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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 12, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 12:44 AM

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

Fire hits Bicutan warehouses

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 09:16 PM

Firefighters battle through a blaze that hit two adjacent warehouses containing electronic appliances and carpets along Veterans Road in Taguig on Tuesday. Read more »

2 magkatabing warehouse nasunog sa Taguig

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 11:24 PM

Natupok ang dalawang magkatabing warehouse sa Bicutan, Taguig City nitong Martes ng hapon. Read more »

Filipinos urged to unite, echo war veterans' bravery in COVID-19 fight

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 08 04:00 PM

Filipinos must unite and echo the bravery and resilience of war veterans as the country marks Thursday the Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) at a time when the country is battling the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said Wednesday. Read more »

Araw ng Kagitingan event cancelled, Veterans Week activities postponed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 04:14 PM

Commemorative events for the Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) have been cancelled while activities for Veterans Week have been postponed due to the ongoing Luzon lockdown, which was implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) said Monday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 11, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 12:07 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Veterans Day

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 03:31 PM

Visitors tour the hemicycle, wherein the names of the fallen American and Filipino soldiers are engraved at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Taguig City on Veterans Day, Monday.  Read more »

OPINION: Philippine history for Americans via US legislation

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Nov 01 09:56 AM

Our Filipino WW II veterans, collectively, now join a long list of earlier honorees of the US Congressional Gold Medal. Read more »

SLIDESHOW: 75 years a patriot

Text and photos by Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 01:02 PM

The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) honors remaining World War II Veterans in a simple ceremony inTacloban City as they commemorate the 75th anniversary of General MacArthur's Leyte Landing on October 20, 2019.  Read more »

OPINION: The liberation of the Philippines, the steep price of freedom

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Sep 28 05:41 AM

The “Battle of the Philippines,” the liberation of the Philippines from Japanese occupation during World War II, was effectively and dramatically implemented at dawn of Oct. 20, 1944. Read more »

40 more Filipino WWII veterans get US Congressional Gold Medal

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 04:19 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - Forty Filipino World War II (WWII) veterans were honored Thursday with the US Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor the United States Congress confers. Read more »

Trump nixes program that allows Pinoy vets to bring families to US

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 10:22 AM

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services said Friday the Trump administration is ending the Filipino World War II Veterans Parole (FWVP) program, which allows veterans to bring family members to the US before their green cards are available. Read more »

Veterans Memorial Medical Center higit 1 araw nawalan ng kuryente

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 06:07 PM

Mahigit 24 oras nawalan ng suplay ng kuryente sa Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) sa Quezon City matapos mabagsakan ng matandang puno ang dalawang poste ng kuryente sa loob ng ospital umaga ng Biyernes.  Read more »

PVAO itinangging nagbayad ng P70-M sa mga patay na pensioner

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 12:19 AM

Nasa P30 milyon pa ang kailangang ibalik ng Philippine Veterans Affairs Office sa kaban ng gobyerno matapos lumabas sa COA report na nagbayad ito ng pensiyon sa mahigit 5,000 pensioner na patay na. Read more »

PVAO denies P70M payments made to dead pensioners

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 07 10:17 PM

PVAO Administrator Ernesto Carolina said no such payments were made because the funds were placed on hold after due communication was made with the banks. Read more »

5,721 dead pensioners got P70 million from veterans' agency: COA

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 07 11:59 AM

Some 5,721 deceased pensioners of the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) continued to receive their monthly allowance amounting to P70.25 million, the Commission on Audit said in its 2018 report. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 9, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 09 11:53 PM

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77th Araw ng Kagitingan commemoration

OVP
Posted at Apr 09 07:30 PM

Vice-President Leni Robredo greets World War II veterans and their relatives during “Araw ng Kagitingan” held at the Mount Samat National Shrine in Pilar town, Bataan on Tuesday. Read more »

MRT, LRT-2 offer free ride for veterans from April 5 to April 11

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 02 07:01 PM

Veterans can avail of unlimited free MRT-3 and LRT-2 rides from April 5 to April 11 in commemoration of Araw ng Kagitingan or Day of Valor, the Light Rail Transit Authority said Tuesday. Read more »

Batas para sa dagdag-pensiyon ng war veterans pirmado na ni Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 11:42 PM

Pinirmahan na ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang batas na magtataas ng 300 porsiyento sa buwanang pensiyon ng mga beterano na lumaban noong World War 2, Korean war, at Vietnam war.  Read more »