President Arroyo once again visited her hometown Lubao, Pampanga, for the inauguration of the P4.33-million rehabilitated Gabaldon Building of the Lubao (East) Central School in Barangay San Nicolas, Lubao, Pampanga.

The rehabilitated building consists of nine original classrooms and eight additional classrooms as well as a science laboratory room, which will benefit 349 primary pupils, consisting of two classes in Grade 1, one class in Grade 2, four classes in Grade 3, and one class in Grade 4.

It is also in the said school where the President casts her vote during national elections. The school stands near her ancestral home in Pampanga.

During her visit to her hometown, President Arroyo also accepted a former communist rebel who renewed his support to the national government.

Former New People’s Army (NPA) commander Alias “Boyet,” who used to head the NPA in the area of Central Luzon, voluntarily surrendered to the government and availed of the benefits being offered to former communist rebels.

Boyet was a member of the NPA since 1979 and operated in the boundaries of Bataan, Zambales and Pampanga.

Col. Jose Mabanta Jr., commander of the 703rd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army, said that among the benefits alias “Boyet” will receive include livelihood, adding that 22 high-powered firearms had been surrendered to the government.