SCHOLARSHIP. ALONA Partylist Rep. Anna Villaraza-Suarez distributes financial assistance to some 361 scholars from the Laguna State Polytechnic University (LSPU)-Lopez, Quezon campus on Saturday (July 14). (Photo courtesy of Quezon PIO)
LOPEZ, Quezon – A PHP35-million Center of Excellence building will soon be completed at the Laguna State Polytechnic University (LSPU)-Lopez, Quezon campus in Barangay Burgos here.
“We are building a Center for Excellence. Dito gaganapin lahat ng mga graduation, battle of the brains, at academic activities sa inyong bayan (This will be the venue for all graduation, battle of the brains and academic activities of your town),” ALONA Partylist Rep. Anna Villaraza-Suarez said over the weekend.
She said ALONA Partylist has allocated around PHP20 million for the project while the provincial government provided a counterpart fund of PHP 15 million.
The Quezon partylist representative was at the LSPU-Lopez campus, where she also distributed educational financial assistance for the first semester this year to some 361 scholars of LSPU-Lopez campus, through the Serbisyong Suarez Scholarship Program and the ALONA partylist office starting July 12.
The financial assistance is to complement assistance to the poor but deserving Quezonian scholars besides the free tertiary education benefits from the LSPU, which put up its branch here.
The 361 bring to around 17,000 scholars, who are beneficiaries of the Serbisyong Suarez Scholarship Program supported by the partylist office to ensure them to complete their collegiate degrees.
Meanwhile, Lopez Municipal Mayor Rachelle Ubana expressed her appreciation to Rep. Suarez and the provincial government through Gov. David C. Suarez for the educational assistance and scholarship programs.
“Mula sa pamahalaang lokal ng Lopez, walang katapusang pasasalamat ang aming pinararating sa Provincial Government of Quezon hindi lang sa scholarship program, ngunit pati na rin sa iba pang mga programa ng ating mahal na gobernador (from the local government of Lopez, we will forever be grateful to the Provincial government of Quezon not only for the scholarship program but also for several other programs from our beloved Governor),” Ubana remarked.
The mayor also announced the amount of PHP10 million from the provincial government for the construction of the initial 10-classroom building for the LSPU-Lopez, Quezon campus. (Gideon Belen/PNA)
