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PGMA turns on the green light for construction of P8.6-M school bldg. in Caloocan City
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2008
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo led today in the brick-laying ceremonies signalling the start of the construction of a three-storey, six-classroom school building of the Silanganan Elementary School Phase III in Caloocan City this afternoon.
The President was the guest of honor in the event that saw government and local government officials, including Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and Caloocan City Mayor Enrico Echiverri joining the momentous occasion.
Aside from the brick-laying ceremony for the P8.6-million school building, the President also distributed 20 Ahon Pamilyang Pilipino (APP) cash cards to an initial 20 Caloocan City residents. A total of 1,000 households will be given APP cash cards.
The APP program is a poverty reduction strategy that provides money to extremely poor households to allow its members to meet certain human development goals.
These goals require the family members, particularly:
Parents – to attend family planning sessions, mother's classes and parent effectiveness seminars;
Pregnant mothers – to get pre-natal care from the first trimester while skilled and trained hospital personnel must assist the mother get post-natal care upon childbirth; and
Children – from 0 – 3 years old must get regular health check-ups and vaccinations, from 3 – 5 years old must attend Day Care or pre-school classes at least 85 percent of the time, and from 6 – 14 years old must attend school at least 85 percent of the time.
Non-compliance with the conditions will result in the suspension of the cash grant or termination from the program.
Emily Soriano, the 20th recipient of the initial distribution of APP cash cards, withdrew P1,400 (representing P500/month per household for health check-ups and vaccines and P900/month maximum allowable amount for three children for school needs) and with profuse thanks, showed the cash to President Arroyo.
After the event, the President distributed grocery packs to residents pre-determined to be among the poorest of the poor in the city.
The packs contained staples such as rice, coffee, noodles, sugar and canned goods.
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