BatStateU launches first PH KIST Park

Batangas State University (BatStateU) has officially launched the country’s first Knowledge, Innovation and Science Technology (KIST) Park, gathering high-level officials that place the institution as a Special Economic Zone.

(First row, from left) Michael Lagaya (moderator), Ibpap President and CEO Rey Untal and Malacañang Deputy Executive Secretary McJill Bryant Fernandez; (Second row, from left) PEZA Director GeneralCharito Plaza, Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato dela Peña and BatStateU President Tirso Ronquillo; (Third row) Seipi President Dan Lachica CONTRIBUTED PHOTO