By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter
LAOAG
CITY—The Lopez-led Energy Development
Corporation (EDC) based in Burgos, Ilocos Norte donated at least 15 brand new
units of laptop computer to several schools in the province hardly hit typhoon
Mangkhut [Ompong].
Sangguniang Panlalawigan member
Mariano “Nonong” V. Marcos II, who received the donation from the wind power
company said it is a good start for several schools in the province with
damaged computers.
Over a hundred students at
the Bingao National High School are attending their classes at the covered
court while there is an on-going repair at the newly-constructed Senior High
School Building 2.
Marilou Pasalo, BNHS officer-in-charge
reported, that the second floor of the building which was just constructed last
year was affected with 42 computer units destroyed at the height of typhoon Mangkhut
when strong winds blew away its roofing and smashed its glass windows.
Earlier, provincial officials
here led by Governor Ma. Imelda Josefa “Imee” R. Marcos called
on big firms in the province to extend assistance to typhoon victims so they
could immediately cope up after the calamity.
Ms. Marcos reported they also
requested established call center companies in the province to just donate
their used computers to schools as these companies regularly replenish their
computers every two to three years.
Based on data from the
Department of Education-Ilocos Norte, about PHP21 million worth of damages were
recorded in public schools which include a total of 43 schools with major and
minor damages, 145 computer sets destroyed, 388 learning materials and 20
pieces of school furniture.
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