Classes for both public and private schools are suspended in select areas on Monday, January 13, 2020 due to the eruption of Taal Volcano.
Here is the list of areas where classes are suspended (Updating…):
All Levels (Public and Private)
- Province of Cavite
- Caloocan City
- Las Piñas City
- Malabon City
- Mandaluyong City
- Marikina City
- Pateros
- Quezon City
- Taguig City
- Valenzuela City
- City of Manila
- Pasig City
- Makati City
- Muntinlupa City
- Navotas City
- Parañaque City
- Pasay City
- Pasig City
- San Juan City
- Lipa City
- Tanauan City
- Biñan City
- Santa Rosa City
- Municipalities around Taal Lake (Talisay, Balete, Mataas na Kahoy, Cuenca, Alitagtag, Sta Teresita, San Nicolas, Agoncillo, Laurel)
- Bataan
- Bulacan Province
- Pampanga
- Angeles City
- Concepcion, Tarlac
- Capas, Tarlac
Batangas Province
According to the news bulletin of Philvolcs released at 4:00 PM this afternoon they have raised the alert level from Alert Level 2 (increasing unrest) to Alert Level 3 (magmatic unrest).
At 2:04 PM, the said goverment agency has monitored that Taal Volcano Main Crater and found out that the eruptive activity has increased where it generates an eruption plume to 1 kilometer-high.
Ashfall is currently being showered on the southwest sector of Taal.
Phivolcs reminded the public that the entire Volcano Island is now a Permanent Danger Zone and the entry to high-risk barangays of Agoncillo and Laurel is prohibited.