BACOLOD CITY – The 303rd Infantry Brigade awarded four government troops wounded in a series of encounters with the New People’s Army in Barangay Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental last week. COL. Victor Llapitan, deputy brigade commander of the Army 303rd Infantry Brigade,...
The Senate Committee on National Defense and Security has included an amendment in the substitute measure proposing reforms in the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) pension system that would require only new entrants to give contributions for their pension. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada,...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Solons have pitched for a human resources development program (HRDP) for civilian or non-uniformed personnel (NUP) in the military as well as uniformed agencies to make sure these workers...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – More than 2,000 security personnel have been deployed to secure the barangay election in Quezon and Laguna on Monday, October 30. Laguna police chief Police Col. Harold Depositar said 2,056 men from the Army 202nd Brigade, Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Laguna,...
Full payment of compensation and benefits to the families of community disaster personnel who lost their lives in the performance of their duties must be implemented, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said. Thus, the CHR declared its full support to the enactment into law of Senate Bill...
Vice President Sara Duterte joined President Marcos in Davao City in distributing aid to families of uniformed personnel killed or wounded while performing their duties. (Photo from the Office of the Vice President) In a statement, the official thanked those who attended the gathering and was...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro voted against the Military and Uniformed Personnel (MUP) Pension Reform Bill for the reason that it would redirect a...
The House plenary hall (Contributed photo) It took the House of Representatives just one month to approve the bill proposing a sustainable pension system for military and uniformed personnel (MUP), one of the more intensely urgent measures of the Marcos...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has assured that retired members of the uniformed services will not be affected by the government's proposed pension reforms currently pending in Congress. Finance Undersecretary Cielo D. Magno said one of the key features of the DOF proposal is to maintain the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has commended members of the Philippine Marine Corps’ Force Reconnaissance Group for giving Filipinos peace and security. Romualdez did so on the occasion of the...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left) and DND Secretary Gibo Teodoro (Rep. Salceda's office, Facebook) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda is amenable to Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gibo Teodoro's suggestions on how to reform the pension...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) It took only one hearing for the House Ad Hoc Committee on the MUP Pension System to approve a substitute bill that could potentially fix all the fiscal issues hounding the Military and Uniformed...
