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JAS scholars hold outreach and fellowship activity

March 29th, 2007

Some two hundred students from the Catanduanes State Colleges enjoying scholarship benefits from Cong. Joseph Aldea Santiago conducted an outreach and fellowship activity last Sunday, March 18, 2006, at Barangay Marilima in the Municipality of Virac.
The students, beneficiaries of the Congressional Initiative Scholarship Program and the Emergency Fund Assistance for Students, both funded out of [...]

Philippine: TESDA announces start of PESFA scholarship exam

February 13th, 2007

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Southern Leyte Provincial Office announced the conduct of the Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA) Scholarship Aptitude Examination in designated testing centers throughout the province.
TESDA Provincial Director Rolando Juanillo based here reported to PIA that their office had already begun the PESFA exam for deserving students. The [...]

Philippine: PCSO, DOH extend medical scholarship programs

October 18th, 2006

The Department of Health (DOH) Eastern Visayas (DOH-EV) thru its Regional Director Benita N. Pastor in coordination with the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) headed by its Chief Lottery Operations Officer Zenaida Delantar, presently accepts applicants for the “Pinoy M.D.”, a joint Medical Scholarship Program of the PCSO and DOH for calendar year 2007-2008, which [...]

BFAR-10 offers scholarship program for children of fisherfolk

August 18th, 2006

Free matriculation and other fees, monthly stipend of Php2,500, book allowance of Php2,000 per semester, thesis support of P3,000 and graduation support fee of P500.
These are only some of advantages enjoyed by beneficiaries of the Fisheries Scholarship Program for Children of Fisherfolks (FSPCF) offered by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources of Northern Mindanao, [...]

30 working street kids get scholarship grants

July 22nd, 2006

Thirty working children in Lapu-Lapu City will soon have a chance to finish school.
The Aboitiz Group Foundation Inc. (AGFI) recently distributed scholarship packages to 30 children in Lapu-Lapu City as part of the foundation’s Street Urban Working Children (SUWC) program.
AGFI will shoulder their tuition, school supplies and uniform allowance.
The SUWC project, which is now on [...]

Agusan offers nursing, medicine proper scholarships

April 18th, 2006

The administration of Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza offers nursing and medicine scholarships to poor but deserving students in the province. The idea was hatched to address the migration of medical practitioners in the province to other countries in search for better opportunities abroad and to realize President Arroyo’s flagship program on job generation.
SP Santiago Cane, [...]

Fund pledges for Leyte mass housing, school buildings, scholarships secured

March 11th, 2006

The momentum for rehabilitation starts moving, and the first order of business involves the construction of homes and schools.
And from the looks of it, the beneficiaries of the multi-sectoral aid are not only limited to the displaced survivors of barangay Guinsaugon but also five other high-risk, disaster-prone barangays of Saint Bernard, like Hinabian, Magatas, Sug-angon, [...]