MANILA, Philippines – Several schools and universities have announced the suspension of face-to-face classes for Wednesday, March 26, 2025, due to the extended Manibela transport strike.
MANIBELA earlier announced that it would hold a transport strike from March 24 to 26, 2025. This prompted some schools to suspend face-to-face classes and resort to distance learning during the period.
The public transport organization, which opposes the implementation of the phaseout of traditional jeepneys under the Philippine government's Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program, protests the government's allegedly inaccurate consolidation figures.
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) stated that the nationwide consolidation rate for public utility vehicles had reached 86 percent following the application deadline.
However, during a press conference, MANIBELA Chairman Mar Valbuena criticized the LTFRB for misleading the public and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. into believing that the consolidation program was successful and that suspending the modernization initiative was unnecessary.
In a press briefing on Tuesday, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro reiterated the appeal of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to Manibela to engage in dialogue to address their concerns.
This list will be updated as announcements are made by schools, local or national authorities.
Calabarzon
- Santa Rosa, Laguna – no face-to-face classes, all levels, public and private; shift to Blended Learning Modalities
Central Luzon
- Bulacan province – no face-to-face classes, all levels, public and private; shift to Alternative Learning Modalities
Schools
- Adamson University – no face-to-face classes, Grade School and Junior High School; shift to online classes
- Arellano University – no face-to-face classes, all levels; shift to online classes via LMS
- Ateneo de Manila University – no face-to-face classes at Higher Education, Undergraduate and Graduate Levels (SOH, GBSEALD, JGSOM, SOSE, RGLSOSS); shift to online classes (synchronous or asynchronous)
- Cavite State University – no face-to-face classes; shift to asynchronous mode
- Manuel L. Quezon University – no face-to-face classes; shift to online learning
- Philippine College of Criminology – no face-to-face classes; shift to online asynchronous for high school and online synchronous for college
- Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) - all NCR campuses – no face-to-face classes; shift to online synchronous classes
- Santa Isabel College of Manila – no face-to-face classes; shift to online synchronous classes in the Higher Education Department
- Trinity University of Asia – no face-to-face classes; shift to online synchronous (if there's no class suspension from Malacanang or QC LGU) or online asynchronous if there's a class suspension from government unit/s
- University of the East (UE) – no face-to-face classes for select departments or courses for Manila and Caloocan
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