• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
The Central Philippine State University (CPSU) campus in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental is not going anywhere.
The provincial government of Negros Occidental has acquired the 2-hectare land on which the CPSU campus is located, according to Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson.
There is no problem, CPSU will keep its Moises Padilla Campus, Lacson said.
Moises Padilla Mayor Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo and the municipal council earlier sought the help of the governor, after they were informed that the owner of the property, former Mayor Frank Nazareno, had been asking it be returned to him after the deed of usufruct that allowed CPSU to use the property expired in 2017.
Lacson said the purchase of the property was delayed because of the election ban during the May polls.
According to Mayor Yulo, more than a thousand students in Moises Padilla and neighboring LGUs are enrolled in the CPSU campus. It offers courses in education, agribusiness, and information technology, among others.*
