When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the country in the early months of the year 2020, the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) was quick to rise to the challenge of providing unhampered services to its veteran clientele while ensuring their safety. The agency lost no time in adapting to the New Normal by making adjustments continue reading : VETERAN OUTREACH STEPPED UP AMIDST PANDEMIC
WWII RELICS FORMALLY TURNED OVER TO MT. SAMAT NATIONAL SHRINE
The Regional Explosive Ordnance and Canine Unit 3 (RECU 3) has formally turned over World War II relics to the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) during a simple turn-over ceremony held at Mt. Samat National Shrine, Diwa, Pilar, Bataan on 03 September 2021. The WWII relics consisting of two (2) pieces of 75mm Cartridge, and continue reading : WWII RELICS FORMALLY TURNED OVER TO MT. SAMAT NATIONAL SHRINE
PVAO JOINS SYMPOSIUM DURING SSRG EXPERTS’ GROUP
The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) joined the Security Sector Reforms and Governance (SSRG) Experts’ Group, spearheaded by the Ateneo Initiative for Southeast Asian Studies (AISEAS) in partnership with Asian Network for Democracy and P3M Indonesia, in a talk concerning key security needs and governance on 31 continue reading : PVAO JOINS SYMPOSIUM DURING SSRG EXPERTS’ GROUP
LIEUTENANT TEOFILO YLDEFONSO: WORLD WAR II VETERAN AND FIRST FILIPINO OLYMPIAN MEDALIST
As athletes take center stage at the Olympics Games Tokyo 2020, we go back in time and look at some of the lasting legacies created by the first-ever Filipino medalist in the Olympics, and a World War II veteran, Lieutenant Teofilo Yldefonso. Lt. Yldefonzo was born in 1902 in the agricultural town of continue reading : LIEUTENANT TEOFILO YLDEFONSO: WORLD WAR II VETERAN AND FIRST FILIPINO OLYMPIAN MEDALIST
COMMO AGUILAR, NEW CHIEF OF PVAO TRANSITION OFFICE FOR THE INTEGRATION OF PENSION SYSTEMS
The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) welcomed Commo Elson K. Aguilar as its Chief of PVAO Transition Office for the Integration of Pension Systems on 26 July 2021. The appointment of Commo Aguilar was in consonance with the DND Department Order No. 317 dated 11 August 2021, entitled “Creation of PVAO Transition Office for the continue reading : COMMO AGUILAR, NEW CHIEF OF PVAO TRANSITION OFFICE FOR THE INTEGRATION OF PENSION SYSTEMS