MANILA (as of 3:30AM)
DE LA SALLE-COLLEGE OF SAINT BENILDE
ST. SCHOLASTICA’S COLLEGE-MANILA
PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
ASIA-PACIFIC COLLEGE
DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-DASMARINAS via Vice-Chancellor Efipania Anfone
MANILA TYPANA COLLEGES, Pasay, via @UnangHirit
ZAMORA ELEM. SCHOOL via @UnangHirit
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES Manila and QC campuses via TIP Facebook
UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL HELP
BALIUAG UNIVERSITY suspends classes for Kinder to HS only via @baliuagu
OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY via ULFU Facebook
PHILIPPINE COLLEGE OF CRIMINOLOGY (Classes and offices) via Hadji Rieta
GLOBAL CITY INNOVATIVE COLLEGES via GCIC Office of Student Affairs
ST. PAUL UNIVERSITY-QC via @SPUQC1946
LYCEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES UNIVERSITY (Manila and Cavite campuses)
RIZAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
COLEGIO DE SAN JUAN DE LETRAN
DE LA SALLE-ARANETA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF STO. TOMAS via @USTSC1213
LA CONSOLASCION COLLEGE-MANILA
UNIVERSITY OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC via @uapasia
EMILIO AGUINALDO COLLEGE
UP-DILIMAN suspends 8AM to 1PM classes. Classes will resume at 1PM via @upsystem
(Liveblog): The London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremonies…
(rightclicked from today’s Google logo of the cover page of the Google search page, used here non-commercially for review purposes)
looks like it’s going to be a few minutes late. CNN has removed its countdown/ timer; a couple of minutes ago, it said 2:00 (two minutes) to go and then the digital timer disappeared…
it’s alright, a thousand lights, sounds, performers of a multi-million-euro production have to be set up: they can be a few minutes late….
Who’ll be carrying the proverbial Promethean torch…? it’s a well-kept secret up to now. Abangan! (Watch out). For me, the torchbearer should be an athlete or any person symbolic of courage and imagination — that’s what the Promethean lore was all about, isn’t it?… someone symbolic of being able to surpass pain, hardship, and strife to bring light to everyone…well, this is London, the Olympic bid was meant to revive the economy with tourist attractions and investments; no need for substance, maybe… CNN is presently filling up the air with… weather news!
The Philippines, it seems, has consciously downplayed the event because… we’ve sent the leanest contingent ever (11 athletes): hopefully it’s a mean team; i hear we have a good chance at the shooting and boxing competitions. Sports are a reflection of a country’s economic development…i’m blabbering — where are the opening lights and sounds…?
A good Olympics opening ceremonies, to me, should be judged based on its content and theme, and not on pomp and pageantry or how much was spent on it. The theme and content should have some historicity, or should show why we are holding the Olympics, its historical background, and its relevance; it should depict the current times and the conflict besieging the world and how the event could have a unifying effect; and finally, it should showcase the triumph of the human spirit in overcoming adversity in every competition… All these in one entertaining, breathtaking production of dancers and dancing lights, opera and pop singers, full orchestras, fireworks display, acrobats, liontamers, of course.
CNN is filling up the air now with a backgrounder of the leading contending athletes…
… now, it’s filling up the air with the story of a rickshaw driver in London, which has been replayed half a dozen times to fill up gaps in the broadcast. And more station i.d. and show plugs. wala man lang live interviews ang mga ito, at least dito sa Pilipinas magaling mag- improvise ang mga producers at hosts; kung sinu-sino ang hinahatak sa studio or pino-phone patch! ..
Wala na, update on and feature story of the Colorado mass killings na ang pinapalabas nila….
… Maybe they’re waiting for the Queen….
and (from Reuters) here she is, photo by Reuters. video shown at the opening ceremonies, London 2012 Olympics
FROM THE BRITISH BROACASTING CORPORATION:
“KEY MOMENT- THE QUEEN ARRIVES AT THE OLYMPIC STADIUM
“As the film finishes the Queen arrives at the Olympic Stadium, walking down the steps into the Royal box.
“2128: Two figures parachute out of the helicopter, one dressed as Her Majesty!
“The statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square waves as the helicopter flies over London and through Tower Bridge.
“Her Majesty and James Bond leave the palace and step onto a chopper.
“The Queen and Daniel Craig slowly walk down Buckingham Palace corridor.
“A film of Buckingham Palace – with overhead shots and film of tourists taking a look round. A black cab draws up and Daniel Craig (aka James Bond) races up the stairs and into the building.
