Google map of Region 10 (Northern Mindanao).
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Local government units (LGUs) in the Northern Mindanao region suspended classes on Friday due to the heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Paeng.
In Camiguin province, Governor Xavier Jesus Romualdo had to suspend even the scheduled activities for the day in their week-long Lanzones Festival.
"Due to the heavy rainfall throughout the entire province, classes at all levels in Camiguin are now suspended," Romualdo said in a Facebook post.
Mayor Erick Cañosa of Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental province, and Mayor Azucena Huervas in Valencia City, Bukidnon province, also issued orders to suspend classes.
"The tropical storm (Paeng) threatens the safety of our students in the 31 barangays, thus, the suspension of classes is deemed necessary," Huervas said in a memorandum order.
Mabs Galvez, the focal person of the Office of the Civil Defense in Region 10, said local disaster risk reduction management offices in every LGU are on standby and closely coordinating with the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council for the storm update.
Based on initial reports at the operations center, Galvez said five LGUs in Bukidnon have issued class suspensions.
"Preemptive evacuation of two families were done in Sitio Balbagon, Mambajao (Camiguin); and trips were canceled between Benoni port to Balingoan port (Misamis Oriental), vice-versa," she said. (PNA)
