The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said Wednesday that classes at the tertiary level in Metro Manila and other areas placed under a state of calamity will remain suspended until Saturday. Classes resume on October 3 (for Saturday classes) and October 5 (for Monday classes). Colleges and universities are being encouraged to become centers that will receive aid and donations to help those affected by Typhoon Ondoy.
In other news, Typhoon Ondoy or international name Ketsana is now in Vietnam, which is across the South China Sea from Philippines. Ketsana hit central Vietnam yesterday and death toll is now at 39, and caused close to 170,000 people to leave their homes.
The World Meteorological Organisation said in Geneva a new tropical depression had formed east of the Philippines Tuesday, although it was too soon to predict whether it would form a cycle that would reach the archipelago.
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