SEN. Richard Gordon sees the town of Tuba, or any of the other four municipalities of Benguet that will be included in the cluster that will comprise the proposed Greater Baguio, as the new educational hub to decongest Baguio City and enable it to restore its old glory as the country’s “Summer Capital.”

During the hearing/public consultation on Senate Bill (SB) 1692 or the “Baguio City, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba and Tublay Development Authority in Baguio,” Gordon said academic institutions such as the University of the Philippines (UP), the University of the Cordilleras (UC) and the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), among others, could be relocated in Tuba and turn it into the Silicon Valley of the Philippines.