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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Public school gets P10.7-M newly constructed classroom bldg


By: Jocelyn P. Alvarez

ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 5 (PIA)- - Don Pablo Lorenzo Memorial High School gets a P10.7million newly constructed two-storey 10-classroom building from the City government of Zamboanga as the city turns over the school building project earlier today.

In a press statement, Vic Larato of the City Information Office said “construction of the school building project started on August 9, 2011 and was completed last February 20, this year with project cost total of P10,733,066.91.”

“The inauguration of the project today augurs well for DPLMHS barely a day after  the opening of classes for school year 2012-13, noting that the school has a big student population of 7,000 last year,” Larato said in a press statement.

It can be recalled, last Friday, the city also unveiled in Muslim-dominated barangay Talon-Talon, two buildings of two-storey eight-classrooms school building to Talon -Talon National High School.

Each school building cost the city P16.5 million

Larato shared that the city is again set to inaugurate tomorrow (Wednesday) another school building project at San jose Gusu Elementary School.

“The city will again inaugurate a two-storey four-classroom school building costing the local government a total amount of P3,229,369.83, “ Larato said. (JPA/VL /CIO/PIA9-ZBST)