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Agriculture Secretary William Dar has forged a partnership with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the launching of the Urban Agriculture Program inside Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. “We thank Secretary Delfin Lorenzana of the Department of National Defense and AFP Chief of Staff General Felimon Santos for opening the camp and rallying […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the movement of all food and production items must be unhampered amid the implementation of a Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine. Dar said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has instructed the Philippine National Police (PNP) to allow the unimpeded transit of cargoes in all […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III has filed a bill seeking to reduce the prohibition in the promotion of key military officers from less than one year to less than nine months prior to retirement. Pimentel said he filed Senate Bill No. 1045, otherwise known as the Act Amending the Grade Distribution in the Active Force of […]
A bill seeking to increase the hazard pay of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel in conflict areas, including civilian doctors and nurses has been filed in the Senate. Senator Manny Pacquiao has filed Senate Bill No. 970 seeking to increase the current P540 monthly hazard pay of AFP personnel in conflict areas […]
Former Philippine National Police chief and Senator Bato dela Rosa is pushing for the reinstatement of the two-year mandatory Basic Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) in private and public schools nationwide. “The training would promote the spirit of love of country among the youth.” Dela Rosa said military training would instill discipline, moral virtues and […]
Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said he would remind President Rodrigo Duterte about the latter’s promise to increase the salaries of public school teachers. Go, however, said public school teachers will have to wait for the completion of the four-year salary standardization next year. “At present, they have salary standardization that ends on […]