Sen. Zubiri inaugurates P10-M UPVTC Ladies Dormitory

By RODRIGO S. VICTORIA, PIA 8
January 24, 2011

TACLOBAN CITY  –  Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri was here Monday morning for the inauguration of the P10-M worth Ladies Dormitory of the University of the Philippines Visayas-Tacloban Campus (UPVTC).

The P10-M funding for the construction of the UPVTC Ladies Dormitory came from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of Senator Zubiri.

The UPVTC Ladies Dormitory has 12 rooms with two comfort rooms and a spacious receiving area that can be utilized for studying and other activities of the students. Each room has four double deck beds that can accommodate eight students.

Senator Zubiri emphasized in his message the importance of the establishment of the facility in the campus which he said could be of great help in providing not only comfort, safety and security but as a conducive place for learning of the students.

He narrated how it would be staying in a dormitory as he stayed also in the dormitory of UP Los Baños during his college days and how it gave him the opportunity to learn life’s skills on his own.

Senator Zubiri said he is contemplating of building a men’s dormitory in UPVTC which he is now working with Congressman Ferdinand Martin Romualdez of the First District of Leyte.

He mentioned also the contribution of JimJim Yaokasin for the electric fans and the floor tiles donated for the dormitory.

Meanwhile, Ma. Chrischelle A. Ferreras, a fourth year biology student of UPVTC, said she was deeply overwhelmed of the opportunity to be staying soon in a dormitory because this could give her an enjoyable college life with less hassles.

She said staying in the school’s dormitory would give her relief from paying the monthly payment for boarding house ranging from P700 to P2,000 and from influence of a bad environment experienced by some students while staying in boarding houses.

Ferreras also said staying in the school dormitory could lessen tardiness and parents will no longer worry as to the safety and security of their daughters studying in UPVTC.

“It’s a big blessing for us” Ferreras said imparting that they will take good care of the facility in exchange of the big opportunity given to her and other students from UPVTC who will be staying in the school’s ladies dormitory.