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6 out of 10 Filipinos want mandatory ROTC in senior high school

(PNA file photo) MANILA-Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Wednesday the survey he commissioned Pulse Asia to conduct has resulted in 69 percent of Filipinos agreeing to the proposed implementation of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Program in senior high school. Gatchalian said about 71 percent of the respondents in the National Capital Region and 78 percent in the Visayas support mandatory ROTC in senior high school while 67 percent in Balance Luzon and 64 percent in Mindanao also say they support the proposal. "Among socioeconomic groups, support for mandatory ROTC is stronger in Classes A, B, C (71 percent) and D (71 percent), compared to Class E (54 percent). The survey had 1,200 respondents," Gatchalian said in a statement. He re-filed his Senate Bill 387, which seeks the institutionalization and administration of the Basic ROTC program for students enrolled in Grades 11 and 12. "(The) Basic ROTC Program will include basic military training to motivate

Hospitals scrap plea for military docs, nurses as infections drop

(File photo) MANILA - The decline in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has prompted some hospitals in Metro Manila to cancel their request for military medical personnel, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Wednesday night. "Mayroon pong magandang balita, Mr. President, dahil nag-cancel na 'yung St. Luke's at bumaba raw 'yung kanilang kaso ng mga naospital. Initially, mayroon silang request na isang doktor at saka five nurses pero ayaw na nilang tanggapin 'yun (We have good news, Mr. President, as St. Luke's (in Quezon City) cancelled their request their augmentation request for medical military personnel as their Covid-19 cases went down. Initially, they have a request for one doctor and five nurses, but now they cancelled them)," Lorenzana told President Rodrigo Duterte during his Talk to the People. Lorenzana, also the chairperson of the National Task Force against Covid-19, said the San Juan de Dios Hospital

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