Marcos establishes innovation hub in Biñan, designates protected area in Quezon

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has established an innovation hub in Biñan, Laguna and designated a new protected area in San Francisco, Quezon.

On July 30, Marcos signed Proclamation No. 985 to create the De La Salle University Innovation Hub on a 50,000-square-meter parcel of land within the university's Science and Technology Complex, aiming to encourage economic growth through knowledge and technology development.

The innovation hub was created under Republic Act 7916, which allows for the establishment of special economic zones that promote industrial and commercial activities.

Also on July 23, Marcos signed RA 12229 declaring a 29.6-hectare land in San Francisco, Quezon as a protected landscape to conserve its biological resources and ecological importance.

The new protected area will be managed by the Protected Area Management Board chaired by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, with oversight from local government units and NGOs.