Sultan Kudarat lifts in-person class suspension following powerful quake

KORONADAL CITY – The provincial government of Sultan Kudarat lifted on Sunday the face-to-face class suspension prompted by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck neighboring Sarangani province on June 8.

Sultan Kudarat Gov. Datu Pax Ali Mangudadatu issued Executive Order No. 135, ordering the lifting of class suspensions in all school levels, with regular classes set to resume on June 15.

“Initial structural assessments and safety inspections conducted by the appropriate authorities indicate that educational institutions within the province are generally safe for the resumption of face-to-face classes,” he said.

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Mangudadatu suspended classes on June 8 after the magnitude 7.8 quake rocked parts of Mindanao.

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The powerful earthquake had an offshore epicenter located 32 kilometers west of Maasim, Sarangani. It had an estimated depth of 33 kilometers and was triggered by a subduction or collision of tectonic plates along the Cotabato Trench, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. /mcm

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