Published May 27, 2021, 8:33 AM
Senator Ronald De La Rosa has hit back at critics of the Duterte administration for its alleged ‘’weak’’ responses to the bullying tactics of China on Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone (ECZ) in the West Philippine Sea.
During a public hearing on Wednesday, May 26, by the national defense and security committee of the Commission on Appointments (CA), De la Rosa said there are many critics, be they old or young, who maintained that the Philippines should wage war against China but ‘’wala naman daw gustong mag-ROTC (they do not want to enlist in the Reserved Officers Training Corps).’’
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on Wednesday scoffed at those who are pushing for war with China over the West Philippine Sea issue and yet are opposed to the revival of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program.
The Philippine Navy supports the planned upgrade of Sangley Airport to an international gateway as long as its naval base is retained in the strategic spot, a ranking official said Wednesday.
Marawi rehabilitation now 65% complete task force By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
Published May 25, 2021 2:32pm The rehabilitation of war-torn Marawi City is 65% complete, a Cabinet official said Tuesday, as the government sticks to its target to finish the projects before the end of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term in June 2022. Marawi was destroyed following five months of fighting between government troops and ISIS-inspired Maute rebels in 2017. The rehabilitation project broke ground in October 2018. “The projects will be substantially completed by December and everything will be completed within the term of the President,” said Task Force Bangon Marawi chairperson Eduardo del Rosario at the Laging Handa briefing.
Published May 17, 2021, 3:13 PM
The powerful bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) on Monday, May 17, confirmed the promotion of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Brigadier General Henry Dayaoen as Major General.
Dayaoen’s confirmation appeared to have been rushed because he could no longer be legally promoted less than a year before his retirement on May 17, 2022.
The CA usually goes into plenary session on Wednesdays to confirm or bypass a presidential nominee or appointee.
Dayaoen’s confirmation was made during the CA’s plenary session presided by Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III, concurrent CA chairman.
Senator Panfilo Lacson, chairman of the Senate national defense committee, seconded the motion to confirm Dayaoen’s promotion made during a hearing by the CA national defense committee.