Baguio vice mayor wants city-funded education grant hike
ALLOWANCE HIKE. Baguio City Vice Mayor Faustino Olowan, shown in this undated photo, wants the stipend under the city's educational assistant grant for poor but deserving students to be increased to PHP10,000 from PHP6,000 per semester so they could cope with the higher cost of living and education. He said Tuesday (July 26, 2022) an additional PHP20 million would be added to the 2023 fund if his proposal gets approved. (PNA file photo) BAGUIO CITY - Vice Mayor Faustino Olowan said Tuesday there is a need to increase the stipend of students to allow them to cope with the higher cost of liv...