PAGADIAN
CITY - The Department of Labor and Employment recently
awarded Youth Entrepreneurship Support (YES) projects to Saint Columban College
worth P387,993.00 consisting of a
photocopier with encoding and bookbinding services.
DOLE
provincial head Lourdes Amores turned-over the check to SCC President Rev. Fr.
Gilbert M. Hingone and witnessed by Rev. Fr. Belstar Ediang - Vice-President
for Finance, Atty. Beverly O. Travero - school accountant, and Zamboanga del
Sur Guidance Counselors Network President Mary Jane Omandam together with the
30 YES beneficiaries.
Ms.
Amores in her speech emphasized the
importance of the project and their responsibility to sustain it so that other
students may also enjoy and benefit through financial assistance derived from
the YES program.
Fr.
Hingone expressed his gratitude to DOLE for the trust and strong partnership
with the school through the years, and for making SCC the pilot site of the YES
program.
Meanwhile,
Fr. Ediang promised to support and help the students until they can stand on
their own, and appreciate the privilege of being YES beneficiaries.
Along
with the YES turnover was the distribution of checks to 14 beneficiaries of the
Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) amounting to P45,390.00.