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Bing rallies top WV officials vs opening of classes in August

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BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines — Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia rallied the support of the six governors of Western Visayas as well as Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas to oppose the plan of the Department of Education (DepEd) to open the classes on 24 August, a press release from City Hall said.

Mayor Evelio Leonardia joins the top officials of Western Visayas in a teleconference organized by Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas, today, 28 May. The mayor has urged the provincial executives to oppose the opening of classes this August.*/CITY PIO
Mayor Evelio Leonardia joins the top officials of Western Visayas in a teleconference organized by Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas, today, 28 May. The mayor has urged the provincial executives to oppose the opening of classes this August.*/CITY PIO

“I am opposed to the opening of schools in August. We in the city government, including the Sangguniang Panlungsod, are unanimous in our stand for DepEd to defer the opening of classes in order to protect our school children from the virus,” Leonardia said in a teleconference with Western Visayas officials organized by Treñas.

Joining the teleconference were Negros Occ. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson of Negros Occidental, Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo, Rhodora Cadiao of Antique, Florencio Miraflores of Aklan, Esteban Contreras of Capiz, and Samuel Gumarin of Guimaras.

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Also joining them were Office of Civil Defense (OCD-6) regional director Roberto Nuñez and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG-6) regional director Ariel Iglesia.

The Bacolod mayor said in school, it is very difficult to control the children.

“Children will always be children, we cannot stop them from being children, and I think we will have more problems if we pursue the opening of classes in August,” he added.

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He said there is no need to hurry because if the school opening will be deferred this year, the situation will still be the same for all students.

Leonardia told the officials that he personally appeals to them to consider this position and to have a united stand when they have a dialog with the officials of the National IATF tomorrow.

Tomorrow, 29 May the same officials will have a teleconference with Secretary Carlito Galvez, chief implementer of the National Task Force Against COVID, and DILG Usec. Epimaco Densing III, who will represent Secretary Eduardo Año.

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The Western Visayas officials will raise their concerns, including the guidelines to be implemented on June 1-15 when the new classification of community quarantine starts.

For their part, the six governors and Treñas assured Leonardia that they support his stand, and they will raise this together with NIATF officials tomorrow.

They said they also wanted the DepEd to defer the opening of classes till January, or until the COVID pandemic becomes manageable.

Meanwhile, Leonardia, who is also the national president of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP), said the league has launched a survey on the school opening, and the city mayors have an “overwhelming” response in favor of a postponement.*/CITY PIO

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Hannah A. Papasin
Hannah A. Papasinhttp://facebook.com/hannah.mariveles
Writer. Critic. Professor. She started writing since primary school and now has two published textbooks on communication. A film buff, she's a Communication, Media Literacy and Journalism Professor of the University of St. La Salle-Bacolod, and has a Master's Degree in English.
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