Broadsheet Issue Vol. XL No. 1
Priminelle de Leon
With almost a decade since its groundbreaking, the Alvarado Hall remains ‘unfinished’ pushing Dean Alexander dela Paz to seek help from Bulacan State University (BulSU) Administration instead.
The original five-storey building of Alvarado hall has been reduced into a four-storey building yet the construction remains incomplete.
“Siguro dapat ‘yong administration na ‘yong mag-exert ng effort o maglaan ng budget para matapos na ‘to [Alvarado Hall], kasi mahirap umasa ngayon sa pork barrel ng mga politiko,” lamented Dean dela Paz.
Dela Paz explained that the completion of the almost one decade building depends on the fund promised by Bulacan Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado. But due to other priorities like the construction of other buildings in other campuses, the supposed fund has been delayed.
On the other hand, Gov. Alvarado related some of the problems the project has been encountering since it began construction on 2003. “The plan was to construct a 5-storey building. Pero ‘yong ginawa ni Mr. Rosario Pimentel (former BulSU President) was outside of what we had submitted to Malacañang. Ang ipinagawa e pa-quadrangle sa halip na straight building.”
Meanwhile, Congresswoman Marivic Sy-Alvarado told Pacesetter that their office chose to prioritize instead the construction of the College of Law site (COL) over the abovementioned building.
According to the representative, since she personally saw that Alvarado Hall can already accommodate students back then, they decided to pursue COL’s construction for the mean time to aid the growing request of the law students and the administration to have one.
Yet as of now, 30% of Alvarado Hall’s 3rd floor had been completed and the remaining 70% and the 4th floor remains undone and another Php50M is needed to finish the said construction.
On the other hand, Bulacan State University President Mariano de Jesus said that the administration is very much willing to help financially. However, they still have to consider other things so as not to insult Governor Alvarado. But he pointed out that the dean could send him a letter regarding this issue.
Still, CIT students are hoping to witness the completion of their own building soon. “Sana magawan na ng paraan para matapos na, para hindi na nagkukulang sa rooms saka para hindi na tumutulo kapag umuulan [sa Alvarado Hall],” ended Nikki Git, a Food Technology student.
Priminelle de Leon
With almost a decade since its groundbreaking, the Alvarado Hall remains ‘unfinished’ pushing Dean Alexander dela Paz to seek help from Bulacan State University (BulSU) Administration instead.
The original five-storey building of Alvarado hall has been reduced into a four-storey building yet the construction remains incomplete.
“Siguro dapat ‘yong administration na ‘yong mag-exert ng effort o maglaan ng budget para matapos na ‘to [Alvarado Hall], kasi mahirap umasa ngayon sa pork barrel ng mga politiko,” lamented Dean dela Paz.
Dela Paz explained that the completion of the almost one decade building depends on the fund promised by Bulacan Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado. But due to other priorities like the construction of other buildings in other campuses, the supposed fund has been delayed.
On the other hand, Gov. Alvarado related some of the problems the project has been encountering since it began construction on 2003. “The plan was to construct a 5-storey building. Pero ‘yong ginawa ni Mr. Rosario Pimentel (former BulSU President) was outside of what we had submitted to Malacañang. Ang ipinagawa e pa-quadrangle sa halip na straight building.”
Meanwhile, Congresswoman Marivic Sy-Alvarado told Pacesetter that their office chose to prioritize instead the construction of the College of Law site (COL) over the abovementioned building.
According to the representative, since she personally saw that Alvarado Hall can already accommodate students back then, they decided to pursue COL’s construction for the mean time to aid the growing request of the law students and the administration to have one.
Yet as of now, 30% of Alvarado Hall’s 3rd floor had been completed and the remaining 70% and the 4th floor remains undone and another Php50M is needed to finish the said construction.
On the other hand, Bulacan State University President Mariano de Jesus said that the administration is very much willing to help financially. However, they still have to consider other things so as not to insult Governor Alvarado. But he pointed out that the dean could send him a letter regarding this issue.
Still, CIT students are hoping to witness the completion of their own building soon. “Sana magawan na ng paraan para matapos na, para hindi na nagkukulang sa rooms saka para hindi na tumutulo kapag umuulan [sa Alvarado Hall],” ended Nikki Git, a Food Technology student.