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UST moves Saturday classes online after bomb threat letters force campus evacuation

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The University of Santo Tomas suspended in-person classes and office work on Saturday, October 24, shifting to online instruction and remote work after a bomb threat emptied its Manila campus on Friday, GMA News reported. Two letters claiming a bomb had been planted were found on toilet tanks in the Medicine Building at about 4:30 p.m., the Manila Police District said, according to The Manila Times. UST said police are inspecting the campus.

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