ILOILO CITY – This city will host the Visayas leg of the Philippine Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Games. The Philippine ROTC Games-Visayas starting August 13 will feature more than 1,000 ROTC cadets from Central, Eastern, and Western Visayas. The Department of National Defense (DND),...
Newly installed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. is in favor of reviving the mandatory Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program to help instill discipline among the youth and spark a consciousness within their minds about the importance of defending...
A youth group urged the proponents of the bill to revive the mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) to quit “sugarcoating” the proposal as a disaster response program for the youth and instilling patriotism, discipline, and volunteerism. Student-leaders from various universities and...
A youth group reiterated its opposition to the revival of the mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) saying it will not solve the issues faced by students and the education sector in general. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) “The reinstatement of mandatory ROTC solves none of the current...
If he had his way, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile would not allow those who oppose the mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) to go to school. He also asked them to "leave" the country because "you're not Filipinos." "Wala na akong pasensya eh. 'Pag ako masusunod,...
Forty-two percent of Filipinos believe that senior high school students should have the option to take the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (course) or choose community service, based on the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results that were released on Thursday, May 4. The First Quarter 2023...
'TOL VIEWS The recent Pulse Asia survey conducted last March 15-19, 2023 affirms the relevance and timeliness of Senate Bill 2034 or the Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Act. According to the survey, 78 percent of Filipinos agree that mandatory ROTC should be restored. Respondents...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate PRIB) The proposal to implement the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) in college has broad support across different socio-economic classes and different age groups, including college-aged individuals. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian highlighted this detail from...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (Kabataan Party-list) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel is challenging the veracity of the Pulse Asia survey results which indicated that a whopping 80 percent of Filipinos favored the return of mandatory Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) for college...
Rowena Guanzon (Twitter) P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon is offering her services to file legal cases against schools that require their students to enroll themselves under the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) progam. But the lawyer and former Commission on Elections (Comelec)...
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa (Senate PRIB) Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa is optimistic that a bill making Reserved Officers Training Course (ROTC) mandatory in colleges as well as in technical and vocational courses would be enacted into law before the end of 2023. The bill,...
Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa chided on Friday, March 3, groups and individuals who called for the scrapping of the bill reviving the mandatory Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) following the death of an Adamson University chemical engineering student to hazing. Sen. Ronald...
