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ABS-CBN TURNS OVER SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN DAVAO ORIENTAL

Monday 3rd of June 2013
DAVAO ORIENTAL, June 3 -- The opening of classes this June is no longer a big challenge to teachers and students in ten schools across the three towns in Davao Oriental ravaged by typhoon Pablo as new classrooms were turned over on Thursday, May 30, by media network ABS-CBN. The school building project is a joint endeavor by the ABS-CBN Foundation Sagip Kapamilya, the Philippine Army, the provincial government and local government units, along with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Tina Monzon Palma, Program Director of Sagip Kapamilya personally turned over these school buildings hoping to curb the threat of educati...
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Taguig opens 19 additional classrooms for public schools
TAGUIG CITY, October 13 (PIA) -- In its effort to decongest populated schools, the city government of Taguig has opened 19 additional classrooms for two public schools in the city. Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano led the turnover of a three-storey building with 15 new classrooms at the Gen. Ricardo G. Papa Sr. Memorial High School-Annex in Brgy. Ususan on Monday, October 8, 2012. The project, funded by the local government, is the initial phase of the four-storey, 20-classroom school buildi...
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DepEd to construct 34 school buildings in Mt. Province
BONTOC, Mt. Province, May 24 (PIA) -- To help address the perennial problem of lack of classrooms, the Department of Education (DepEd) has allocated 34 school buildings to Mt. Province this year. Education Supervisor I Primo Aligo of the Division Office here said the DepEd has allotted the province the amount of P23 million for the construction of 34 school buildings, of which 30 are one-classroom buildings and four are two-classroom buildings. These classrooms will at least initially address ...
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  • 23
    May
    2012

    DILG orders BFP to step up inspection of school buildings, dorms

    MANILA, May 23 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo directed the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to step up the inspection of all school buildings, universities, colleges as well as student dormitories and boarding houses to check on compliance to fire safety requirements and standards in preparation for the opening of classes this June,. In a directive to BFP officer-in-charge C/Supt. Samuel Perez, Robredo said that the fire bureau should take the lead in the fire pre...
  • 20
    May
    2012

    Power firm donates school buildings in DavNor towns

    DAVAO CITY, May 20 (PIA) -- A brand new three-classroom school building is soon to rise in the campus of Sto. Tomas Elementary School in Sto. Tomas town of Davao del Norte. This is courtesy of Aboitiz-owned electric utility Davao Light and Power Company in coordination with its social development arm, Aboitiz Foundation, Inc., and with support from the local municipal government. The partnership was formalized last May 17, 2012 with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) that will ...
  • 21
    Feb
    2012

    US envoy inaugurates 2 school buildings in Basilan

    ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Feb 21 (PIA) –- US Charges d’ Affaires Leslie Bassett led the inauguration and turn-over ceremony of two two-classroom buildings in Basilan recently.   The Department of Education in Isabela said the project was funded by Petron Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Education Quality and Access for Learning and Livelihood Skills 2 (EquALLS2) program.   One school building is situated at the Malamawi ...
  • 16
    Feb
    2012

    Tagalog news: Gusaling paaralan hatid sa Agoncillo central school

    AGONCILLO, Batangas, Peb. 16 (PIA)  -- Tumungo sa bayan ng Agoncillio ang mga kinatawan ng Pamahalaang Panlalawigan sa pangunguna ni Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto noong ika- 13 ng Pebrero upang ipaabot ang serbisyong pang edukasyon at pangkalusugan  para sa mga mag-aaral at mamayan ng   bayang ito    Naging tampok sa okasyon ang pagbubukas at pag-papasinaya ng 2 storey 4 classroom building  na laan ng provincial government para sa Agoncillio Central School....
  • 18
    Jan
    2012

    Pres’l. Sis Pinky to turn-over four school buildings in Sorsogon tomorrow

    LEGAZPI CITY, Jan 18 (PIA) -- A year after Presidential Sister Pinky Aquino-Abellada turned-over the very first AGAPP school buildings in Albay, she returns tomorrow to relinquish four brand new pre-school buildings in the province of Sorsogon bringing the total to 11 two-classroom structures under the administration’s private-public partnership program.   AGAPP which stands for Aklat, Gabay, Aruga Tungo sa Pag-angat at Pagasa is a foundation composed of President Benigno S. Aquino’s friend...
  • 27
    May
    2011

    Chiz tells DepEd to insure school buildings

    SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, May 27 (PIA) --- All school buildings in the country especially those in the northeastern seaboard where disasters usually occur should be immediately insured by the Department of Education (DepEd). In press statement, Senator Chiz Escudero said he has been pursuing this plan together with the DepEd and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) which will serve as DepEd’s insurance underwriter. With the early onset of the rainy season, Escudero said, Dep...
  • 18
    Mar
    2011

    AECID to turn over 2 school buildings in poor Zambo Sibugay province

    ZAMBOANGA CITY, Mar. 18 (PIA) -- Learning will be conducive for students and teachers in Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay as two newly-completed school buildings will be handed over to them in simple ceremonies on March 22. The turn over ceremony will be held at the school grounds of Tigpalay Elementary School in Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay. The initiative is part of the aid package from the Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarollo (AECID) through the Fundacion Humanism...
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