CABANATUAN CITY – Classes were suspended in this city and other places in Nueva Ecija due to massive 12-hour outage caused by maintenance activity of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines Thursday.
Division Memorandum No. 100 s. 2023, signed by Enrique Angeles, officer-in-charge of Cabanatuan City Schools Division, declared “classes and office work were suspended due to the conduct of maintenance activities by the NGCP.”
The memo was pursuant to DepEd Order No. 37 s 2022 entitled “Guidelines Regarding the Suspension of Classes.”
“School heads are advised to conduct modular distance learning to ensure that learning competencies are still met,” the memorandum reads.
The power outage brought by NGCP activity started 6 a.m. to last up to 6 p.m., according to an announcement from power distributor Cabanatuan Electric Corp. The same announcement was posted by Nueva Electric Cooperative 1.
The power coop said the scheduled NGCP activity, that involved replacement of wood poles along Cabanatuan to Bulualto Line, affects Gapan City and the municipalities of Cabiao, San Isidro, Jaen, San Antonio, as as well as Barangay Batitang in Zaragoza, and Barangay Tagulod in Candaba, Pampanga
The Wesleyan University-Philippines in Cabanatuan City also suspended both in-person and online classes due to the power outage.
