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The 2021 Calabarzon raids, also referred to as Bloody Sunday and COPLAN ASVAL, [ a][ 2][ 3] were a series of operations conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Army in Calabarzon, Philippines, on March 7, 2021, that resulted in the killing of nine activists and the arrest of six individuals. [ 4]
Suicide in the military. Suicide in the military is the act of ending one's life during or after a career in the armed forces. US army suicide prevention poster, 2012. While suicide rates in military organizations vary internationally, official statistics in several countries show a consistently higher risk in certain subgroups.
The Mental Health Law (Republic Act 11036) proposes a mental health policy that aims to enhance integrated mental health services, the promotion of mental health services, protection of people who use said services, and the establishment of a Philippine mental health council. [28] These goals are based on international human rights standards.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) (Filipino: Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas) are the military forces of the Philippines. It consists of three main service branches; the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy (including the Marine Corps). The President of the Philippines is the Commander-in-Chief of the AFP and forms military policy with the ...
The Philippine military started clearing unexploded ordnance after the battle and cleared around 85 percent of the ordnance by May 2018, [5] facilitating the return of around 70 percent of displaced Marawi residents. [6] In 2020, the chair of Task Force Bangon Marawi declared that 20%-30% of Marawi City had been rehabilitated.
In 2021, the global rate of suicide deaths for men was 12.3 per 100,000, more than double the rate for women, which stood at 5.9 per 100,000 population. However, the sex disparity was uneven across regions, with a male-to-female ratio ranging from as low as 1.4 in the South-East Asia Region to nearly 4.0 in the Region of the Americas.
Benigno Simeon Aquino III KGCR (locally [bɛˈniːɡ.no ʔɐˈxiː.no]; born Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), [4][5] also known as Noynoy Aquino[6][7][8] and colloquially as PNoy, [b] was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. [12][13][14] The son of ...
The Victoriano Luna General Hospital (or simply V. Luna General Hospital), also known as Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center [3] (AFP General Hospital), is one of the Armed Forces of the Philippines' Wide Support Units tasked to provide medical care to military personnel and civilian human resources of the AFP, which includes their immediate dependents.