Parañaque students to continue getting monthly allowance

MANILA, Philippines — Parañaque mayor-elect Eric Olivarez vowed yesterday that grade school and high school students will continue to receive their monthly allowance for the upcoming school year.

Olivarez made the assurance during the recent distribution of college educational financial assistance, a program of his brother and newly elected District 1 Rep. Edwin Olivarez, for the past six years.

“Under my administration, we will continue this program to fully assist all students in Parañaque City,” said the younger Olivarez, a graduate school professor at De La Salle University in Manila.

He said that elementary and high school students will receive this month their P500 monthly financial assistance through ATM accounts for school year 2022-23.

Covered under the “special allowance” program are students from grade one to six and junior to senior high school students enrolled in public schools within the territorial jurisdiction of Parañaque and those listed in the Department of Education roster.

Olivarez – who manages the family-owned Olivarez College in Parañaque and Tagaytay, Cavite – also said that his administration “will continue to expand and find other ways to continue to meet the needs of students throughout the city.”

The newly elected mayor also promised to add more college scholars enrolled in private and public colleges and universities in the city within the next three years.

Because of the dramatic increases in tuition and fees in private schools, Olivarez said he will introduce new programs to help all college students in the city.