{"id":19829,"date":"2026-04-29T01:17:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=19829"},"modified":"2026-04-29T01:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:17:18","slug":"speaker-dy-invites-asean-lawmakers-to-experience-bohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/speaker-dy-invites-asean-lawmakers-to-experience-bohol\/","title":{"rendered":"SPEAKER DY INVITES ASEAN LAWMAKERS TO EXPERIENCE BOHOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SPEAKER Faustino \u201cBojie\u201d G. Dy III on Tuesday extended an invitation to young Southeast Asian lawmakers to visit the Philippines in the future, highlighting Bohol as a symbol of the region\u2019s shared natural and cultural heritage. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking at the 3rd Consultative Meeting of the Young Parliamentarians of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), held virtually under the Philippines\u2019 hosting, Dy expressed regret that participants were unable to gather in Panglao, Bohol as originally planned, but emphasized that the invitation remains open. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe had planned to gather in Panglao, Bohol so that all of you could sample the best of what the Philippines has to offer: its beautiful beaches, the gracious hospitality of our people, and the rich tapestry of our culture and history,\u201d Dy said. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Speaker noted that beyond its scenic landscapes, Bohol also represents a unique ecological link within Southeast Asia. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAs a bonus, we had hoped you would meet one of our region\u2019s most remarkable little ambassadors\u2014the tarsier, one of the smallest primates in the world, found only in Bohol and other parts of Southeast Asia,\u201d he added. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bohol is home to the Philippine Tarsier. Other species of the tarsier can be found in other Southeast Asian nations such as Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe hope that in the future you will grant us the privilege of hosting you there,\u201d the Speaker said, reiterating the Philippines\u2019 commitment to fostering closer people-to-people and parliamentary exchanges within ASEAN. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Originally scheduled as an in-person gathering in Panglao, the meeting was moved online as part of a calibrated approach to streamline official engagements and manage rising global costs amid ongoing geopolitical tensions, while ensuring that regional cooperation continues uninterrupted.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPEAKER Faustino &ldquo;Bojie&rdquo; G. Dy III on Tuesday extended an invitation to young Southeast Asian lawmakers to visit the Philippines in the future, highlighting Bohol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19829"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19831,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19829\/revisions\/19831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}