PHOTO RELEASE: A long overdue pension increase

A long overdue pension increase: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada expresses gratitude to his colleagues for their overwhelming support to pass his Senate Bill No. 1480, An Act Rationalizing the Disability Pension of Veterans, a measure updating the 29-year monthly disability pension rates of military veterans and their beneficiaries. “This legislation is one way of honoring our military and war veterans who served and defended the country in their prime, and ensuring that in their twilight years, they and their families are accorded adequate benefits and assistance,” Estrada, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, and principal author said on the floor Monday, May 15, 2023. (Office of Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada/ Rey Javelosa)

A long overdue pension increase: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada expresses gratitude to his colleagues for their overwhelming support to pass his Senate Bill No. 1480, An Act Rationalizing the Disability Pension of Veterans, a measure updating the 29-year monthly disability pension rates of military veterans and their beneficiaries. “This legislation is one way of honoring our military and war veterans who served and defended the country in their prime, and ensuring that in their twilight years, they and their families are accorded adequate benefits and assistance,” Estrada, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, and principal author said on the floor Monday, May 15, 2023. (Office of Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada/ Rey Javelosa)

A long overdue pension increase: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada expresses gratitude to his colleagues for their overwhelming support to pass his Senate Bill No. 1480, An Act Rationalizing the Disability Pension of Veterans, a measure updating the 29-year monthly disability pension rates of military veterans and their beneficiaries. “This legislation is one way of honoring our military and war veterans who served and defended the country in their prime, and ensuring that in their twilight years, they and their families are accorded adequate benefits and assistance,” Estrada, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, and principal author said on the floor Monday, May 15, 2023. (Office of Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada/ Rey Javelosa)