Speaker Martin Romualdez on Thursday vowed budgetary support for the restoration and structural strengthening of heritage sites in the Ilocos Region following Wednesday's magnitude 7 earthquake.
Speaker Martin Romualdez on Thursday vowed budgetary support for the restoration and structural strengthening of heritage sites in the Ilocos Region following Wednesday's magnitude 7 earthquake.
"We will all do so in coordination with our good representatives from the respective districts who will be, I'm sure, working with their respective mayors headed by our [League of Municipalities of the Philippines] mayor, my very good friend, [La Paz, Abra] Mayor JV Bernos," he added.At the early part of the briefing, Senator Marcos mentioned their personal inspection in Ilocos Sur where the damage to heritage churches due to the earthquake was described as "overwhelming.
"You have to contract specialists for these but clearly for heritage churches, this is necessary," she said.
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