Philippines heatwave: Schools close amid scorching weather
The Philippines is sweltering in a heatwave that’s forecast to last for a few more weeks - with temperatures rising even higher.
Thousands of schools have suspended in-person classes and are now teaching online.
It’s prompted concern that the quality of education, already one of the worst in the world, could further deteriorate.
Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Lo reports from Manila, the Philippines.
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You know it's bad when even Filipinos doesn't drink coffee during 12am anymore 💀
@MissAi21
10 күн бұрын
Nah, they still drink though even hot soup.
@jamikzvonbalatch9114
10 күн бұрын
Switched to iced coffee. Coffee is life😆
@tempellem
10 күн бұрын
You mean 12pm.. I get it tho, hahaha!
@Georgetown327
10 күн бұрын
Am?
@burpybobonburgy4438
10 күн бұрын
Alas Dose ng Tanghali is 12nn. Noon.
Fact is public school teachers wanna go back to the old school calendar
@darylp9306
11 күн бұрын
Pag binalik naman ng June reklamo nu naman BAHA!!! Kaloka. Wag nalang mag aral! 😂
@Kariktan214
11 күн бұрын
@@darylp9306Kaya naman kasi nila nilipat yung school calendar noon, gusto ng mga mambabatas natin ay makasabay tayo sa school calendar sa ibang bansa. Hindi nila inisip ang klima ng Pilipinas na kaya nga June ang start para sa summer season natin ang bakasyon.
@darylp9306
11 күн бұрын
@@Kariktan214 Taz ngaung summer naman ang start. Reklamo pa rin dahil sobrang inet. So saan lulugar? 🤣🤣🤣 So wag nalang mag aral nga. Hahaha Konting kibot kasi lahat reklamo. Kung ginawan nalng ng permanente at pang matagalang solusyon ang baha.
@Kariktan214
11 күн бұрын
@@darylp9306Hindi ngayong summer ang start. August to May ang school calendar ngayon. Umaabot lang hanggang summer. Nagkataon lang na mas mainit ang temp. ngayong taon. Uulitin ko, kaya nila piniling ibahin na gawing August ang pasukan kaysa June, kasi gusto nilang makisabay tayo sa schedule ng ibang bansa. Ginawa lang din nilang dahilan yung marami raw bagyo sa June omJuly kaya maraming suspension. Naitatawid naman natin yung June-March na pasukan. Naitatawid din naman yung August-May. Kahit maraming magreklamo, mas marami pa rin ang gustong mag-aral at magtapos kaya tiis tiis lang. Sang-ayon ako, dapat binigyan nilang solusyon yung mga pagbaha. Ngayon, dapat i-prioritize na rin yung pagtatanim ng puno at maglaan ng lugar para pagtamnan para may pananggalang din tayo sa init, tapos may sisipsip ng baha.
@Lmaoscale
11 күн бұрын
@@Kariktan214 after ng El Nino, La Nina na so babaha...
The heat this year feels so different from the past ones. Global Warming really is getting worse.
@kamalasanan7
11 күн бұрын
Global warming is history. Now global burning
@LegitPrepperGuruNodoubt
11 күн бұрын
Global warming is a hoax
@g7enn89
11 күн бұрын
UAE sucking all the rain.
@wikansaktianto9215
10 күн бұрын
The heck? This isn't One Piece
@SkibidiPalestine
10 күн бұрын
@@g7enn89also hard labor too
and this is why we prefer the old June to April school calendar
It's amazing that filipinos still legendly wearing jackets for hot weather.
@fullsunsqtpinky9926
10 күн бұрын
it protects us from feeling the scorching heat on our skin. the sun is so hot that it actually burns
@KevinRicoski
10 күн бұрын
Me!! heehheh i always wear my hoodie (in my PFP) hahaha
@grab-yz1cn
8 күн бұрын
not all filipinos can afford to buy sunscreen
@apinezstats2237
8 күн бұрын
@@grab-yz1cn that's not really the reason lol there are cheap sunscreens
@pohkeongooi2802
7 күн бұрын
saw a girl wearing hoodie in jeepney midnoon
Not only in philippines. I think whole South East asia and also in india which is i think same weather as well.
