Calling all the descendants of Dr. Jose and Celestina Raymundo: if you or anyone you know is related to the two figures above, then you’re in luck because a scholarship opportunity awaits you (and yes, exclusively for you).
Recently, the University of the Philippines, once again, made waves online after they posted a list of scholarship opportunities students can avail and apply for. But there was one opportunity that caught the eyes of many Filipinos online that seemingly called the attention of a missing relative: the Dr. Jose and Celestina Raymundo Scholarship Fund.
In a now-deleted post on the university’s Office of Scholarship and Grants’ Facebook page, students can now apply for the Dr. Jose and Celestina Raymundo Scholarship Fund which would be effective for the first semester of the academic year 2024-2025, with one slot only open to students of all year, campuses, and courses.
The grantee will receive Php3,000 per month and Php4,000 per semester.
The post then listed the qualifications for the scholarship grant, which included being enrolled in at least 15 units at the time of the award and 12 units for graduate students. They also look into the student’s parent’s annual gross income which must not exceed Php400,000.
Most importantly, those who apply must be descendants of Dr. Jose and Celestina Raymundo.
In true Filipino fashion, this particular qualification drew laughs online with some poking fun at how this should’ve been announced during the Raymundo family reunion, while others cheekily pretended they were next of kin.
Aside from being the subject of amusement, some were also curious about who Dr. Jose and Celestina Raymundo were. After some research (it was a hard one, indeed), they found that they owned the oldest house in Malabon City. And the search has been on-going as early as 2011.
However, the mystery remains as to why a scholarship fund named after them exists and why only their descendants are qualified.
So to those descendants of Dr. Jose and Celestina Raymundo, come out already and get your scholarship grant, we guess…
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