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More scholarshipsset for MP school

BONTOC, Mountain Province – Students enrolled at the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College here who are not enjoying any scholarship grant will have the chance to avail of future slots provided they file their intention to be a recipient of one.

This was disclosed by Dr. Nieves A. Dacyon, MPSPC president, who added the administration is doing its best to look for available scholarships for students.

Earlier, Kalinga Rep. Manuel S. Agyao, caretaker congressman of Mountain province, told school and student leaders he will try his best to source out funds for the scholarship of the students who were not able to qualify for existing scholarship programs of the school.

At least 2,000 students are currently enjoying the full scholarship program which was institutionalized by the late Rep. Victor S. Dominguez.

Sen. Manuel Villar had also facilitated the release of P7 million worth of scholarship grants to deserving students who are enrolled in various courses offered by the institution in order to provide the needed assistance for poor but deserving students to advance their knowledge and skills for productivity.

According to Dacyon, the application for future scholarships is still open but in case they will qualify with the available funds, their scholarship grants would be effective during the second semester of this schoolyear.

“Education is the best inheritance that we could give our present generation, thus, we are doing our best to establish linkages with various groups and individuals who could support the education of our poor and deserving students,” she stressed.

With the influx of funds for scholarship grants, the MPSPC official cited the school could now implement various programs and projects aimed at improving instruction, research and extension and student development so that the standards of education would be at par with other private and public institutions in the different parts of the country.

Despite the smear campaign being done by some disgruntled sectors in the province against her leadership, Dacyon vowed to continue the implementation of programs, projects and reforms which would bring the institution to greater heights especially with the stiff competition in the education sector.

She branded her critics as irritants to the desire of the youth for better access to education and to become productive citizens of the country that would help contribute in spurring economic development in this landlocked province since the hope of development now lies in the present and future generations.


MP execs support reproductive health bill filed in Congress
By Angel Baybay

BONTOC, Mountain Province – Just as the heat relative to the Reproductive Health bill became intense in parts of the country, provincial officials here threw their support for the passage of the proposed law saying there is no provision in the document that enhances abortion.

The decision to support the bill now pending in congress was firmed up after a dialogue between population and health personnel and provincial officials.

The dialogue was also graced by Cristopher Estallo of the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development who briefed the officials on the bill.

Estallo said the bill only encompasses different measures which couples could choose from should they want to plan an ideal family size within their means.

He added different family planning methods contained in the proposed law are not impositions but mere choices from where married people could select which is suited for them.

Provincial health officer Nenita Lizardo however warned that couples should first consult medical people before making their choice especially if they opt to use any of the artificial family planning methods.

“We need to see to it that what they use will not endanger their health,” Lizardo said.

Provincial PopCom officer Lourdes Cumitag cited the need to manage population growth in the province saying those with more children are couples with lesser income.

“The pattern should be reversed. The number of children in a family should be congruent to income,” she said.

Meanwhile, Gov. Maximo Dalog and Vice Gov. Louis Claver called on all sectors in the province to intelligently discuss among themselves social measures like the pending RH bill so that they could help in disseminating right information to the people even as they expressed their appreciation to the religious sector in the province for their openness and cooperation in ironing out sensitive social concerns.