Exclusive - The Philippines Set To Have Its Very Own Space Agency Through Philippine Space Act of 2016. READ HERE!

Amidst all the chaos surrounding the current administration and its opposition growing larger every day, a bill proposing the first ever PHL Space Agency has been filed and is quickly getting a lot of attention.

Filipino astrophysicist Dr. Rogel Mari Sese announced the filing of two bills in the Senate and Lower House.

He recently posted on his Facebook account about the bills, saying:

"All the work that we have done in the past few years for the development of a national space program amounts to these two documents... House Bill 3637 and Senate Bill 1211 which both aim to legislate a Philippine Space Development and Utilization Policy and create a Philippine Space Agency,"

Earlier, he held many interviews where he said that having our very own centralized space agency is very important to sustain economic growth.

"Independent access to space is no longer a luxury but rather a necessity even for developing countries such as ours" he said.

The bill is known as the Philippine Space Act of 2016 which aims to establish The Philippine Space Agency or PhilSa.

"The PhilSA would be responsible for developing space science technology policies, implementing research and education programs, and establishing industry linkages between private and public sector stakeholder," the Senate bill's explanatory note read.

"The PhilSA would be our country's representation for international space agreements and arbitrations," it also says.

So far, the bill has already garnered positive response from other legislators.

"So far the response among legislators was positive. Space science and technology can greatly contribute to our development as a nation. The various agencies in the government understand that," Sese stated.

"We hope that our legislators would also realize its importance and pass the bill soon," he added