​DepEd, LGU Ozamiz Sign ₱49-Million Supplemental Deal for New School Buildings

via Bhal Abad Cabrera | July 29, 2026

MAKATI CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) and the City Government of Ozamiz formalized a supplemental Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Tuesday, July 28, clearing the way for the construction of ₱49 million worth of school buildings meant to ease classroom shortages in the city's public schools.

The signing took place at the Techzone Building inside the DepEd Central Office, with DepEd Undersecretary Peter Irving Corvera representing the department and Ozamiz City Mayor Sam Norman Go Fuentes signing on behalf of the local government. Assistant Secretary Aurelio Bartolome and DepEd Region X Regional Director Dr. Ruth L. Fuentes stood as witnesses to the agreement.

The supplemental MOA lays out the specifics for two major construction projects. Sangay Elementary School is set to receive a one-storey, four-classroom building valued at ₱12 million. San Antonio Elementary School will get a larger three-storey, 12-classroom facility worth ₱37 million — a project that will also require tearing down the school's existing structure to make way for the new one. The agreement further folds in an already-approved school building project for Capucao Elementary School, which will move forward under DepEd's broader school building program.

All three projects are fully funded by DepEd, while the City Government of Ozamiz will handle implementation on the ground — an arrangement officials described as reinforcing the working relationship between the national government and the LGU in speeding up school infrastructure delivery.

Tuesday's signing builds on an earlier MOA inked in Malacañang back in March 2026, which laid the initial groundwork for the partnership. The supplemental agreement provides the specific legal basis for the city government to carry out the newly approved projects, and officials framed it as a vote of confidence in Ozamiz City's track record of managing major infrastructure work.

Once finished, the new buildings are expected to give students and teachers safer, more durable, and better-equipped classrooms. City officials tied the projects to Ozamiz's "Asenso Brand of Service," which the local government has positioned as its framework for pushing accessible and sustainable development, particularly in education and public infrastructure.