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Before joining ROTC, love of country must begin at home, says educator

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 23 03:37 AM

The Senate and House of Representatives are tackling proposed measures seeking to make the ROTC program mandatory among Grade 11 and 12 students. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 22, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 02:19 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Bato reacts to NUSP

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 03:47 PM

Senator Ronald dela Rosa reacts after National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) President Raoul Manuel, a resource person on the hearing regarding the Mandatory ROTC bill, made comments on Senator Dela Rosa favoring the release of convicted ex-mayor of Calauan, Antonio Sanchez during the Basic Education, Arts, and Culture hearing at the senate on Thursday. Read more »

OPINION: Ruminating on the 2019 SONA

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Jul 29 04:42 PM

There is truth in what the president said in his SONA, that “…we have not risen above and beyond the parochial interests..." Unless we find a way to go beyond this limited purview, it will be difficult for us to advance. Read more »

Bato to critics: 'Gusto niyo giyera sa China, ayaw niyo naman ROTC'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 08 11:41 AM

Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on Monday shot back at "keyboard warriors" who are fighting his push to restore the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) for Grade 11 and 12 students.  Read more »

Gatchalian to refile ROTC bill

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 04:34 PM

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday said he would refile in the upcoming 18th Congress a bill requiring the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program for Senior High School students. Read more »

Military training must be required for all 'able bodied' Filipinos: Panelo

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 03:01 PM

Military training is mandatory in other countries and doing the same in the Philippines will help boost the country's security, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said.   Read more »

Robin Padilla to join Philippine Army as reservist

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 12:50 PM

Robin Padilla is the latest celebrity who expressed his intention to join the Philippine Army. Read more »

Escudero says no more time for ROTC bill under current Congress

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 12:02 PM

MANILA - Sen. Francis Escudero on Tuesday said the current Congress lacks time to pass the bill making the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program mandatory for senior high school students, a measure President Rodrigo Duterte recently certified as urgent.  Read more »

Special Congress session unlikely despite pending Duterte-backed bills: Sotto

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 11:17 AM

The 17th Congress is unlikely to hold a special session, even if President Rodrigo Duterte calls for it to tackle bills he certified as urgent, Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III said Tuesday.    Read more »

Military promises ROTC reboot that is 'acceptable' to students, parents

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 08:05 AM

The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program will be tweaked if it becomes mandatory again for students, a move which President Rodrigo Duterte earlier this week pressed lawmakers to approve, the military said Tuesday.  Read more »

Duterte presses Senate to pass mandatory ROTC bill

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 10:25 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte certified as urgent on Monday a bill requiring the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program for Senior High School students. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 30, 2019

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Posted at May 31 12:35 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Scuffle at CHED

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 30 04:05 PM

Police officers contain some protesters after some threw paint bombs at the gate of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday.  Read more »

DepEd to play 'expanded role' if mandatory ROTC revived: Briones

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 02:40 PM

The Department of Education said Wednesday it will play an "expanded role" in the implementation of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program if it will be revived for Senior High School students. Read more »

House OKs bill for mandatory senior high school ROTC on 3rd and final reading

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 05:51 PM

MANILA - The House of Representatives has approved on 3rd and final reading a bill requiring Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) training for senior high school students. Read more »

Student's death in Iloilo no ties to ROTC program: military spox

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 04:54 PM

The death of a student allegedly at the hands of a Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) corps commander in Iloilo should not be linked to the ROTC program, the military's spokesman said on Tuesday. Read more »

Ilang magulang tutol sa panukalang ibalik ang mandatory ROTC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 09:31 PM

May mga magulang na pumapalag sa nakaumang na paglusot ng panukalang ibalik ang Reserve Officers' Training Corps at ipatupad ito sa senior high school. Read more »

House OKs bill for mandatory senior high school ROTC on 2nd reading

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 08:25 PM

The House of Representatives has approved on 2nd reading a bill requiring Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) training for senior high school students. Read more »

House begins talks on bid to revive mandatory ROTC

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 03:53 PM

The House of Representatives began Wednesday plenary deliberations on the proposal to revive the mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) for Senior High School students. Read more »