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Details: Written by Ulderico B. Alviola; Published: 09 February 2023

Leyte 5th District Representative Carl Nicolas C. Cari happily announced yesterday, February 8, 2023, the approval at the House Committee level of proposed legislation that will soon make way for the offering of a Doctor of Medicine (MD) program at the Visayas State University’s flagship campus in Baybay City, Leyte.

Details: Written by Jack Olaer and Ulderico B. Alviola; Published: 06 February 2023

With the rising concern on food safety and the evolving market demand, Visayas State University continues to strengthen its commitment to building a sustainable community and environment through a five-year project funded by the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), which is the stepped for Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) shortened as “ACIAR-GAP”.

Details: Written by Ulderico B. Alviola; Published: 03 February 2023

VSU remains to be the Top 8 university in the country according to the January 2023 edition of the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities. Globally, VSU climbed 15 spots higher from 4,128th place in July 2022 to 4,113th rank in the most recent evaluation.

Details: Written by Marianne C. Bayron; Published: 27 January 2023

Nearly half a decade after a fire engulfed the whole Warner Apartments and displaced 20 families composed of faculty members and staff, the VSU administration finally completed the restoration of the apartment complex with its new and improved housing units.

Details: Written by Marianne C. Bayron; Published: 30 January 2023

VSU flag has been raised once more as two #ProudViscans joined the club of the Viscan board topnotchers for this school year.

Jane D. Entuna and Sherwin E. Quiño made it to the top 10 cut in the October 2022 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET), wherein Entuna landed 8th in the secondary level and Quiño placed 10th in the elementary level.

Details: Written by By Ulderico B. Alviola and Tracy Paulyne Suan; Published: 25 January 2023

This will soon become a local delicacy that will hopefully attract tourists and investors alike.

Two years after the ceremonial groundbreaking of the first-ever Sweet Potato Processing Center in the Visayas, Baybay City soft-launched its newest product–the kamote (sweetpotato) ice cream.