SCHOLARSHIP REFUND. Amelito Mazo (right), 57, a tricycle driver from the town of Dapa, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, is among the parents who received a refund from the Siargao Island Institute of Technology (SIIT) through the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) program of the Commission on Higher Education this week. A total of PHP19.8 million refunds were released by the SIIT to 1,089 TES students.(PNA photo by Alexander Lopez) DAPA, Siargao Island - A total of 1,089 students of the Siargao Island Institute of Technology (SIIT) who are scholars of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) under its Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) program have received refunds from their scholarship grants. SIIT president and former Surigao del Norte governor Francisco Matugas, in an interview on Saturday here, said a total of PHP19.8 million were refunded to the parents of the students during a series of releases by the school this week. "Each of these scholars has an allocation of PHP30,000
CANDIDATES FORUM. Antique candidates for vice governor Provincial Board Member Vincent Piccio III (left) and third termer Edgar Denosta during the Candidates' Forum on Tuesday (April 26, 2022) held at theBarbaza Cooperative Building in San Jose de Buenavista. Both Denosta and Piccio said that they will work to increase the educational assistance for poor students.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Two candidates for vice governor in Antique Province on Tuesday vowed to raise the budget for the educational assistance of poor students should they win the May 9, 2022 elections. Reelectionist Vice Governor Edgar Denosta, who is seeking his third and final term, said during the Candidates' Forum at theBarbaza Cooperative Building in San Jose de Buenavista that he will work to double the budget to help more students. "Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao (his running mate) and I had already discussed that we will work to double the budge