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US Congress reintroduces bipartisan bill to expedite visa issuance for children of Filipino WWII veterans

    by Alfred Acenas (EBC Hawaii-Pacific) Eagle News Service HONOLULU, Hawaii (Eagle News) – Three US senators and two congressmen reintroduced the Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act on Wednesday, May 19, which would speed up the visa processing for children of Filipino World War II veterans. U.S. Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), along with Representatives Ed Case (D-Hawaii) and Don Young (R-Alaska), stressed the importance of this act for […]

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President Duterte gives P100 million to VMMC; directs procurement of the best medical equipment for veterans

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, November 20, turned over P100 million to the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) for the improvement of its services, and instructed officials of the medical center to get the best medical equipment in the market for the hospital that provides service to the country’s veteran soldiers and their dependents. “Buy the best, huwag yung lowest bid… I want quality. Quality ako,” the President told the hospital’s […]

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President Duterte orders release of funds for benefits of WWII widows

QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the release of Php 4.7 billion payment for unpaid benefits of widows of World War II veterans as well as for retirees of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. In his message during the commemoration of National Heroes Day in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, he said that Php 3.5 billion is for the payment of arrears of widows of WWII veterans while the remaiing Php 1.2 […]

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Duterte okays P4.7B for military retirees, veterans’ widows

(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (August 29) announced his approval of the release of P4.7 billion total budget for the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the bulk of which is for widows of World War II veterans and the rest is the budget for retired soldiers. “Those who are not paid by the previous administrations, actually all of them, for release is P4.7 billion for the payment for the total administrative disability (TAD) […]

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Aquino abolishes Phl Veterans Assistance Commission, Phl Veterans Investment Dev’t Corp.

PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has issued an order abolishing the Philippine Veterans Assistance Commission (PVAC) and the Philippine Veterans Investment Development Corp. (PHIVIDEC), transferring their functions to other agencies. The President issued Memorandum Order No. 87 last February 11 for the abolition of the PVAC and the PHIVIDEC, which will be undertaken by the Governance Commission for Government-Owned and -Controlled Corporations (GCG), in coordination with the Department of National Defense (DND). The PVAC’s function […]

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