(Eagle News) — Work on Friday, Sept. 14, has been suspended in courts located in the Manila City Hall.
Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro said that other than those courts, there is no work suspension in courts in Metro Manila.
She said, however, that executive judges, “due to their personal knowledge of the circumstances of their locality,” had the discretion to order a work suspension later in the day.
In its 8 a.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Ompong” was located 655 kilometers east of Infanta, Quezon, and was moving in a west northwest direction at 20 kilometers per hour.
PAGASA said “Ompong” is expected to make landfall over the Cagayan-Isabela area.
Signal Number 3 has been hoisted over Isabela, Cagayan and northern Aurora, while a Signal Number 2 is up over Batanes, Babuyan Group of Islands, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Apayao, Abra, Kalinga, Moiuntain Province, Ifugao, La Union, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, the rest of Aurora, Tarlac and northern Zambales.
Signal Number 1 has been hoisted over Pampanga, Bataan, rest of Zambales, Bulacan, RIzal, Metro Manila, Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Quezon including Polillo Island, northern Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Island, northern Oriental Mindoro, Masbate, Marinduque, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, Burias and Ticao Islands, and northern Samar.