ECHAGUE, Isabela (August 19, 2024)—Students and some 487 2024 graduates of Isabela State University (ISU) can avail assistance from the P19.8 million Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) cash program.
This was according to Senator Maria Imelda Josefa Remedios “Imee” Marcos who was the commencement speaker during the ISU Cauayan City Campus graduation ceremonies at the Isabela Convention Center in Cauayan City, Isabela on Aug. 6, 2024.
Kalahi-CIDSS is a poverty alleviation program of the national government implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Marcos was welcomed by university and campus officials led by ISU President Ricmar Aquino.
In her message, Marcos commended ISU for its achievements in recent months and years which include placement in the Times Higher Education or THE World University Rankings and Webometrics, its International Standards Organization or ISO certifications, recognition from the Commission on Audit, and student performances in licensure examinations.
She also emphasized the pressing problems of students such as the lack of student facilities, highlighting the request of ISU Cauayan for a Student Affairs Building, and the need for scholarships.
Encouraging the community to push forward for the welfare of students, Marcos mentioned available programs that can help the graduates after the commencement exercises.
The senator also reminded the graduates to not settle and to continue to dream and try.
She expressed hope for the new generation to “make the transformations that their generation failed to make; changes to pay justice that will encompass the society.”
With decades of experience in local governance that have molded her distinct brand of proactive and innovative leadership, Marcos mentioned her campaign #IMEEsolusyon and inspired graduates to be part of the solutions to real-world problems. LEANDER C. DOMINGO