Marcos inks law creating state agri university campus in Floridablanca

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has signed into law an act that will create a Pampanga State Agricultural University campus in Floridablanca, Pampanga.

According to the Presidential Communications Office, Marcos signed the law on February 15.

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Republic Act No. 11977 said that the campus will “offer short-term, technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its areas of competency and specialization.”

“The PSAU-Floridablanca Campus shall be mandated to undertake research and extension services, and production activities in support of the socio-economic development and to provide progressive leadership in these areas,” it said.

A 50-hectare wide land in the Floridablanca National Agricultural School on which the school will be built will also be provided.

The law will take effect on March 1 or 15 days after its publication.

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