@mckck338
7 күн бұрын
South, west and south east india ..north india is still better.
in some public school no electric fan, the money goes to politician pocket
@LegitPrepperGuruNodoubt
11 күн бұрын
Blame the voters then
@el1300
10 күн бұрын
Yeah, blame the politicians as usual. The mentality that hasn't changed since like Philippine Independence
@SkibidiPalestine
10 күн бұрын
That’s why you should enroll private education
@Thekomokoro
10 күн бұрын
The people are the politician. The corrupt people produce corrupt Politicians. I stop blaming politicians long time ago. Now I just blame the people. Its all their fault now.
@whataniceday565
10 күн бұрын
blame the LGUs
Schools in the Philippines used to take a break during April and May. They should go back to the old school calendar. Boom. Problem solved.
Fun fact school principals can't relate to this because their office is as cold as Antarctica while children are compensating to their scorching classrooms lol
even the malls aircon couldnt keep up today. so hot
@TheFlagUnit
8 күн бұрын
Your president is pathetic
@mychzfrancisco2049
8 күн бұрын
Not that true. I always go to big malls and it's cold in there.
It's not about the temperature, it's the heat index - temperature plus humidity. Try being in a sauna 24/7.
@minim6981
9 күн бұрын
luckily the hottest month (April) is the least humid month of the year. I've seen humidity get as low as 30%. It doesn't start getting very humid again until rainy season.
@testsalv4366
8 күн бұрын
@@minim6981 That's a good humidity. Here, humidity comes as high as 60% during peak hours. You will feel it literally (the sudden increase of heat plus heaviness to breathe)
@Xhin229
6 күн бұрын
@@testsalv4366I woke up gasping for air!
Old Academic Calendar fits perfect to the climate of the Philippines. The Philippines doesn't need to follow the academic calendar of first world countries in order for the children to have a world-class education. The REASON WHY WESTERN COUNTRIES have SUMMER VACATION starting from the month of JUNE is because SUMMER SEASON in their countries STARTS in the month of JUNE. MEANWHILE, in the PHILIPPINES, SUMMER starts in the month of MARCH. So, the summer vacation must start in the month of March and not in June.
@xin4424
3 күн бұрын
The school calendar became like that because of the Pandemic. It starts very late and it ends very late.
In Thailand, schools start from Mid May. It’s scorching here too. It’s reached 40 degrees for the whole month. So horrible this year.
Every year is getting hotter and hotter, It's like I can feel the temperature of desert in the Philippines.
@Xhin229
6 күн бұрын
Sometimes the dessert is better because it's still cold during the night. Meanwhile, the night in the Philippines still feels like the day. The humidity is so real.
@akkir6707
4 күн бұрын
@@Xhin229real
our vacations before has always been April and May. great time to go swimming and relax. that made more sense than now
I appreciate these Filipinos for being resilient and still happy despite all these situations with weather, poverty etc. and here I am in north America complaining about gas prices
We have relatives in Singapore who are also struggling with the heat. They do have a better electrical grid than than other places to keep the ac going.
Public schools in the Philippines do not have air-conditioned classrooms compared to private schools. The government should create long term solutions so as not jeopardize our students's learnings.
The more I feel for the poor and unfortunate in these circumstances, not the well.off and privileged, that can afford air con and even fans. Been there many times and it's no fun.
In kenya we are grappling with heavy rains and floods
@scorpioninpink
10 күн бұрын
Please pray that we have a quarter of that rain in Southeast Asia because we are so close in having a drought. My water bills are skyrocketing. My household uses 60 cu. mm. before and we only pay ₱2190 but it jumped to ₱3400 with the same 60 cu. mm. because they are anticipating drought if this continues!
@Xhin229
6 күн бұрын
Keep safe
@fabienzaca
3 күн бұрын
@@scorpioninpinkwhat country are you from?
Real filipinos drink coffee ☕ in this heat.
