Biliran gets school building from Sagip Kapamilya

By 19th Infantry Battalion, 8ID PA
October 1, 2014

NAVAL, Biliran – A concrete two-classroom school building was formally turned-over to Lucsoon National High School by the ABS-CBN’s Sagip Kapamilya Foundation on Monday, September 29.

The school building was Sagip Kapamilya’s first partnership project with the Philippine Army’s 19th Infantry Battalion and 546th Engineering Construction Battalion in the province of Biliran.

The ceremonial turn-over of the school building was witnessed by Lt. Col. Edgar Yerro, Commanding Officer and Maj. Joselito Alday, Operations Officer of 546th ECB; Maj. Roy Mendoza Jr., Executive Officer and Cpt. Christopher Badong, Civil Military Operations Officer of 19IB; Mayor Susan Parilla of the municipality of Naval, DepEd officials, barangay officials, students, parents and faculty members of Lucsoon National High School.

The blessing of the aforesaid facility was officiated by Rev. Fr. Fidel Dandan, the parish priest of St. Roche in Naval.

Ms. Triciana Rosalla, the principal thanked the proponents of the P1.2 M worth building which will benefit more students as the school implements the K+12 basic education program.

The new learning facility will be added to Lucsoon National High School’s 15 classrooms which are currently accommodating more than 700 students.

In his message, Mr. Marcel Miñon who represented Ms. Tina Monson-Palma, the Sagip Kapamilya Program Director stressed that the building was materialized out of donations and that the ABS-CBN network is not expecting any material return from its beneficiaries.

For her part, Ms. Lani Cervantes, the assistant schools division superintendent of DepEd-Biliran lauded ABS-CBN network and the Armed Forces of the Philippines who joined hands in ensuring the completion of the building through bayanihan concept despite various adversities caused by Super Typhoon Yolanda.

Cervantes added the project is a concrete manifestation that the stakeholders believe in education, as a vital tool in curing ignorance.

Lucsoon National High School, a twenty minutes ride by “habal-habal” (motorcycle) from the province’s capital town was chosen as the school building’s beneficiary upon the recommendation of the 19th Infantry Battalion last year.