{"id":139927,"date":"2017-12-18T01:47:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T06:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=139927"},"modified":"2017-12-18T01:47:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T06:47:17","slug":"pcso-afp-ink-moa-on-aid-for-wounded-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/18\/pcso-afp-ink-moa-on-aid-for-wounded-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"PCSO, AFP ink MOA on aid for wounded troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_110147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110147\" style=\"width: 807px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sweepslogo-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110147\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sweepslogo-1.png\" alt=\"FILE: The MOA was signed by PCSO General Manager Alexander Balutan and AFP Vice Chief-of-Staff Lt. Gen. Salvador Mison in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. (Photo: Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office)\" width=\"807\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sweepslogo-1.png 807w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sweepslogo-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sweepslogo-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sweepslogo-1-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: The MOA was signed by PCSO General Manager Alexander Balutan and AFP Vice Chief-of-Staff Lt. Gen. Salvador Mison in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcso.gov.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Sweepslogo.png\">(Photo: Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA\u2014<\/strong>\u00a0In line with efforts to treat and rehabilitate soldiers wounded in the battlefield, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) regarding the provision of financial assistance to selected military treatment facilities Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The MOA was signed by PCSO General Manager Alexander Balutan and AFP Vice Chief-of-Staff Lt. Gen. Salvador Mison in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.<\/p>\n<p>Balutan, a retired Marine major general, said the money would be used to acquire modern medical equipment for use of AFP hospitals near the frontlines in Mindanao.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>So inuuna natin yun dahil yung<\/em>\u00a0immediate medical care\u00a0<em>ng ating mga kasundaluhan, lalong-lalo na yung nakikipaglaban dun sa<\/em>\u00a0Mindanao area<em>\u00a0na nahihirapan sila kasi nga kulang yung mga<\/em>\u00a0facilities and equipment\u00a0<em>ng ating<\/em>\u00a0Armed Forces<em>\u00a0dun sa mga lugar na yun<\/em>,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Once these equipment are acquired and installed, these hospitals will be able to stabilize critically wounded troops and improve their survival before flying them to Manila for additional treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Bago (ipadala) dito sa<\/em>\u00a0Manila for a higher medical care,\u00a0<em>eh ini<\/em>-stable\u00a0<em>muna dun. Ang maganda nga sana kung ang<\/em>\u00a0hospital\u00a0<em>natin dun ay<\/em>\u00a0equipped\u00a0<em>na kaagad<\/em>, state-of-the-art\u00a0<em>na gagamutin, dun na magpagaling at makabalik kaagad dun<\/em>\u00a0<em>sa<\/em>\u00a0frontline\u00a0<em>ulit, yung mga kasundaluhan natin<\/em>,&#8221; the PCSO chief added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014\u00a0In line with efforts to treat and rehabilitate soldiers wounded in the battlefield, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":110147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[39374,18684,4133,28866],"class_list":["post-139927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-afp-ink-moa-on-aid-for-wounded-troops","tag-armed-forces-of-the-philippines-afp","tag-pcso","tag-philippine-charity-sweepstakes-office-pcso","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}