@tempellem
10 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
I hope they will put each classrooms aircondition instead of electric fans. So that students the room becomes conducive in learning. It really helps to have a quality education.
The problem of putting aircondition systems in all public classrooms as some suggested is that it will increase the load of the Philippine power grid. There are already reports now of the power grids having problems due to high demand and some of them had already shutdown. The Department of Energy said today the Philippine power grid is already at calamity level. So imagine if all the schools in the country started using ACs eventually it will be causing more blackouts as grids gave up.
@Xhin229
6 күн бұрын
Putting up AC in classrooms is just useless if they're having 60 plus students per class.
@silco5343
5 күн бұрын
philippines won't invest in solar or wind power plants. always importing coal and oil for power. it's their own fault for being dumb
That's why the first rain in May is a blessing. It's called "Aqua de Mayo." It will beat the heat of the surroundings from the scorching heat.
@Jefecito420
4 күн бұрын
yep every 1st of may. just like few hours ago,
Its better to do online than face the consequences of going out to the blistering heat..
0:50 "SCHOOL TEACHER"? are you sure she is not a student.?
@hangten1904
11 күн бұрын
Yeah she's a student and probably an editing error, at 0:36 her mom is being interviewed and she's in the background. At 0:46 she mentions about online class effects her learning.
@nganvo840
11 күн бұрын
A rich pinoy family look like normal family in asian lol
@gurlshutup69695
11 күн бұрын
editing error
@michaellll6467
10 күн бұрын
@@nganvo840 Who said they're rich?? Many normal families in PH are like that.
@maalat
7 күн бұрын
That was a mistake! She’s a student. I think it was her mom that was interviewed earlier.
With that kind of heatwave, this might decrease the number of passport bros going to the Philippines for a while. 😆
Climate changed
Bro its so hot here even the cementery has a full book
Wtf bat may hanger? Pamalo ba yun?
in SEA even my house feels like a microwave. my electricity bill is through the roof this month. AC every where in the house.
@scorpioninpink
10 күн бұрын
My Water bill is also skyrocketing.
@r.a.6459
9 күн бұрын
With this heat even the fans at maximum speed no longer provide relief, in fact it creates an opposite effect.
nothing new during april months….time to return to the old calendars..
What happened? I went to a Catholic school there for 8 years and the country was very literate.
You wil sttill prefer face to face if you will experience heat stroke to your love ones?
Revelations 16:19 "They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him." The time has come to repent and ask God for forgiveness and His mercy. Only God can stop the heatwave, which no man can.
For us, we have air-conditioning now, so we still have physical clasees.
Classrooms don't have AC that's why.
Does Al Jazeera not have good quality cameras Whys yellow shade here, looks like video recorded before 15 years.
@iamtan1995
11 күн бұрын
Apaka oa mo
@tasyo
11 күн бұрын
maybe that's intentional. they use filters like that when showing footages of third world countries
@ibvghgfvbnbc
11 күн бұрын
they just by the rights to the newsstory for international news. Thus, the footage they use came from Philippine affiliated journalist. Many medias in the Philippines still use ild equipment of cameras
@thyssenheinel6507
11 күн бұрын
@@iamtan1995 affected ka bakla? 🤣
@tasyo
11 күн бұрын
they have their own editors
Invest in solar panels in ALL public schools throughout the country that will be used to power air conditioners.
Help, we parked at that exact parking the day before the grassfire.
hey my classmates are there
Benguet and Ifugao Provinces have still cooler climate. 18- 27 degrees only. So not the whole Philippines feeling the heat.
@bluewolf4789
10 күн бұрын
Wag mo na i compare alangan paakyatin mo lahat ng studyante jan sa benguet.
@ChingchangZu
10 күн бұрын
@@bluewolf4789 paki mo akla kung gusto ko sabihin.
