Capitol Express provides new armchairs to 2 San Nicolas elementary schools

ILOCOS Norte Gov. Imee R. Marcos accompanied by Ilocos Norte youth and sports affair coordinator Matthew Marcos Manotoc extend help through the armchairs to the elementary school at Brgy. Sta. Cecila in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte. (Alaric Yanos)

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The Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) through Manang Imee's Capitol Express (CapEx), its roving one-stop shop delivering frontline services to rural areas, centered on two elementary schools at Brgys. 23 and 24 in San Nicolas.

CapEx was launched in July 2013 as a yearly mobile consulting and distributing of much-needed supplies and equipment to those in need, with sustainable livelihood as the dominant goal. This year, it began its rounds throughout Ilocos Norte in February 21.

Through the Provincial Education Department, Mr. Bernardino Vicente, principal of Barabar Elementary School, channeled his request after 4^th Grade Teacher Mrs. Amancia Domingo relayed the lack of chairs in the classrooms.

She reported that students were having difficulty concentrating on their lessons, as not all of them would have a proper place to sit and work on their seatwork.

Suffering the same problem, Pasion Barangan Elementary School at Brgy. 24 was also a recipient of new armchairs.

"I am very, very thankful to Governor Imee, who is like a mother to our province, for her constant support to our school and prioritizing education in the whole Ilocos Norte," Ms. Domingo said in Ilocano.

During CapEx's visit to Sta. Cecila, Mr. Vicente praised the quick response of PGIN to their request, thanking Ilocos Norte Governor Maria Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos for being concerned for the welfare of Ilocanos throughout the entire province, even reaching far-flung areas, and for listening to the needs of the different sectors.

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