A group of education workers on Monday, Sept. 30, voiced strong opposition to the Senate's renewed efforts to reinstate the mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) For the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, the mandatory ROTC...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla on Thursday, March 14 admitted that he has already lost hope on the passage of the Mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Program bill in the Senate. Padilla noted it has already been two years that the measure has been languishing in the legislative...
The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) is a potent tool to develop and instill discipline and patriotism among the Filipino youth, Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday, August 27. Tolentino stressed this during Sunday’s opening of the PRG’s Mindanao Regional Tournament in...
Senator Robinhood “Robin” Padilla urged the Filipino youth to be more than “keyboard warriors” and allow themselves to be trained with real skills and discipline sharpened through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program. Padilla made the call at the conclusion of...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday, August 16 said he is likely to vote against the revival of the mandatory Reserved Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program, saying he believes it will not instill patriotism among students. Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero (Senate PRIB Photo)...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said females, and even members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer plus are included in the mandatory Reserved Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program and will train alongside the males, to ensure there would be “gender equality.” Sen....
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero has urged proponents of the bill seeking to reinstate the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program to present a scientific study that would validate that the current citizens’ defense program is a “total failure.” Sen. Francis "Chiz"...
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...
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...
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...
To implement or not to implement the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) is a hotly contested issue. There are vocal supporters and passionate oppositionists. Both have valid arguments and data showing why it is beneficial — or useless — to our nation. The consensus that is...
