ESTRADA SEEKS AFP CHIEF’S TAKE ON MANDATORY MUP PENSION CONTRIBUTION: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, during Wednesday’s meeting of the Committee on National Defense of the Commission on Appointments (CA), August 30, 2023, asks Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., about his stance on the proposed military and uniformed personnel…
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I rise to express my support to the gallant generals, senior officers and unformed personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, led by their Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner, Jr. The AFP has been hogging the headlines recently due to the tense situation in the West Philippine Sea. Sa kabila ng banta sa…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) The powerful Commission on Appointments (CA), on Wednesday, August 30, confirmed the ad interim appointment of Romeo Brawner Jr. as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff. The Commission on Appointments (CA) has confirmed the ad interim appointment of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Romeo Brawner…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — The bill proposing an increase in the disability pension of military veterans and their beneficiaries is now a law, Senator Jinggoy Estrada announced Friday. “The long-awaited enactment of the bill increasing veterans’ disability pension by as much as 488 percent marks a significant milestone in recognizing and honoring those who have…
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(SUNSTAR) THE reported deployment of Filipino cadets and military officials to study and undergo training in Beijing has worried some senators amid issues of China’s aggressiveness and harassment of Philippine vessels and troops in the West Philippine Sea. In a Senate hearing on the proposed National Defense Act and the revitalization of the Self-Reliant Defense…
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(BUSINESS MIRROR) SENATOR Jose Pimentel Ejercito Jr. is prodding the economic team of President Marcos and the Department of National Defense (DND) to discuss at length the next steps in reforming the pension system for military and uniformed personnel (MUP) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), now the subject of several bills in…
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(JOURNAL NEWS) DESIDIDO si Senador Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada na itaguyod ang pagbalangkas ng mga batas na magsisiguro ng pantay na oportunidad, magbibigay proteksyon sa karapatan ng marginalized groups at ibsan ang malaking agwat sa antas ng kabuhayan sa Second Regular Session ng kasalukuyang 19th Congress. “Sa bawat bill na tatalakayin sa ilalim ng Committee on Labor, pati…
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(CNN) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 20) – Senators see no problem with yet another leadership change in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) despite the law aimed at ending the “revolving door policy” in the military. President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. appointed Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner as AFP chief of staff, replacing Gen. Andres Centino.…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senators have high hopes for Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. as he takes the helm of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. In separate messages, Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel and Senators Ronald dela Rosa and Jinggoy Estrada looked back at Brawner’s military career, which, they said, made him suitable to…
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The law signed by President Marcos Jr. last May 17, Republic Act No. 11939, provides for a maximum tour of duty for three consecutive years for the AFP Chief of Staff “unless sooner terminated by the President.” RA 11939 amended the previous law, RA 11709, which prescribed fixed terms for the key officials of the…
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