Parañaque Representative-elect Brian Raymund Yamsuan has committed to push for increased government funding that would help expand the youth’s access to quality education in the city’s second district.
As the newly proclaimed congressional representative of Parañaque’s 2nd District, Yamsuan said education would be among his priorities to empower the youth and help them take charge of their future.
“Our BAON (Bigay Ayuda at Oportunidad sa Nakababata) program had huge impact on the youth in the second district. We will continue implementing and find ways to broaden its scope to benefit more Parañaqueños in the district. We will start on Day One of my term,” Yamsuan said.
“Our goal is to make education affordable and easily accessible to give everyone an equal opportunity to succeed in overcoming life’s challenges and carving a stable and vibrant future. Edukasyon, sipag at determinasyon ang pinanghawakan ko noon para makaahon sa kahirapan kaya’t alam ko na kung mabibigyan lamang ng maayos na edukasyon ay may naghihintay na matatag na bukas para sa bawat masisipag na Parañaqueno ng second district,” he added.
(Education, diligence and determination were what I held onto in the past to rise above poverty, which is why I know that a stable future awaits every hardworking Parañaquenõ in the second district if given the chance to have a proper education.)
BAON, which Yamsuan started implementing in the district last year, provides a one-time P5,000 educational assistance to each qualified student-beneficiary, and P10,000 each to Dean’s Listers or those With High Honors.
As of April 2025, BAON has benefited about 5,000 students in the elementary, high school and college levels who are residents of Parañaque’s 2nd District.
Yamsuan said that on top of continuing his BAON program, he is also in talks with fellow lawmakers to determine how to increase government funding for the Parañaque City campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) so that more underprivileged but deserving students from the second district would be able to study in this state educational institution.
Established through the efforts of the city’s former mayor, Florencio Bernabe Jr., PUP Parañaque offers academic programs leading to Bachelor of Science degrees in computer engineering, hospitality management, information technology, and office administration. It also offers a Diploma in Office Management Technology-Legal Office Management.
Yamsuan said BAON’s positive impact was among the key factors that helped him secure the youth vote in the district.
“Silang mga kabataan talaga yung nagsabing gusto nila akong manalo sa halalan. Sinasabi nila sa akin na ituloy ang mga programa ko, at ipaglalaban nila ako. They told me ‘ikaw lang yung nagbaba ng ganitong programa, ikaw lang ang pumansin sa amin’,” Yamsuan said.
“They, the youth, were really the ones who told me they want me to win the election. They were telling me to continue my program and that they will fight for me. They told me, ‘you were the only one who downloaded this kind of program, you were the only one who paid us any attention.)
“As the saying goes ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Our programs will focus on initiatives that would have lasting positive outcomes on people’s lives,” Yamsuan said.
Education is a key pillar of Yamsuan’s H.O.P.E. agenda. This reform aganda aims to ensure that Parañaque’s 2nd District residents are: 1) provided quality and affordable Health and medical care; 2) equipped with adequate job and livelihood Opportunities to elevate their living standards; 3) assured of Peace and safety in their communities; and 4) guaranteed access to quality Education.
