MANILA, Philippines — Senator Francis 'Chiz' Escudero is proposing the construction of additional Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) campuses and facilities in Calabarzon, Visayas, and Mindanao than pass a bill aimed at bolstering student enlistment. 'Instead of mandating that there be at least one student or cadet from each congressional district, for us to pass instead a law that will establish additional campuses and facilities of the PMMA in Calabarzon, Visayas – either Bacolod Cebu or Iloilo – and in Mindanao – either in Davao or Cagayan de Oro – and to appropriate the corresponding funds therefore,' Escudero said during a hearing of the Senate committee on higher, technical, and vocational education on Thursday.

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