After the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement on the "Integrated and Diversified Program for the Development of the Ormoc-Kananga (OK) Upland Range" between the Visayas State University, the Energy Development Corporation-Leyte Geothermal Production Fields (EDC-LGPF), Partners Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PMPC), National Agribusiness Corporation (NABCOR), and the Department of Agriculture (DA) on December 12, 2011 at the Patio Victoria, San Jose, Tacloban City, the implementation of the Phase 1 of the project valued at 92 million pesos is now in full-throttle for the next five years.

Mr. Jesus Freddy M. Baldos, Administrative Officer V of VSU's Information Office, participated on December 8-10, 2011 in the first ever Global Media Island Convention in the country at the idyllic Boracay Island, the Tourism Island Paradise in the Pacific.