URDANETA, PANGASINAN
SOON TO BE A CITY
Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Sept. 20, 1997 -- This town, long the transportation and commercial hub of the province, will soon be a city. This was announced by Speaker Jose de Venecia who unveiled plans to include the Urdaneta Community College into the growing Open University System (OUS) before the end of the year.
Spearheading the OUS are the UP Los Banos, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Mariano Marcos State University, Don Severino Agrucultural College in Cavite and the Benguet State University.
The OUS has existed abroad for 15 years, but was formally introduced in the Philippines by de Venecia only in February 1996. He pushed for an allocation of P100 million in the 1996 national budget to support its implementation.
Reported by: Sol Jose Vanzi
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