PGMA to inaugurate housing project for science workers
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will inaugurate tomorrow (May 28) a housing project for close to 500
employees of the Department of Science and Technology and a public school building project in Molino, Cavite.
Dubbed as “Scientia Villas,” the housing units sit on a 13.1 hectare site in Barangay Molino 3, Bacoor, parceled
into 570 homelots and allocated to 170 current and retired employees of the Industrial Technology
Development Institute (ITDI), 200 employees of DOST and its agencies and 50 employees each from four
other government agencies.
The science villas are directly funded by PagIbig, the government’s socialized housing agency. The site was
developed by Moldex Realty Inc. and will be fully completed in October 2010.
The Chief Executive will be received at the Scientia Villas by Cavite Governor-elect Juanito Victor Remulla Jr.,
Rep. Wendel “Jun” Abaya Jr., Bacoor Mayor Edwin “Strike” Revilla, Vice President Noli de Castro who also
chairs the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, Science and Technology Secretary Estrella
Alabastro, Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI) Director Nuna Almanzor and Molino 3 Barangay
Captain Apolonio Advincula Jr.
Mayor Revilla will deliver the welcome remarks while the message and overview of the project will be given by
Secretary Alabastro, to be followed by the turnover of keys and certificate of entitlement and lot allotment (CELA)
to five family beneficiaries.
The President will then proceed to Queens Row Elementary School in Barangay Queens Row Central also in
Molino for the inauguration of the newly completed two-classroom, two-story schoolbuildings for the incoming
grade 6 pupils. Currently, the grade 6 classes have 60 to 70 pupils per classroom on three class shifts per day.
Upon her arrival at the Queens Row Elementary School, the President will be received by Queens Row
Elementary School Principal Lope P. Feraer, Education Secretary Mona Valisno and Queens Row Central
Barangay Captain Reynaldo Palabrica. She will then cut the ribbon and unveil the project marker.
The science villas started when the Molino lands were acquired by the National Institute of Science and
Technology (now ITDI) under the Friar Lands Act 1120 for agricultural research and experimental sites. In
1975, one parcel (of four hectares) was set aside for scientific and housing purposes.
In 1992, the ITDI Director used part of the Molino property to demonstrate the application of interlocking bricks
through a memorandum of agreement with the National Housing Authority.
Three years later, the ITDI sought the assistance of HUDCC to revive the housing project using a portion of the
Molino property. In June 2001, President Arroyo issued an Executive Order declaring the ITDI Molino property a
housing site.
In September 2002, an exemption clearance was obtained from DAR based on RA 6657 (or the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law) and Department of Justice Opinion of 1990.
In June 2003, a direct financing scheme by PagIbig was worked out to facilitate the development of the property.
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PGMA opens new Ro-Ro port in Masbate
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SAN PASCUAL (Burias Island), Masbate- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo inaugurated here today a new
RoRo (roll-on-roll-off) port which is expected to boost inter-island trade and commerce in this central region of
the archipelago.
The P46.39-million port which was constructed under the Strong Republic Nautical Highway Project of the
President is part of the central nautical highway under her 10-point “Beat the Odds” program.
Aboard a Bell helicopter, the President arrived here with Transportation and Communication Secretary Anneli
Lontoc at 10 a.m. amidst a slight drizzle which the crowd of more than a thousand considered “a great
blessing.”
The town has been reeling from a drought since November brought about by the El Nino weather phenomenon.
Wearing a hooded raincoat, the President was welcomed by San Pascual Mayor Zacarina Lazaro, Philippine
Ports Authority (PPA) Assistant General Manager for Operations Raul Santos, Masbate 1st District
Representative Narcise Bravo Jr., PNP RD C/Supt Cecilio Callepo, Jr. and AFP 903rd Infantry Brigade
Commanding Officer Col. Joselito Bernardo.
The President proceeded to cut the ceremonial ribbon formally inaugurating the San Pascual port and its new
RoRo facilities.
She proceeded to the PPA building where she was briefed by Santos.
During the briefing, Arroyo said the new port connects Burias Island to the entire country. Using a map of the
island, she illustrated how the nautical highways in the Bicol region created under her administration, would
serve to ease the flow of commerce and trade.
"Ports are important part of my 10-point program -- to connect the entire Philippines in transportation. And
Burias is a part of our 10-point program," she said.
A 57-kilometer national road, which is now under construction, will connect the newly-opened port with another
port located in Claveria town,
In the central nautical highway plan, San Pascual port will be the entry point of cargo and passenger vessels
from Pasacao port in Camarines Sur and San Andres port in Quezon. Claveria port will be the exit point of local
products to Masbate.
The President said that with bigger ports, trade and commerce between and among neighboring islands
become very active and progressive.
The construction of the new RoRo port, started in July 26, 2007, and was completed on January 21 last year.
It has expanded facilities that can accommodate bigger cargo and passenger vessels passing through routes
to and from Quezon, Masbate, Romblon, Cebu and Davao.
After the briefing, the President inducted into office incoming officials of San Pascual led by Rep-elect Narciso
Bravo, Jr., Mayor-elect Jojo Rivera and Vice Mayor-elect Zacarina Lazaro.
This is the first time that President Arroyo is visiting this town. Her father, the late former President Diosdado
Macapagal, came here with her mother Dr. Evangeline Macaraeg Macapagal on Dec. 28, 1962.
Considered as the "bridge between Luzon and Visayas,"San Pascual is bordered by Camariner Sur in the
north, Albay in the east, Bundok Peninsula of Quezon in northwest, Sibuyan Island of Romblon and Ticao
Island of Masbate in the south.
Its port is a sanctuary for cargo vessels during tropical storms.
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EMBASSY OF THE PHILIPPINES TO CONDUCT CONSULAR OUTREACH IN WHEELING,
WEST VIRGINIA
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The Embassy of the Philippines in Washington, D.C., in partnership with Rev. Michael O. Lecias of the Diocese
of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, will conduct its first consular outreach program in Wheeling, West
Virginia on Friday, 4 June 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the St. Alphonsus Parish Hall, 2111 Market
Street, Wheeling, WV 26003.
The consular team will accept and process applications for machine-readable passport, dual citizenship,
notarization and registration of birth and marriage. The occasion will also serve as a venue for an oath-taking
ceremony for individuals who will reacquire their Filipino citizenship under the Dual Citizenship Law.
The consular outreach program is part of the Embassy�s continuing efforts to deliver various consular
services at the convenience of Filipinos in its consular jurisdiction.
For further information, the Consular Section of the Embassy of the Philippines can be reached at telephone
no. 202-467-9312, fax no. 202-467-9417 or email consular@philippinesusa.org. END.
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