The Department of National Defense (DND) prefers the traditional Reserved Office Training Corps (ROTC) than the mandatory military service that vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte is planning to push. In a statement released on Thursday, Jan. 20, DND Secretary Delfin Lorenzana enumerated some
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) welcomed on Thursday, Jan. 20, the campaign platform of vice presidential aspirant Sara Duterte to push for mandatory military service for Filipinos, both male and female, when they reach 18 years old, if she wins on the May 9 elections. AFP spokesman Col.