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The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO; Filipino: Tanggapan ng Ugnayang Pambeterano ng Pilipinas [3]) is the Philippine agency for Filipino war veterans. Under the Department of National Defense , [ 4 ] PVAO serves to fulfill a national commitment as embodied in Section 7, Article XVI of the 1987 Philippine Constitution :
The 1051st (QUEZON) Technical & Administrative Services Unit, 105th Technical & Administrative Services Group, [1] [2] known officially as First Force Support Unit, is one of two TAS Forward Operating Base Units of the 105th Technical and Administrative Services Group (Reserve) of the AFP Reserve Command, and is based in Quezon City.
The GSIS was the first government agency in the Philippines to adopt the Unified Multi-Purpose ID System, "which aims to streamline and harmonize the identification systems of all government agencies and government-owned and controlled corporations through the use of a unified multi-purpose ID". [8]
Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens (SPISC) is a program for funding indigent senior citizens in Philippines. The government gives them a monthly payment of five hundred pesos which are intended to be used for medical equipment and services. [ 23 ]
Mounting costs led Congress to pursue reforms to the military retirement system during the 1980s. Under the National Defense Authorization Act of 1981, the military moved from calculating retirement benefits based on the "final pay," or base pay on the final day of active service, to the "High-3" system. [9]
In 1966, the Rusk-Ramos Agreement shortened base leaseholds from 99 to 25 years, terminated US control over Olongapo, [6] and limited US military holdings to a few minor installations and four major bases: Clark Air Base in Pampanga, two main naval bases at Sangley Point in Cavite and Subic Bay Naval Base in Zambales, and recreational Camp John ...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines Reserve Command, [2] known officially as the AFP RESCOM or RESCOM, (Filipino: Pangasiwaan ng Panlaang Kawal ng Hukbong Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas) is one of the Armed Forces of the Philippines' Major Support Commands created for the sole purpose of Reserve Force management, procurement, and organization.
The Military Ordinariate of the Philippines was initially erected as a military vicariate on December 8, 1950, as per decree by Pope Pius XII via the consistoriat decree Ad consulendum. [3] It was accepted by the Philippine government in a diplomatic agreement, which took effect through the exchange of Notes Verbal in 1952 [ 3 ] between then ...