00:00The Department of Migrant Workers is assisting the Camera in increasing the budget for the next year.
00:07Meanwhile, the archipelagic ceilings in the Philippine archipelagic waters
00:13are being rectified by the low-income families.
00:16This is the story of Mela Lesmoras.
00:20The Department of Migrant Workers' budget for the next year has already reached the committee level of the Camera.
00:27It is estimated that the OFWs and the DMWs' activities related to this issue
00:34deserve support from the congressmen.
00:38According to the country's party list representative Ron Salo,
00:42the DMWs' programs are good,
00:45so he is urging for an additional budget allotment for the government
00:50that his colleagues should also support.
00:53Under the 2025 National Expenditure Program,
00:57the DMWs' allotment is estimated to be more than 8.5 billion pesos,
01:01including the OWA.
01:03This is lower than what the DMWs are asking for,
01:06but they assured that whatever happens,
01:09they will serve wholeheartedly for our countrymen.
01:14The OFW party list representative Marisa Delmar-Magsino
01:18urged that the DMWs should consider
01:21giving protection to the marines in high-risk areas.
01:26Meanwhile, in the plenary session,
01:28the Camera has already ratified the Conference Committee Report
01:31on the Establishment of Archipelagic Sea Lanes in the Philippine Archipelagic Waters.
01:37Under this, our territories, such as the West Philippine Sea,
01:41will be given more protection.
01:43According to the WPS,
01:45in a privileged speech,
01:47House Deputy Majority Leader Erwin Tulfo encouraged the government
01:51of the United States
01:54to join our troops in the resupply missions
01:57for the soldiers stationed in the BRP Sierra Madre.
02:01This is also a way to ease tensions in the so-called territory.
02:05I urge each and every member of this chamber,
02:10call for action.
02:12Let us collectively endorse the U.S. offer
02:16to escort our resupply mission in the West Philippine Sea.
02:21Let us make it clear.
02:23The Philippines will not be intimidated.
02:26We will not bow to any form of coercion.
02:30We stand firm, ready to defend our territorial integrity
02:35and uphold our rightful claims in the West Philippine Sea.
02:40Melales Moras for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
