PGMA to visit Cagayan

Tuguegarao City (25 August) — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will visit again the province of Cagayan to inaugurate the new Andrews Campus of the Cagayan State University.

The President is expected to arrive on the 28th day of August in this city, purposely to inaugurate the newly constructed buildings of CSU’s Andrews Campus, formerly known as CSU Caritan Campus.

The officialdom of the University is now preparing for the grand welcome to the President who will formally open the new campus, however, the expected time of arrival and the other itineraries is yet to be confirmed by the university.

On the other hand, Regional Director Purita S. Licas of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Region 2, said PGMA will also witness the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between and among representatives of Rotary Club of Centennial, PIA, Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and CSU for the “A dollar for a Tree of Life”, a colossal project in Northern Cagayan.

The said project will be implemented in Regions 1, 2 and 3. For 2009, about 50,000 hectares in Northern Luzon will be planted to 3.4 million coconut seedlings by 50, 000 coco farmers.

Aside from these, PGMA will also award scholarship grants to deserving students of Technical Education and Skills Development Administration (TESDA) Region 2. (Oliver B./PIA 2)