News: BCDA says may boost contribution to AFP

Image shows Bonifacio South Pointe,
a property under court dispute bet-
ween the BCDA and SM Land Inc.

[Unpublished]

Written Jan 29 for Jan 30, 2013

by Dennis Estopace, Reporter

[446 words / 2,679 characters]

THE fund to modernize the country's armed forces may get an additional P3.6 billion this year from the Base Conversion Development Authority but only if a legal tiff with SM Land Inc. is resolved.

News: Bautista gets fourth star; offers hand of peace

AFP Chief of Staff
Gen. Emmanuel Bautista
Image from DND website.

[Unpublished] 

Submitted Jan 30 for Jan 31, 2013 

Written by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter 

[270 words / 1,693 characters]

HAVING been awarded the highest military rank in simple ceremonies Wednesday morning, Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Gen. Emmanuel Bautista asked rebels to drop armed struggle as an option for social transformation.

AFP to get P23.43B from sale of camps

Photo of the Jusmag property
development that the BCDA said
allowed it to contribute to the
AFP Modernization Program.

[Unpublished]

Submitted Tue for Wed / Jan 29 for Jan 30, 2013

Written by: Dennis D. Estopace, Reporter

[396 words / 2,566 characters]

THE SALE OF lots in military camps in Metro Manila for the past 19 years has brought cash to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and which is more than the 2013 budget of the DND for maintenance.