SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez expresses his gratitude to Asian parliamentarians and global partners during the Parliament Day — the concluding event of the four-day 4th Asia-Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA) — at the House of Representatives. In his keynote address Thursday, Romualdez affirmed the commitment of the House of Representatives to institutionalize evidence-based decision-making for national development, especially to reduce poverty and uplift people’s lives.