Romualdez takes up the cudgels for newsmen

Angeles City, Pampanga—Congressman  Ferdinand Martin Romualdez of Leyte has promised    legal assistance to newsmen who encounter   legal problems in the   practice of their profession. Speaking   before the 67th      induction ceremony of Pampanga   Press Club,   Romualdez as guest speaker said that freedom of speech is very important in the affairs of any nation as the people   are   given information   to decide what is good for them   through the help of the journalists.

The congressman from Leyte who is   also the president of the Philippine  Constitution Association vowed to work for the passage of the Freedom of Information   when elected to the Senate  in May . Romualdez who is running as senator under the slogan Ibalik ang Malasakit sa Gobyerno  said that the government needs the media as fiscalizer in the implementation    of its public policies and   programs. “No nation can survive or attain economic changes   without   the sharp eye of the   court state,” he said. Romualdez who is a   shared candidate of presidential candidates Vice President Jejomar Binay of   United Nationalist   Alliance, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Miriam Santiago was in Pampanga to seek the help of his Cabalen  in the coming May national elections. Romualdez   whose mother  hails  from Mabalacat City   said that he is hoping   the resiliency of the people of Pampanga will be adopted      by the people of Leyte so that they can immediately   recover from the ruins of Super Typhoon “Yolanda.” The people of the province organised   themselves into   working groups with financial contributions from the businessmen. They also established Save Pampanga Movement to anchor the recovery of the province. Within few years, Pampanga recovered little by little until businesses are reestablished together with people returning to their homes destroyed   by eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991.