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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _________ 
Introduced by Representative Edgar Mary S. Sarmiento 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
On 14 October 2009, Republic Act No. 9179 or “ An Act Converting the Tiburcio 
Tancino Memorial Institute of Science and Technology in Calbayog City Into a 
State University to be known as the North West Samar State University 
(NWSSU), integrating therein the Samar State College of Agriculture and 
Forestry in the Municipality of San Jorge, both located in the Province of Western 
Samar and Appropriating the Funds therefor” was signed into law, thereby 
creating the NWSSU now known and beloved today. 
History shows that NWSSU started from the establishment of a city high school 
in Calbayog City sometime in 1948 to provide the constituents access to 
affordable and quality education despite the challenges of the times. However, 
due to lack of funding, the city high school then established closed within seven 
years.  
Fast forward to sometime in 1960, the Tiburcio Tancino Memorial Vocational 
School was established through legislation. The Vocational School has since then 
been converted into the Memorial Institute of Science and Technology, and now 
into NWSSU. From the pioneer batch of 45 students of the vocational school, 
NWSSU has now produced thousands of professionals and civic servants and 
leaders with its two campuses in Calbayog City and San Jorge (Satellite). There’s 
also a newly established IOMD Campus Online that offers educational 
opportunities to people everywhere in the world. 
It is this inspiring history of success that must be replicated and extended. 
This bill seeks to establish a campus of NWSSU in the Municipality of Sta. 
Margarita, Samar. 
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The Municipality of Sta. Margarita has a population of at least 26,816, a 
significant portion of which is composed of thriving members of the youth sector 
who yearn for opportunities to learn and earn skills to be of help to their families 
and communities. These young dreamers must be afforded such opportunity. 
 
By establishing another campus in the Municipality of Sta. Margarita, we will 
providing more people with access to quality education and with the opportunity 
to become skilled workers and professionals. This will also eliminate the need of 
the people to spend more for boarding and transportation to enroll in the campus 
in either Calbayog City or San Jorge or in any other institution elsewhere.  
 
The bill also seeks to integrate the Clarencio Calagos Memorial School of 
Fisheries into the NWSSU Sta. Margarita Campus. This would ensure that 
students of the school would receive tertiary education which would strengthen 
the fisheries sector of the municipality.  
 
In view of the foregoing, this passage of this measure is earnestly sought. 
 
 
 
 
EDGAR MARY S. SARMIENTO 
Representative, 1st District of Samar 


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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _________ 
Introduced by Representative Edgar Mary S. Sarmiento 
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NORTH WEST SAMAR STATE 
UNIVERSITY (NWSSU) STA. MARGARITA CAMPUS IN THE 
MUNICIPALITY OF STA. MARGARITA, WESTERN SAMAR 
INTEGRATING THEREWITH THE CLARENCIO CALAGOS 
MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF FISHERIES AND APPROPRIATING THE 
FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines 
in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. There is hereby established a Campus of the North West Samar 
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State University (NWSSU) to be located in the Municipality of Sta. Margarita, 
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Western Samar integrating therewith the Clarencio Calagos Memorial School of 
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Fisheries. 
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SEC. 2. The NWSSU Board of Regents is hereby authorized to find a suitable 
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location in the Municipality of Sta. Margarita for the construction of the NWSSU 
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Sta. Margarita Campus and to perform the necessary tasks in order to 
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acquire said property and construct the satellite campus. 
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SEC. 3. The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be 
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appropriated in the General Appropriations Act. 
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SEC. 4. Separability Clause. If any provision, or part hereof, is held invalid or 
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unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or provision that is not otherwise 
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affected shall remain valid and subsisting. 
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SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. This law amends Republic Act No. 5783, entitled “An 
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Act Providing for the Establishment of a School of Fisheries in the Municipality 
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of Santa Margarita, Province of Samar, to be Known as the Clarencio Calagos 
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Memorial School of Fisheries, and Authorizing the Appropriating Funds 
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Therefor.” Any other law, executive order, rules and regulations, memoranda or 
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circular inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified 
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accordingly. 
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SEC. 6. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication 
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in the Official Gazette or in any two (2) national newspapers of general 
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circulation. 
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Approved,