@bluewolf4789
10 күн бұрын
@@ChingchangZu pikonin 🤣🤣🤣
@RicochetPuno
10 күн бұрын
Hahaha kalma kayo mga teh. Wag na dumagdag sa init. Mwah
@bluewolf4789
10 күн бұрын
@@RicochetPuno nagcomment ka pa baka masabihan ka pa ng " paki mo akla" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
0:00 she looks unhappy.. this is wrong 💢
104F degrees? Shiyet I suffer 114F heat and I'm fine.
อีกไม่กี่เดือนประเทศแถบซีกโลกเหนือก็จะเจอ Heatwave เช่นกัน ในขณะที่ฝั่งเอเชียจะเข้าสู่ฤดูฝน
It's more fun here in the Philippines🌞
They should learn these kids how to move to America. It's pretty much all they need to know.
focus on CLimate change budget not to War...
@doug8515
11 күн бұрын
global warming tax is being used to fund wars lol
@tempellem
10 күн бұрын
I super agree!!!
Same in the US, because of Covid, 2nd graders couldn’t read,map the emphasis is on phonics reading, not content.
This was not like last year. Now it is like a pandemic, you can't even go out
South india also facing this prob😢l
I honestly wish there is a study about how to convert hot temperatures to energy.
@silco5343
5 күн бұрын
solar? geothermal?
Because it's so hot outside, the 27 degrees Celsius air-conditioned room feels so cold
Ayan pinagpuputol kase puno daserv.
The weather gets hotter because less people are planting trees to give shade and air in urban areas.
@PTCannonFodder
7 күн бұрын
The typhoons do kill lots of trees. We have decades and century old trees which died during the recent typhoons like Typhoon Odette. Also, the heat is too bad when same old trees just shrivel up and die no matter how much you water them to compensate for not having rains. I don't even live in a very urban setting. It's a city but looks more like a far off town. 😅 It's Sipalay City and it's pretty rural here. It's also smack dab beside the sea so the humidity and heat is just too much.
Among all the south-east asia countries, Philippines has the highest temperature and humidity. The high temperature 🥵 in Philippines is so unforgivable that its not suitable for human beings to live there.
@minim6981
9 күн бұрын
Not true. Bangkok and HCM are hotter and more humid. The good thing about the Philippines is the hottest month (April) is also the least humid. I've seen humidity get as low as 30%. It starts getting more humid as we get into the rainy season, but then the temperature starts going down again
the government is not doing anything to address the el nino
@MrHjacky
9 күн бұрын
More environmental tax, restrict personal vehicles, enforce public transportation
The humidity is just making it worse.
@minim6981
9 күн бұрын
It's dry season. humidity is low. It's 40% right now
What's the use of education if you die in the classroom
the more air pollution we humans make, the hotter the earth gets. Cause and Effect. You want to make the earth cooler? Help Plant more trees !
Going back to old academ calendar is not a solution, the solutions is discipline themselves not to destroy ozone layer cos its damage backfire to us like heatwave
@scorpioninpink
10 күн бұрын
Gago! Mas matino yung dating calendar dahil wala naman talagang bansa ang may klase during Summer months!
This heat wave needs to go to the north, like USA, Norway etc.
Sobraaaa init kahit gabi
The advent of electronic gadgets such as cellphones, tablets, computers had made the young generations of today distracted from their studies.
Yet people are still having babies, then they will blame others when their children suffer
And now East Asia calls us lazy especially our construction workers
or maybe the students that couldn't read or write were children that has parents that continually donates to their schools
2:30
Tadtarin niyo ng puno ang Metro Manial! Ewan ko lamg kung di bumamba temp diyan. Aside from the actula El Nino urban heat plays huge role. Puro concrete kasi diyan
Indeed! global warming is here. We all need to prepare! And one more thing that is scary about this is that now, many Asian countries are in heat wave such as the Philippines but when the summer is over, flood is very widespread. Again, preparation is the key! What i love about the report is that even though the country is poor and the education is low as mentioned. Filipinos are exceptionally great at speaking the English language. Try going to Thailand or Vietnam and you will have a hard time with communication because of the lack of English speakers.
@rchrismeijer3183
5 күн бұрын
it s easy , english is hardly present on their curriculum
Ship California's homeless to the Philippines. They can enjoy the hot weather and live somewhere else.
