MAGALANG, Pampanga – Pampanga First District Representative Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. hits the ground running as he personally distributes school supplies to Day Care students in Magalang Municipality on his first day at work on July 1, 2025.
A total of 1,665 Day Care students in Magalang will receive school supplies, including crayons, notebooks, pencil, eraser, sharpener, and writing pad, personally donated by Lazatin out of his own pocket.
Lazatin, wearing his trademark red polo, was enthusiastically welcomed by day care students in the 10 barangays visited today, including Barangays Camias, San Francisco, San Jose, San Nicolas I and II, San Pablo, San Pedro I and II, Sta. Cruz, and San Vicente.
It can be recalled that Lazatin also participated in the Brigada Eskwela 2025 last month, where he personally donated 580 sacks of cement, 116 liters of paint, and 232 paint brushes each to 58 public schools in Mabalacat City and 58 public schools in Magalang Town.
Participating in the annual Brigada Eskwela has been a tradition of Lazatin since he first became a Councilor in Angeles City in 2013.
Lazatin has always advocated for education. As Angeles City Mayor, he spearheaded the repair of daycare centers in Angeles City, amounting to P5 Million; the construction of additional classrooms, offices, laboratories, and canteen at the City College of Angeles (CCA), amounting to P259 million; and the construction of the P50 million New Annex Building of the CCA, funded by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR).
Under the Lazatin administration, 58,000 tablets were distributed to public students in Angeles City from Grades 4 to 12; 3,200 tablets were distributed to public school teachers; and 3,200 tablets were distributed to students of CCA.
Now that he is Pampanga First District Representative, Lazatin vows to further his efforts in championing quality education for all.
Part of Lazatin’s legislative agenda is to propose measures to increase funds for the construction and maintenance of more classrooms in public schools, to increase the salary of public school teachers by 20,000 pesos across the boards, and to provide comprehensive training programs for public school teachers.