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Pampanga solon thanks Romualdez for backing pro-education bills in province

Published Mar 17, 2024 09:04 pm

At A Glance

  • Pampanga 3rd district Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. profusely thanked House Speaker Martin Romualdez for supporting the passage of a measure that sought to establish a regular and permanent campus of Pampanga State University in the province's capital of San Fernando City. 

20240317_235031.jpgPampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (PPAB, Speaker's office)

Pampanga 3rd district Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. profusely thanked the person who he believed was key in the third-reading passage of a measure that sought to establish a regular and permanent campus of Pampanga State University in the province's capital of San Fernando City.

That person is Speaker Martin Romualdez, leader of the 300-plus strong House of Representatives

“I and our kabalen will be eternally grateful to our good Speaker for supporting us in trying to expand the oldest school in our province so it can offer quality education,” Gonzales said in a statement Sunday, March 17.

“Speaker Martin is one of us Pampangueños, his mother, Madam Juliette Gomez-Romualdez, being from Mabalacat City,” said Gonzales, who is the senior deputy speaker or the second highest ranking member of the chamber.

He said his House boss also supported the renaming of Don Honorio Ventura State University (DHVSU) to Pampanga State University.

At present, the province’s oldest technical-vocational school has campuses in the towns of Bacolor, Mexico, Porac, Sto. Tomas, Candaba, and Lubao.

Gonzales said the absence of a state university “in the heart of the province compels students to seek admission in state universities and colleges and other schools outside their area of residence".

“This situation, coupled with high fuel prices and worsening traffic, forces the students’ families to incur extra expenses, robs students of their productive time and may promote disinterest among the youth to pursue or complete their college, technical or professional education,” he said.

He said the establishment of the San Fernando campus and the central location of the province’s capital “shall bring education opportunities closer to underprivileged but deserving students.”

“The campus shall serve as an avenue for students to focus and learn in their field of study, thereby making them more employable,” he added.

He stressed that the Pampanga State University, with his present six campuses and the envisioned San Fernando campus, “can provide our booming province and the equally economically vibrant region of Central Luzon, whose center is Pampanga, with the needed vocational, technical and professional human resource requirements".

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