With the launch of the first leg of VSU’s iCARE Philippines, in partnership with iLAJA Siargao and AGREA-Siargao, with the title, “Para sa Isla: Capacity Building on Regenerative Agriculture and Organizational Development,” the VSU Extension Office has formally commenced its efforts to emplement a first-ever University-led Extension initiative. Led by Dr. Catherine C. Arradaza, Director […]
Visayas State University (VSU) successfully conducted its 2026 Annual In-House Review (AIHR) from July 6–10, 2026, at the Office of the Vice President for Research, Extension, and Innovation (OVPREI) Building. The event served as a platform for evaluating the progress, accomplishments, and outcomes of the university’s completed and ongoing research and extension programs and projects. […]
The National Coconut Research Center – Visayas (NCRC-V) received four prestigious awards, namely: Best Booth of the Year, Green Leadership Award, Most Innovative Booth, and Most Creative Booth during the VSU 102nd Founding Anniversary Awarding Ceremony. The Best Booth of the Year award was conferred upon NCRC-V in recognition of the booth’s outstanding overall presentation and impact. […]
VSU officially rolled out LIYAB SparkLab 2025 at the VSU Smart Classroom in Visca, Baybay City, Leyte, on December 16, 2026, to kickstart a new wave of youth-led business ideas. The program is built to spark grassroots innovation across Eastern Visayas, offering hands-on training, mentorship, and vital resources for young people eager to reshape sustainable […]
Eastern Visayas ranks as the sixth-largest coconut-producing region in the country, sustaining the livelihoods of thousands of local farming households. However, managing this agricultural footprint has never been easy. The region experiences catastrophic storms year-round and is situated within the Pacific typhoon belt. In 2013, Super Typhoon Haiyan destroyed many local coconut trees, which caused […]
Southern Leyte’s lowland dipterocarp forests are considered some of the region’s most biologically rich yet highly vulnerable ecosystems.
The Baybay Rootcrop Farmers Association (BRFA), in partnership with the Baybay City Agricultural Office (CAO), received the Best Grants-in-Aid (GIA) Project- Provincial Level award during the 2025 Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region VIII Science, Technology and Innovation Awards held on September 3 at Robinsons Mall, Tacloban City.
