GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY: Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri (3rd from right) and Quezon City Ladies Foundation Inc. President and Ilaw ng Bayan Foundation President Ms. Joy Belmonte (center) were assisted by (l-r) Rolando Leonardo, NEES Master Teacher 1 Virginia Lopez, NEES Principal Myrna Romarate, Kagawad Jerry Gonzales and Engineer Jun Pelayo during the groundbreaking ceremony held infront of New Era Elementary School along Tandang Sora Avenue in Quezon City on January 18, 2010. Senator Zubiri allotted P1.5 M from his Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) for the building of waiting shed intended for the students and parents of the said school.