ATTY. BRENDA V. PIMENTEL
At the start of 2016, the Philippine maritime industry—or should I say, some of its stakeholders—was eager to get the candidates for the highest position in the country to include in their election platform the adoption of a national maritime agenda. They succeeded in getting one of the candidates to make that pledge; he later won. Fast forward to the end of 2017, and that promise remains to be fulfilled.