𝐏𝐂𝐆 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐚 discussed the country’s transparency initiative with 250 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 in Albert Van Gansewinkel Hall of the University of San Carlos, Cebu City, during the kick-off of the WPS ATIN ITO! Campus Caravan on April 15, 2026.
The forum featured 𝐔𝐏 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨, 𝐀𝐤𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐋𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬, focusing on the 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬’ 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐭𝐲, 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚.
Rear Admiral Tarriela encouraged 𝐂𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞, reiterating that 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 overlooked 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 simply because 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞.
“𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭. 𝐊𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧, 𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐚-𝐠𝐢𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐚, 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐛𝐮, 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨,” he said.