Bruh, na cancel work immersion ko .okay sana kung hindi nainit amp
Mainit na nga meron pa school. 😸
grabe sana tutukan ng gobyerno ang edukasyon hindi korapsyon...kaya ang baba ng tingin satin ng ibang lahi ..
@LegitPrepperGuruNodoubt
11 күн бұрын
Kasalanan nyo Yan. Mga corrupt, incompetent at palamura binoboto nyo
It will get worse each year not only Philippines but worldwide. This is due to climate change some of the countries in 30-40 years from now will be no longer livable due to extreme heat and ice mass is melting billion tons each year adding to sea level rise and in this case some countries will lose land areas. We need to start caring the environment. 💚
@MrHjacky
9 күн бұрын
It's a cycle, the temperature will come down again
Built more solar energy panel for electricity and get rid off all the coal power plant
magka contradict ang magulang at sa anak ah
i dont think think so because we filipino keep drinking hot coffee in the afternoon.
It's really hard to be a teacher when you're just 10 years old. 0:48
@bluehfyre9162
11 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@romella_karmey
10 күн бұрын
LOL
ako ay na nosebleed
I literally had to take a Pagibig loan to renovate and put air conditioning for my parents' house. 😂
WE COOKING LITERALLY BOIZ
0:49 it states that she's a "school teacher." She looks so young, it has to be a mistake??!!
@ronaldomendez1349
11 күн бұрын
she's a student. just wrong caption. just hear what she says the interview.
@kaidanalenko5222
11 күн бұрын
their english are all wrong 🤣🤣
@Minass848
11 күн бұрын
@@kaidanalenko5222u think so?
@gilbertalconera5635
11 күн бұрын
@@kaidanalenko5222 but ur english is also wrong
@jaredgalvin
10 күн бұрын
@@kaidanalenko5222 English literacy in the Philippines is one of the highest in Asia, and like all other non-English countries it is not perfect.
climate change is real folks not just our country Philippines but the whole world maybe we can follow the design of the middle east where some cooling houses are done naturally?
Govt officials in the winter wonderland rooms 😂
kawawa nmn Normalita talga.. Norma nlng sana
Pares is the best food for summer lol
I'm nervous that in this extreme heat, I might bump into Satan because of the intense heat 🥵🥵🥵🔥🔥😅
Sarah Duterte is not doing her job properLy to improve the Department of Education.
@Grace-ni3rs
6 күн бұрын
luh? kasalanan nya na mainit ang panahon?😂
Indian 🥵 so hot 🔥🔥 weather 🌡️
Mankind are suffering under such high temperature. Come Lord Jesus come quickly.
Just impose lockdowns. It's simply too hot... and the humidity makes it far worse.
I'm melting 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
1. i have 9 accords with rommates 65 accrods with mom three accords with the hoa and four chores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
perhaps I'll rethink becoming an expat there. I'll stay in Ohio and simply visit the place.
@place4sam
18 сағат бұрын
I like ur positive demeanor Jim B.
0:23 when you see it hahahaha...
They need air conditions like the ones in the mega malls.
While in middle east even reaching up to 60 degrees no one gives a F.
@zheaux
11 күн бұрын
Fake news lol 🤣 The hottest temperature ever recorded in the whole world and still the hottest until now is 56°C 60? are you joking? it will burn all trees if that happen hahaha fake news pa more!!
@luxusken05
11 күн бұрын
Stupid. Google is free
@dangabrieltorres1964
10 күн бұрын
The Middle East is also a dry type of heat which is different to tropics where it is humid. Your body just can’t cool down fast enough in a humid 40 C so people suffer heat strokes a lot more
@bluewolf4789
10 күн бұрын
Boil water and place your hand at the evaporating area . Thats what we feel here in the pacific.
@Layput
10 күн бұрын
Because it's dry
But we still drink hot coffee despite the weather to be honest. But can we review if there is a significant increase in temp? I read back in 1995 the temp is the same 39C sometimes 40C. So what’s new.
Tara kape.