ILOILO CITY, Oct. 14 -- The Department of Education in Western Visayas (DepEd 6) has ordered the assessment of school and office infrastructure facilities following the series of earthquakes, and urged division offices to provide emergency 'Go Bags' to their learners and personnel.

In an interview on Tuesday, DepEd Western Visayas information officer Hernani Escullar Jr. said Assistant Regional Director Cristito Eco signed a memorandum on Monday for all division offices to coordinate with their respective counterparts in the Department of Public Works and Highways for a joint validation and assessment of the structural integrity of infrastructures and determine if there is major and minor damage.

"This will somehow provide data and pave...