Classes have been suspended in at least 20 schools in
Maguindanao's schools division due to armed hostilities between government
forces and Moro rebels and natural calamities.
But education officials said classes may resume Monday as
the cessation of hostilities between government forces and Moro Islamic
Liberation Front (MILF) and outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF)
took effect Thursday night.
Meriam Kawit, Maguindanao 1 schools division superintendent,
said classes have been suspended because the schools were used as evacuation
centers for civilians displaced by armed hostilities.
Suspension of classes started Wednesday morning when the
Army and BIFF traded bullets and mortars.
Kawit said classes were suspended in schools in Shariff
Saydona, Datu SAudi Ampatuan, Shariff Aguak and Datu Piang, all in
Maguindanao's second district.
At least 3,000 individuals have fled to safer grounds when
skirmishes erupted between military and MILF due to misunderstanding over Army
troopers movement. The Army has been pursuing outlawed BIFF after the armed
lawless elements attacked Army positions in Datu Shariff Saydona on Tuesday
night.
As the cessation of hostilities took effect, emergency and
disaster workers started to distribute relief goods and food packs to affected
families.
Mayor Samsudin Dimaukom of Datu Saudi Ampatuan town said
some of the displaced families fled due to armed conflict while others
evacuated due to floods.
Torrential rains that affect most of Maguindanao's second
district overflowed several tributaries around the Liguasan marshland
inundating low lying communities.
Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Toto Mangudadatu also directed the
provincial medical and emergency teams to extend aid to affected families.
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