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==PLDT's 'Gabay Guro' project benefits Bato== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r05&id=64284 | |||
*By: EA Bagadiong | |||
*''November 16, 2011'' | |||
VIRAC, Catanduanes- Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) has benefited teachers both form elementary and secondary schools of Bato, Catanduanes in connection with the launching of its "Gabay Guro" project last November 4, 2011 in Bato Rural High School. | |||
PLDT Vice-President Deng Kibanoff said that the project is an advocacy of PLDT Samrt Foundation for the teachers throughout the country. According to him, they will not become PLDT executives if not for their teachers and the project is one way of giving back to their mentors. | |||
The project offers livelihood programs like internet cafe, inetrnet card, cellphone card wherein teachers will be officials dealers of PLDT facilities. | |||
With regards to housing project, the official said that they are still in the process of negotiating with the Local Government Units (LGUs) of the 11 towns in the province. They are also offering scholarship programs for students who wish to take up education in college. At present, they already have 300 student scholars. | |||
According to Bato Mayor Eulogio Rodriguez, when they heared about the project, they went immediately together with his wife Mrs. mely Rodriguez to the office of PLDT here and pledged their support to the project. | |||
Meanwhile, teachers of the said town were thankful since the project is a great help to them. The training conducted by PLDT is according to them very helpful since it gave new knowledge and enabled them to reflect their jobs and duties as teachers. | |||
Around 160 elementary and secondary teachers attended the training. | |||
==Project 11-11-11 has 118,000 trees planted== | ==Project 11-11-11 has 118,000 trees planted== | ||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=64159 | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=64159 | ||