“Olympic and triple world champion Zac Purchase
“The men in top hats applaud and salute the rings as a pall of smoke from the iron smelting drifts away over the stadium.
“2123: Five Olympic rings seemingly made from molten steel, rise from the ground and come together in a shower of sparks.
“A replica of the Windrush ship, which brought the first West Indian immigrants over to England after the Second World War.
“The following are among the performers in this segment alongside the industrialists: Windrush passengers and porters, steel band members, Suffragettes and pearly Kings and Queens…
“But here is a bright splash of colour representing The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper uniforms.
“2118:The men in top hats remain a constant as the ceremony continues – there is lots of movement in the centre of the stadium, people walking here and there.
“Both men and women drummers beating away at bigger drums and we also see what appears to be looms from the cotton mills.
“2118: Time keeps marching on and we now have a group of First World War soldiers – the men in top hats take them off and show respect for those who lost their lives in the 1914-1918 conflict.
“2117: The word Pandemonium, by the way, was coined by poet John Milton: It was the name of the capital of Hell in Paradise Lost.
“2117: A group of Suffragettes enter the stadium and we now see six chimneys smoking away – with a person climbing down the side of each one.
“2115: The men in top hats look up into the crowd and other members of the cast are dragging things around the set – including what seem to be gates, rolled up pieces of turf and even a small building.
“The music for this section of the ceremony is And I Will Kiss, by Underworld, a British electronic duo who previously collaborated with director Danny Boyle on the films Trainspotting and Sunshine.
“2114: Men are marching up and down the hill, groups of people in peasant costume are walking around carrying heavy objects, the group of men in top hat and tails are shaking hands with each other – and all the time the 1,000 drummers keep on beating.
“And beating.
“2113: Tonight’s ceremony is set taking the watching world through “great revolutions in British society”, including the Industrial Revolution, the “revolution of social attitudes” of the 1960s onwards, and the digital revolution of the 21st Century.
“2112: The drumming is being led by Dame Evelyn Glennie, who – having been profoundly deaf for almost her entire life – often plays barefoot “in order to feel the music more accurately”, according to our guide.
“Almost a thousand drummers are taking part.
“After the Green and Pleasant Land opening this part of the ceremony is called Pandemonium.
“It covers subjects ranging from the Industrial Revolution to World War One, trade unionism, Chelsea Pensioners, Suffragettes and the Jarrow hunger marchers, in a 15-minute segment celebrating Britain’s role as “the workshop in the world” in its industrial heyday.
“2110: Danny Boyle promises this is a ceremony with a theme of “this is for everyone”.
“He adds it contains “a celebration of the creativity, exuberance and, above all, the generosity of the British people”.
“He warns that there are “no spectators – everyone in the stadium will be part of the magic”.
“2108: Kenneth Branagh plays Isambard Kingdom Brunel in the ceremony, speaking Caliban’s lines from Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
” “Be not afeard: the isle is full of noises…”
“Brunel, who died comparatively young by modern standards at 53, managed in that time to become a world-leading engineer of steamships, bridges, tunnels and railways.
“2106: All four countries of the UK were represented in song – Jerusalem, Danny Boy, Flower of Scotland and Bread of Heaven sung by youngsters, some of whom are not in the stadium.
“A horsedrawn carriage is on the track and a man in an old top hat carrying a book under his arm steps out, to meet several other men dressed in similar garb.
“The choir in the stadium, all wearing yellow hooped tops, carry on singing Jerusalem.
“2104: As the sound of the bell dies away a young soloist sings Sir Hubert Parry’s setting of William Blake’s poem Jerusalem. And we hear the strains of Danny Boy being sung by a young choir.
“Milkmaids are tossing apples from one to the other, a village cricket match takes place – with an unsuccessful lbw appeal – and there’s morris dancing.
“2102: BBC 2012, Olympic Stadium
“KEY MOMENT- OPENING CEREMONY BEGINS
“The London 2012 opening ceremony begins as Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins rings the largest harmonically tuned bell in the world.
“2059: The banners in the crowd come down and to huge cheers we are almost ready for the official ceremony to begin.
“2057: A classical orchestra sitting on the grass are playing Elgar’s Nimrod. The waterwheel is turning and there is also maypole dancing going on.
“Some members of the crowd are now all sitting under long blue banners which means we can not see them for the moment.
“2057: A quick reminder that you can watch the opening ceremony in 3D on the BBC HD Channel.
“2054: BBC 2012’s Claire Heald at the Olympic Stadium
“United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has just issued the Olympic truce, calling on all countries to declare peace for the Games.”
