The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) is working on providing more benefits to the war veterans of the country.
PVAO deputy administrator Maj. Gen. Raul Caballes said they
were endorsing the establishment of three veterans’ hospitals: one each in
Northern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao .
These hospitals would be in addition to the Veterans
Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City, Caballes said during the celebration of
the 8th Pangasinan Veterans’ Day and the 70th Gulf Landings Anniversary at the
Veterans Memorial Park, Capitol Complex here last Jan. 9.
At the same time, he said their proposal to increase the
monthly pension of the living World War II (WWII) veterans by 300% or from Php
5,000 to Php 20,000 is now in the bicameral committee level of Congress.
There are about 14,000 surviving WWII veterans in the entire
country, 619 of whom are Pangasinan natives.
Meanwhile, the province recorded 1,373 post-WWII veterans.
Pangasinan’s observance of Veterans Day since 2008, by
virtue of a provincial proclamation, was the province’s way of thanking the
heroism and valor of the war veterans, said Governor Amado Espino Jr.
Also, recently, the provincial board approved a resolution
allotting 360 square meters lot of the Provincial Capitol for the construction
of PVAO field office.
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