Section 1
Section 1. The Secretary of National Defense (SND) and concurrent Chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) is hereby empowered to suspend classes at any and/or all levels nationwide and/or specific localities in the country during times of disasters or calamities, whether natural or man-made, such as typhoons, earthquakes, floods, conflagration, and the like. For this purpose, he is authorized to direct all the appropriate agencies for the implementation of the suspension of classes.
Section 2
Section 2. The SND and concurrent NDCC Chairman shall immediately inform the Office of the President, through the Executive Secretary, of his decision to suspend classes.
Section 3
Section 3. This Administrative Order does not nullify the powers of other government officials and/or school heads and administrators to suspend classes for the protection and safety of the students, faculty and personnel of the school.
Section 4
This Administrative shall take effect immediately
Section 4. This Administrative shall take effect immediately.
Done, in the City of Manila, this 11th day of the September in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Seven.
(Sgd.) H.E. GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
By the President:
(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary