Delayed Manila class suspension prompts calls for review of disaster protocols

THE DELAYED suspension of college-level classes in Manila during heavy rains on Monday, Aug. 17, has prompted calls to review class-suspension protocols under the disaster risk reduction framework, after students were stranded at UST amid waist-deep floods. Asst. Prof. Alvin Ringgo Reyes, secretary of the UST College of Education, said authorities should revisit their framework […]