After Typhoon Ondoy wreaked havoc in state universities and colleges (SUCs) in Metro Manila and nearby provinces, budget for public higher education, especially funds for the construction and rehabilitation of facilities , should be increased, Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today said.
The youth solon noted that almost all of the 110 SUCs will not [...]

As the national government continues to cut down spending on the country’s 110 state universities and colleges (SUCs), students carry the burden of the steep cost of higher education, Kabataan Party-list Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino said.
In the proposed national budget for 2010, allocation for SUCs will be slashed by 13 percent or a whopping P3.2 [...]