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Article: Five Iloilo students now FG scholars.
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- Philippines News Agency
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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MANILA, April 1 (PNA) --- The First Gentleman Foundation, Inc.'s "Bagong Doktor Para sa Bayan" program chose five of the poorest but brightest medical students of the West Visayas State University (WVSU) in Iloilo City.
Rowena Alcido, Christine Rio Bistis, Norie Grace Omamalin, Ana Lor-Sha Villaber, and Lotgrada Tayao have been chosen as part of Batch 4 new scholars and all incoming fourth year medical students of the WVSU, have been accepted into the scholarship program not only for their impressive scholastic records but also for their passion in helping others despite their own hardships.
The "Bagong Doktor Para sa Bayan" project grants poor but ...