{"id":42515,"date":"2019-04-23T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=42515"},"modified":"2019-04-23T11:37:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T03:37:16","slug":"luzon-quake-aftermath-govt-work-and-flights-suspended-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2019\/04\/23\/luzon-quake-aftermath-govt-work-and-flights-suspended-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Luzon Quake Aftermath: Gov&#8217;t Work and Flights Suspended Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Following the 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Luzon yesterday afternoon, April 22, <strong>Malaca\u00f1ang<\/strong> <strong>suspends government work<\/strong> in the <strong>National Capital Region (NCR)<\/strong> earlier <strong>today<\/strong>, <strong>April 23<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a situational report by National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the\u00a0magnitude <strong>6.1 tectonic earthquake<\/strong> occurred in Castillejos, Zambales at exactly 5:11 pm yesterday, affecting some parts in Luzon particularly Quezon City, Makati, Pasig, Manila, and Las Pi\u00f1as.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2017\/04\/13\/how-to-prepare-for-earthquake-things-to-do-before-during-and-after\/\">How to Prepare for Earthquake: Things to do Before, During and After<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shoppers rush outside the Robinsons Place Manila following an earthquake. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EarthquakePH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EarthquakePH<\/a> | Photos by Inoue Jaena\/Rappler <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WVBLJDF2Gh\">pic.twitter.com\/WVBLJDF2Gh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rapplerdotcom\/status\/1120274267059281920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the announcement released this morning, the NDRRMC recommended the suspension to lessen a load of public transport in the affected regions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo added that President Rodrigo Duterte also ordered all governors of affected provinces to do a damage assessment in their respective provinces following the earthquake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><b>DFA Consular Affairs<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42520\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/04\/DFA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/04\/DFA.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/04\/DFA-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/04\/DFA-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/04\/DFA-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office of Consular Affairs also informed the public that the <strong>DFA Consular Offices in Metro Manila<\/strong> are <strong>closed today<\/strong> in compliance with the Malacanang announcement this morning:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DFA Aseana<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DFA CO South (Alabang Town Center)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DFA CO West (SM Manila)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DFA CO Central (Robinsons Galleria)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DFA CO East (SM Megamall)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DFA CO Northeast (Ali Mall)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DFA CO North (Robinsons Novaliches)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For applicants with confirmed appointments today\u00a0at the said offices, they may go from <strong>April 24 to May 10, 2019<\/strong>, instead. They are advised to bring their confirmed appointment packets and e-receipts. However, Courtesy Lane services may be limited on these dates to accommodate those with appointments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DFA Passport and authentication services will resume tomorrow, April 24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><b>MRT, LRT operations<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42519\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/04\/LRT-Station.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/04\/LRT-Station.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/04\/LRT-Station-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/04\/LRT-Station-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/04\/LRT-Station-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3), Light Rail Transit Lines 1 and 2 (LRT-1 and LRT-2), and Philippine National Railways (PNR) <strong>resumes its operations today<\/strong> by 5:30 am after it was suspended yesterday shortly after the earthquake hit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After a completed series of structural and track inspections on the railway systems, Department of Transportation Undersecretary for Railways Timothy John Batan said the railway systems were found fit for operations today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><b>Canceled flights<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Due to the damage Clark International Airport sustained from yesterday\u2019s earthquake, several <strong>domestic and international flights scheduled today<\/strong>, April 23, were <strong>canceled<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among these canceled flights are from Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cebu Pacific:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5J 607 Clark-Cebu<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5J 606 Cebu-Clark<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5J 150 Clark-Hong Kong<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5J 149 Hong Kong-Clark<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5J 613 Clark-Bohol (Tagbilaran)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5J 614 Bohol (Tagbilaran)-Clark<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5J 913 Clark-Caticlan (Boracay)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5J 914 Caticlan (Boracay)-Clark<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5J 537 Clark-Singapore<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5J 538 Singapore-Clark (diverted to NAIA Terminal 3)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5J 985 Clark-Davao<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5J 986 Davao-Clark<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Philippine Airlines (PAL):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR835\/836 Clark &#8211; Cebu &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR831\/832 Clark &#8211; Davao &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR1833\/1834 Cebu &#8211; Clark -Cebu <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR492\/493 Clark &#8211; Incheon &#8211; Clark (diverted to NAIA Terminal 2)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2351\/2352 Clark &#8211; Cagayan de Oro &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2871\/2872 Clark &#8211; Tagbilaran &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2331\/2332 Clark &#8211; Bacolod &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">P2340\/2342 Clark &#8211; Puerto Princesa &#8211; Clark<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2376\/2377 Clark &#8211; Caticlan &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2696\/2697 Clark &#8211; Basco &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2698\/2699 Clark &#8211; Busuanga &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2877\/2878 Clark &#8211; Siargao &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2675\/2676 Clark &#8211; Catarman &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2875\/2876 Clark &#8211; Siargao &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2205\/2206 Clark &#8211; Antique &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2678\/2679 Clark &#8211; Busuanga &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2671\/2672 Clark &#8211; Calbayog &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2323\/2324 Clark &#8211; Cagayan de Oro &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2612\/2613 Clark -Cauayan -Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2662\/2663 Clark &#8211; San Vicente &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2691\/2692 Clark &#8211; Busuanga &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2684\/2685 Clark &#8211; Busuanga &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2688\/2689 Clark &#8211; Basco &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR2687\/2686 Clark &#8211; Busuanga &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR6062 Kalibo &#8211; Clark <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PR 2061 Clark &#8211; Kalibo<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For latest updates on flight advisories today, you may visit their websites at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philippineairlines.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Philippine Airlines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cebupacificair.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cebu Pacific<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or Facebook pages at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/flyPAL\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Philippine Airlines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cebupacificairphilippines\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cebu Pacific Air<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sources: <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/articles\/1067857\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PNA<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/consular.dfa.gov.ph\/advisories\/211-public-advisory-closure-of-metro-manila-dfa-consular-offices-for-23-april-2019\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Department of Foreign Affairs<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndrrmc.gov.ph\/index.php\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philippineairlines.com\/AboutUs\/newsandevents\/clark-closure\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Philippine Airlines<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cebupacificair.com\/pages\/travel-advisories\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cebu Pacific<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Luzon yesterday afternoon, April 22, Malaca\u00f1ang suspends government work in the National Capital Region (NCR) earlier today, April 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8704,8708,8707,2726,8709,8706,8705,119,8710],"class_list":["post-42515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-6-1-earthquake","tag-6-1-earthquake-luzon","tag-6-1-magnitude","tag-earthquake","tag-earthquake-ph","tag-earthquake-suspensions","tag-luzon-earthquake","tag-philippines","tag-suspensions"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/04\/DFA.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42515"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42537,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42515\/revisions\/42537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}