Philippines suspends in-person classes due to heat, jeepney strike
Extreme heat has scorched Southeast Asia in recent weeks, prompting thousands of schools to suspend in-person operations and authorities to issue health warnings.
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In this photo taken on April 5, 2024, jeepneys commute along a street in Manila. About 70 years after the first jeepneys rolled on to the streets of the Philippines, the noisy, smoke-belching vehicles face an existential threat from a plan to replace them with modern mini-buses. (Credit: AFP)
By NewVision Reporter
Journalists @NewVision
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MANILA - The Philippines will suspend in-person classes in all public schools for two days due to extreme heat and a nationwide strike by jeepney drivers,