Sixty-nine percent of Filipinos are in favor of reviving the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program in schools, according to a Pulse Asia survey commissioned by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri in December last year.
MANILA, Philippines — Sixty-nine percent of Filipinos are in favor of reviving the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program in schools, according to a Pulse Asia survey commissioned by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri in December last year.
Zubiri asserted that his commissioned survey is proof that there is public support for the return of the mandatory program, which was made optional in 2002 following the death of a cadet. The Philippines will continue its diplomatic engagement with China so as not to heat up tensions in the West Philippine Sea,...
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