{"id":5387,"date":"2024-04-29T00:40:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T16:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=5387"},"modified":"2024-04-29T00:40:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T16:40:08","slug":"34-lgus-unite-to-help-protect-west-ph-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2024\/04\/29\/34-lgus-unite-to-help-protect-west-ph-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"34 LGUs UNITE TO HELP PROTECT WEST PH SEA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has launched a group of 34 local government units (LGUs) supporting government efforts to protect the West Philippine Sea (WPS).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The DILG has identified the group as its first ever \u201cNational Summit of the West Philippine Sea LGUs.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The group is supported by stakeholders expressing support in safeguarding the WPS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a press conference in Quezon City on Saturday, DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. said the LGUs facing the coastal areas of the WPS came together to assert the sovereign rights of the country over the contested waters.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThey came together to express support in safeguarding the Philippine Sea at tinitignan namin anong mga kailangan nila \u2013 mga patubig ba ito, mga pa-ilaw, etc., so sunod-sunod ito,\u201d Secretary Abalos told reporters.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAt dahil dito, it was highlighted by the formulation of provincial follow-up actions as their commitment to paving the way for a more secured, sustainable, prosperous West Philippine Sea. Ito \u2018yung mga LGUs facing the coastal area of the West Philippine Sea,\u201d he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to Abalos, the DILG has received \u201cmanifestations to resolutions\u201d from the LGUs expressing their intent.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has launched a group of 34 local government units (LGUs) supporting government efforts to protect the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5388,"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\/5387"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5389,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5387\/revisions\/5389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}