It does need a conflict before Australia helps the Philippines in the waters. For Australian Ambassador to the Philippines HK Yu, preventing a conflict is "more important" than making a response to it. That, she said, is the reason why Canberra is helping Manila bolster the interoperability between...
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...
BUTUAN CITY – Thirty-two candidate soldiers under the special enlistment quota have completed basic military training at the Mindanao Army Training Group, Training and Doctrine Command, in Kalilangan, Bukidnon. Army 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division Public Affairs Office (PAO) chief Major...
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...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte beamed the spotlight on military personnel by honoring recipients of an award for soldiers. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte gives a trophy to a female awardee. (OVP photo) These military soldiers were recognized during Monday...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has signed into law the bill proposing an increase in the disability pension of the country’s veterans. “The long-awaited enactment of the bill increasing veterans’ disability pension by as much as 488% marks a significant milestone in...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Australian Defence Force (ADF) conducted its very first combined amphibious assault exercise in San Antonio, Zambales on Friday, August 25, highlighting the evolving defense cooperation between the two countries amid security challenges in the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Leonardo Panaligan Command-New People's Army (LPC-NPA) has claimed the death of a civilian who was identified as a military asset in Barangay Aya, La Libertad, Negros Oriental on August 21. Police identified the victim as Julibe Sanoy, who was shot by unidentified armed men at...
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...
