House Speaker Prospero C. Nograles bared recently that the law he authored naming a school after the late Vicente Duterte, who was governor of the undivided Davao province, was passed by the House last June and approved by the Senate last Nov. 16. It now awaits President Arroyo’s signature.
The late governor was the father of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte.
House Bill 6435 separates the Mabini National High School-Governor Vicente Duterte Annex in Barangay Bangkal, Talomo District, City of Davao from the Mabini National High School, converting it into an independent national high school to be known as Governor Vicente Duterte National High School and appropriates funds for it.
“We build and preserve the legacies of great men like the late Gov. Duterte, for their great deeds.” Nograles said.
The proposed law will transfer all personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Mabini National High School to be absorbed by the Governor Vicente Duterte Nationa High School.
To make sure that the measure would pass into law, the Speaker even made personal follow-ups among Senators, aware that local bills are largely ignored by the Senate.
The Secretary of Education, Nograles said, shall immediately include, upon effectivity of the Act, in the Department’s program the operationalization of the said national high school, and the initial funding which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations of said school.
Thereafter, he added, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. [PR]
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