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AFP chief, Lt. Gen. Andres Centino (File photo) MANILA - Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief, Lt. Gen. Andres Centino, urged all military personnel to refrain from committing acts of violence on women and children. This, as the military joins the observance of this year's 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW) that runs from November 25 to December 12. He also instructed all military personnel to adhere to Republic Act 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children, and the Republic Act No. 11313 or "Safe Space Act." Centino, who is also the concu...

Lt. Col. Lourdes Guevarra, chief of the Office of Army Gender and Development, honored all the women in the Army whom she said “polevaulted the impetus of the multifaceted roles of women in development and nation-building” especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have been pressed with our emotional and mental health during the time of pandemic. But the limitations at hand never made our potentials limited. As a matter of fact, some women led the froontline against the COVId-19 and that brought a new definition of women — climbing up the ladder towards a top-level participation in t...