CATBALOGAN, Samar –
Undisturbed by the series of harassments apparently instigated by his
political nemesis, Mayor Joseph V. Grey with the support of his wife
Nancy and their benefactors-friends in
Makati
City,
continues providing basic services and multi-million worth of
infrastructures projects in the villages of San Jorge, in the first
district of Samar.
Last December 2006,
another 4-room school building with male and female comfort rooms
worth P2.8 million was constructed in Brgy. Buenavista, San Jorge that
would benefit at least 230 elementary pupils in that village.
Accordingly, the
Buenavista village was the pilot project of Mayor Grey’s Education for
All programs of constructing more school buildings in his
municipality. He said, after the completion of said project in Brgy.
Buenavista, he is planning to construct the same school buildings,
with the same type and budget, in the villages of Tomogbong, Blanca
Aurora, Himay, Bulao, La Paz, Quezon, Aurora, Mabuhay, Rosalim,
Sapinit and Erenas.
If this plan
materialized, these would benefit at least 1400 elementary pupils
enrolled from Grade 1 to 6 in these villages. There were 35 teachers
working in these schools.
“These were the clamor
of my constituents, especially the parents – to have additional school
buildings, books, chairs and more teachers in their respective
villages for their youths. Naaawa ako sa mga bata, masyadong malayo
ang nilalakad nila papunta sa town proper para lang pumasok, whereas
kung magtatayo tyo ng mga eskwelahan sa mga barangay nila, mga
teachers na mismo ang pupunta sa kanila para magturo” Mayor Grey
stressed.
The project, which was
being funded by the Serraphil Foundation Incorporated based in Makati
City, was an augmentation to the existing old and dilapidated school
buildings earlier damaged by the previous typhoons.
“These schools were
dilapidated, damaged and unsafe for our young pupils. It needs
rehabilitation and repair… so we sought the assistance of the
Serraphil Foundation and other donor-friends in Manila who were, from
the start, very supportive to our program of helping the poor here in
Samar,” Mayor Grey said.
Last year, according
to the mayor, with the help of the Serraphil Foundation, he has
finally completed the over-all rehabilitation of the San Jorge Parish
Church worth P6.5 million and the construction of the municipal
driveway grills and Senior Citizens’ building worth P1.2 million.
He added
infrastructures project that are undergoing nowadays are the municipal
stage and the covered court in Brgy. Aurora. These, however, were
funded by the IRA of the local government unit of San Jorge. To the
date of interview, the mayor was in
Manila
looking for some donors or sponsors for his proposed construction and
rehabilitation of San Jorge Public Market, Municipal Health Center,
among other projects lined up this year.
In closing, the mayor
extended his thanks to his benefactors and his constituents who have
helped him in providing good services, building significant
infrastructures in the town of San Jorge.
