Published February 10, 2021, 6:00 AM
The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) is urging the lawmakers to immediately reform the present pension system for military and uniformed personnel (MUP) in view of the growing fiscal burden and sustainability risks it poses.
In a statement, National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon said overhauling the MUP pension system is long overdue, and has acquired greater urgency.
De Leon stressed during a public hearing of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation the full support of the Department of Finance for the proposal to overhaul the MUP pension system.
National Treasurer Rosalia De Leon
With the importance placed on it by the Biden administration, the US-PH Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) would help maintain the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific - including in the South China Sea, Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson said Thursday.
Lacson: Reaffirmed US-PH Mutual Defense Treaty to Maintain Balance of Power in South China Sea
With the importance placed on it by the Biden administration, the US-PH Mutual Defense Treaty will help maintain the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific - including in the South China Sea, Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson said Thursday.
Lacson, who heads the Senate s Committee on National Defense and Security, said this after State Secretary Antony Blinken spoke with Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. There you go. The US-PH Mutual Defense Treaty is one yet untapped weapon in our arsenal. I certainly hope we do not draw that weapon. Meantime, we might as well keep it there, he said on his Twitter account.
Published January 25, 2021, 3:40 PM
Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Monday said that the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) release of false information regarding the alleged involvement of University of the Philippines (UP) students and faculty members with Leftist rebels merits a suspension of the termination of the UP-Department of National Defense accord.
Senator Panfilo M. Lacson
(SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Lacson said this after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana apologized for an “unpardonable gaffe” involving the military’s list of UP students supposedly recruited by the New People’s Army and killed or captured in clashes.
“I think it is prudent now for Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to at least suspend the termination of the UP-DND accord and hold a dialogue as he already mentioned he would do,” said Lacson, chairman of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, said in an interview on CNN Philippines.
Lacson: Prudent to Suspend UP-DND Accord Termination
Recent developments involving decisions based on false information may merit at least a suspension of the Department of National Defense s decision to end its agreement with the University of the Philippines, Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson said Monday.
Lacson said this after DND Secretary Delfin Lorenzana apologized for an unpardonable gaffe involving the military s list of UP students supposedly recruited by the New People s Army and killed or captured in clashes. I think it is prudent now for Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to at least suspend the termination of the UP-DND accord and hold a dialogue as he already mentioned he would do, Lacson, who chairs the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, said in an interview on CNN Philippines.