LIST | #WalangPasok, Class Suspensions (March 9, 2020)

Updated as of 9:12 AM, March 9

Classes are being suspended by some local government units on certain days of March 2020 due to the threat of COVID-19 (caused by the novel coronavirus). 

These class suspensions are done to stop the spread of the virus. All in all, there have been 6 confirmed cases of the virus in the Philippines. The first three were Chinese tourists, while the latest three are Filipinos.

Here is the list of #WalangPasok school levels as of posting time.

Metro Manila

Pasay City - all levels (public and private) on Monday, March 9, and Tuesday, March 10
Quezon City - Bagong Lipunan Crame Elementary School and High School only on Monday, March 9
Marikina City - all levels (public and private) from Monday, March 9, until Wednesday, March 11
Navotas City - all levels (public and private) on Monday, March 9
San Juan City - all levels (public and private) on Monday, March 9

Rizal

Cainta - all levels (public and private) from Saturday, March 7, until Tuesday, March 10

Taytay - all levels (public and private) on Monday, March 9

Ilocos Region

Pangasinan
Lingayen - all levels (public and private) on Monday, March 9

Source: Rappler, GMA News

PROMO | 50% Off at The Mind Museum this March 2020

Image Courtesy: The Mind Museum

50% Off at The Mind Museum March 2020
 

PROMO PERIOD: March 1-31, 2020
WHERE: The Mind Museum
 

Come and celebrate The Mind Museum’s 8th birthday! Bring your loved ones especially your kids to The Mind Museum. All-day passes are being sold at 50% OFF this month of March! 

Image Courtesy: The Mind Museum

Visit www.themindmuseum.org to get your tickets now. Stay tuned for exciting activities prepared for you guys! Coming soon!

LIST | #WalangPasok, Class Suspensions (June 11, 2018)

(Updated at 5 AM, 06/11/18) 

Due to heavy rains brought about by Typhoon Domeng, classes are suspended on Monday in the following areas/cities:

WITHIN METRO MANILA

All Levels

Caloocan

Las Piñas

Malabon

Mandaluyong

Manila

Marikina

Muntinlupa

Navotas

Parañaque

Pasay

Pasig

Pateros

Quezon City

San Juan

Valenzuela

Preschool to Senior High School

Taguig

OUTSIDE METRO MANILA

All Levels

Bataan

Rizal

Lian in Batangas

Olongapo and Subic in Zambales

Preschool to Senior High School

Abra

Preschool to Grade School Only

Bacoor, Cavite

ALERTS | Books for Less Back-to-School SALE

Books for Less Back-to-School Sale is ongoing until June 30, 2018. Great finds await you for 50 Php only in these Books For Less branches: 

Centis, EDSA, Quezon City 

Jazz Mall Makati 

Pioneer Center, Pasig 

RCBC Plaza Makati 

Shopwise Commonwealth 

SM Pasig 

Sun Mall, Welcome Rotonda

EDUCATION | UP makes it to Times Higher Education's World University Rankings 2016-2017

In what may appear to be a reflection of the current state of education in the Philippines, the University of the Philippines (UP) is the sole Philippine university that entered the World University Rankings list of Times Higher Education for the period 2016-2017.

The premier university of the country ranks 801++ in the overall rankings of the London-based publication. However, it failed to join the list of top 200 universities in Asia. The latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) University Rankings for Asia listed UP at rank 70 (same as last year), Ateneo de Manila University at rank 99 (up from 114), De La Salle University (DLSU) at rank 143 (improved from 183), and UST at rank 157 (which went down from 143). The National University of Singapore (NUS) retains its title as the best university in Asia in the latest Times Higher Education's (THE) World University Rankings. NUS is followed by the Nanyang Technological University, Peking University, University of Hong Kong, and Tsinghua University.

Here are the world's best universities according to Times Higher Education for the period 2016 to 2017.

1. University of Oxford, United Kingdom (up from rank 2)
2. California Institute of Technology, United States (down from rank 1)
3. Stanford University, United States
4. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
6. Harvard University, United States
7. Princeton University, United States
8. Imperial College London, United Kingdom
9. ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
10. University of California - Berkeley, United States (new entrant, up from rank 13) and University of Chicago, United States