Cebu Governor Hilario P. Davide declared on Thursday the suspension of classes in all levels in
public and private schools in the province on December 5 and 6, Friday and Saturday.
Davide made the declaration as typhoon Ruby (with international name Hagupit) entered the
Philippine area of responsibility early Thursday. The US Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center
has categorized typhoon Ruby as a super storm.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa)
said typhoon Ruby has a maximum sustained winds of 175 kilometers per hour (kph) near the
center and gustiness of up to 210 kph.
Davide’s declaration will cover the areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education
(DepEd) Cebu province.
The DepEd offices in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu, Talisay and Danao City will have
to make their own suspension order.
Pagasa, in its 4:00 a.m. weather bulletin, said Bicol region, Eastern Visayas, Caraga and Davao
region will experience cloudy skies with light to moderate rain showers and thunder storms.
Cagayan Valley, the provinces of Aurora and Quezon, Cordillera and Ilocos regions will have
cloudy or partly cloudy skies with light rains.
Some areas in Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with
isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.
Davide had also directed the DepEd Cebu province to postpone the holding of the Cebu
Provincial Sports and Cultural Festival to January 5, 2015.
The provincial meet was scheduled to be held in the towns of Argao and Dalaguete on December
5. However, the two towns have incurred damages from typhoon Queenie that hit the southern
towns of Cebu on November 27.
The Cebu Provincial Board on November 28 declared a state of calamity in second district.
Aside from Argao and Dalaguete, the munipalities of Alcantara, Alcoy, Alegria, Badian,
Boljoon, Dumanjug, Ginatilan, Malabuyoc, Moalboal, Oslob, Ronda, Samboan and Santander
were also affected by Typhoon Quennie. The damages to infrastructure, agriculture and housing
in these areas was estimated to reach more than P230 million.