Cong. Mercado donates computer sets through PDAF

By REBECCA CADAVOS (PIA Southern Leyte)
February 28, 2007

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte   –  A total of (110) computer sets were distributed by the Lone District Congressman Roger G. Mercado under his Priority Development Assistance Project (PDAF) Monday, February 26 at the Sangguniang Panglungsod here.

The assistance in line with the Congressman’s computerization system development for the province and one of the priority programs of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for “Education for All”  amounted for at least P4 million, Cong. Mercado revealed during his short message in a turn-over ceremony conducted with the recipients identified throughout the province.

The Lone District Office identified (110) beneficiaries from the province like the private sectors such as the Associated Media of Southern Leyte (AMSL), Veterans Association of Southern Leyte, Parents Teachers and Community Association (PCTA) among others. Some government offices who received were the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Philippine National Police (PNP) Provincial Office, Philippine information Agency (PIA), while their office identified also schools, barangays and municipalities all over the province as the recipients of the computer sets.

Each recipient during the turn-over ceremony were just required to sign the acknowledgement receipt prepared by their office for the (11) boxes that composed (1) Pentium 4 computer set, which include the monitor, printer, automatic voltage regulator (AVR), uninterrupted power supply (UPS), multi-media speaker,  computer table, chair  among others.