Manila, Jan. 9 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday inspected the fire-damaged San Francisco High School in Quezon City and pledged that the construction of a new building will be completed in time for the next academic year.

Marcos said the new facility will have 36 classrooms, tripling the original 12-classroom plan, to address overcrowding and improve learning conditions.

"Kung maalala ninyo, ito 'yung nasunog at kailangan nating baguhin. Ngunit ang itatayo natin na bagong school building dito, instead of 12 classrooms, magiging 36 classrooms (As you may recall, this was the one that caught fire and needed to be rebuilt. But the new school building that we will construct here will have 36 classrooms instead of 12)," Marcos...