BACOLOD CITY, Feb. 9 -- The Technological University of the Philippines-Visayas (TUP-V), which has a main campus in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, is expanding to southern Negros with its soon-to-rise satellite campus in Binalbagan town.

The ground-breaking rites, held on Friday at the three-hectare site in Barangay San Jose, were led by TUP System president Reynaldo Ramos and the private land donor representative, Franklin Fuentebella, director of Carmen Agricultural Development Corp. (CADC).

TUP-Visayas campus director Eric Malo-oy said the establishment of the Binalbagan campus marks the fulfillment of the shared vision of the land donor and the academic institution, and the beginning of new opportunities for students in southern N...