House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez expressed his gratitude to Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief-of-Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr. for accompanying him and a handful of other solons to Pag-asa Island in the...
From left to right: House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Majority Leader Manuel Jose "Mannix" Dalipe, and House Minority Leader Marcelino "Nonoy" Libanan (Speaker’s office) Ranking House of Representatives members led by Speaker Martin Romualdez paid their final...
The party of House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (middle) pose for a commemorative photo on Pag-asa Island during their visit on Oct. 5, 2023. (Photo courtesy of House of Representatives via Armed Forces of the Philippines) Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez says he wants to have "protocols" set up with "friends" from the Chinese Embassy regarding the presence of Chinese vessels within Philippine territory. Romualdez made...
Soneva Jani, Noonu Atoll, Maldives. (Unsplash) House Speaker Martin Romualdez believes that with the right funding and intervention, Pag-asa Island and the rest of the Kalayaan Island Group in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) could be developed into a...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives is eyeing the allocation of at least P3 billion for the planned development projects on Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). This was bared by House Speaker Martin Romualdez Thursday night, Oct. 5....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (4th from left) House Speaker Martin Romualdez led a small group of congressmen to Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Thursday morning, Oct. 5. They left that same afternoon with a clear idea of what their...
DND Secretary Gibo Teodoro (Facebook) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. has sought the House of Representatives' support for the funding of two key infrastructure development projects on Pag-asa Island. This, after...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto (Facebook) House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto rued on Saturday, Sept.2 the relative pittance that the government has set aside in the proposed 2024 national...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla on Tuesday, August 15, pressed the government to assert Philippine rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) with concrete actions - and tourism and fishing projects are a good start. Sen. Robin Padilla (Senate PRIB Photo) Padilla stressed this as he...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda’s office) The Philippines should be "evidence-based" when addressing concerns of local fishermen when it comes to addressing the harassment that they suffer at the hands of foreign vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Thus, said Albay 2nd...
Different fisherfolk groups in Pagasa Island in Kalayaan, Palawan are set to receive various fishing gears and equipment worth P5 million to help them increase their catch and break free from poverty. *(Photo courtesy of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources) * The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
