Gen. Oban, Palma to inaugurate 2-classroom building in Castilla

By: Irma A. Guhit

SORSOGON CITY, SEPTEMBER 19 (PIA).....General Eduardo SL Oban, Jr, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines together with Ms Tina Monzon-Palma, Program Director of the AFI Sagip Kapamilya of ABS-CBN will be the guests of honor to inaugurate the two - room school building at Barangay Pandan Castilla, Sorsogon here tomorrow, September 20 together with other key officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the local officials of the municipality of Castilla to be led by Mayor Olive Bermillo.

According to Col. Felix Castro, Commander  of the 903rd Infantry Brigade,9ID, Philippine Army, this 2-classroom building has been constructed though their initiative and had been made possible through the donation of construction materials provided by the ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. Sagip Kapamilya and the labor component provided by the people of Barangay Pandan instilling the Filipino value of the Bayanihan spirit.

Part I of the program will be a medical treatment where several government and military doctors will be at hand to provide needed medical assistance to pre -identified patients in the barangay  earlier pre-arranged by both the local government of Castilla and the 903rd Brigade, 9ID under Col. Castro.

Castro said that aside from the environmental conservation initiatives PA is extending to the barangays within Castilla, Pilar and Donsol , education , medical , health and disaster risk reduction efforts are also being undertaken by their unit to better the lives of people and make them aware also of their own empowerment by engaging them as pro-active members in any program and projects undertaken in the community.

According to Col. Castro, Major General Carlos B. Holganza AFP Commander of Nadescom will share the "Bayanihan Experience" and will acknowledge the people in the barangay for the efforts they have contributed through collaborative endeavor, giving free labor services together with the PA Engineering Brigade and the support provided by ABS-CBN family.

Jay Andrew the Mesa, a student of Pandan High School (PHS) will deliver the message of gratitude for and in behalf of the students while Mrs. Lucila B. Villa, teacher -in-charge of (PHS) and Mr. Randy B. Bueno , barangay Captain of Pandan will also express words of gratitude.

Marjorie A del Ayre ,  a Bayanihan Scholar will also extend similar words of gratitude to the donors and to all the entities who have made the project a success.

Expected to grace the ocassion is Vice Governor Antonio H. Escudero Jr. MNSA, LTGen Roland M. Detabali, AFP Commander , Southern Luzon Command (SOLCOM).

Highlights of the event after the blessing and inauguration of the building will be the messages of the two prominent personalities gracing the ocassion, Ms Tina Monzon -Palma, a well acclaimed television host of ABS-CBN and well known personality  extending projects for the development of rural communities through the Sagip Kamilya and the very pride of the province of Sorsogon Gen. Eduardo SL Oban Jr AFP chief of Staff who hails from the municipality of Castilla.

"We share the dreams of our nation, a country at peace and a people with freedom from want", this are the words printed under Gen. Oban's invitation program.

The event will commence with a ceremonial pandan planting activity that will be done within the school premises of PHS.

Expected too, to  be present and lend support to the occasion  are the member-agencies of the Bayanihan Eco-Park Project at  Barangay Sibago of Donsol town also, one of the assisted projects of the 903rd Infantry Brigade, 9ID PA. (PIA-SORSOGON)