MANILA, Feb. 17 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has signed into law Republic Act (RA) No. 11978, establishing a college of medicine at the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-South La Union Campus (DMMMSU-SLUC) in the municipality of Agoo.

RA No. 11978, known as the "Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-South La Union Campus-College of Medicine," opens up a Doctor of Medicine program, including an Integrated Liberal Arts and Medicine program.

It will consist of basic science and clinical courses, and would be based on a learner-centered, competency-based, and community-oriented approach, with the goal "to develop a corps of professional physicians to strengthen the healthcare system of the country."

The signing of...