SUBSIDY. Students from the mountain barangays claim their PHP6,000 subsidy from Revenue Collection Officer I Marissa Mendez of the Cebu City Treasurer's Office on Tuesday (March 27, 2018). (Photo courtesy of the Cebu City Public Information Office)
CEBU CITY -- A total of 196 students from mountain barangays here received a PHP6,000 rental subsidy each for six months from the Cebu City government on Tuesday.
Mayor Tomas Osmeña led the distribution at the Cebu City Hall. He was assisted by Cebu City Hillyland Dormitory administrator Kevin Crister Paz.
The scholars from the mountain barangays were previously housed at the Hillyland Dormitory, but had to vacate the building in June last year when the Office of the Building Official found that the structure had been severely damaged due to leaking water pipes.
The Mines and GeoSciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources later recommended the immediate closure of the dormitory after it was found out that the building also stood on top of a sinkhole.
The dormitory was originally constructed as a medium-rise socialized condominium housing project in the 1990s, but was later converted to house the city government’s scholars from remote mountain barangays.
Since the majority of the dormitory occupants are indigents, the mayor decided to give the affected scholars a monthly subsidy of PHP1,000 for room rental, said Farlash Acenas of the Cebu City Public Information Office. (PNA)
