PAMPANGA 2nd District Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and family together with Governor Lilia G. Pineda recently inaugurated the newly-constructed Macapagal Arroyo Science Building at Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University (DHVTSU) Satellite Campus in Lubao, Pampanga.

The building, worth P20 million, was donated by Mike Arroyo through the Lourdes Tuazon de Arroyo Foundation Incorporated in honor of former President Arroyo in her 70th birthday last year.

In return, Macapagal-Arroyo requested DHVTSU Lubao to become a depository of the town's history and information, potential tourism destination, and top attraction through writing a back story of each town and city of the province.

“As a province, we are known in culinary but we have now a ‘Love Pampanga’ branding so I would suggest that we should have for instance in Lubao, we can incorporate ‘Eat-Play-Love Pampanga’ because we have the Pradera where we can play golf. In Porac, we can have ‘Eat-Climb-Love Pampanga’ because of the mountain ranges,” Arroyo said.

“I want you also to continuously excel in engineering. This is very in demand especially now that we have a Build, Build, Build Program under President Duterte. We need many engineers now,” she told DHVTSU personnel.

Pineda, for her part, said this is a milestone not only for Lubao but also for the nearby towns and province, as DHVTSU, where young Kapampangans can avail of quality and affordable college education, is now closer to their doorsteps.

“We are very fortunate that DHVTSU is now in Lubao. Hence, together with Congresswoman Arroyo, we are dreaming of 5,000 students for DHVTSU Lubao Satellite Campus in the near future,” Pineda said.

The DHVTSU science building was constructed on the eight-hectare property along Jose Abad Santos Avenue in Barangay Sta. Catalina, beside the new municipal hall. (PR)