{"id":145580,"date":"2018-01-11T22:09:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T03:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=145580"},"modified":"2018-01-11T22:09:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T03:09:45","slug":"afp-lauds-duterte-for-hike-in-base-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/11\/afp-lauds-duterte-for-hike-in-base-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"AFP lauds Duterte for hike in base pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_145583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145583\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AFP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145583\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AFP.jpg\" alt=\"The entire Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) expressed its gratitude to President Rodrigo Duterte for authorizing the increase of the base pay of all troops. (Photo: Armed Forces of the Philippines\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AFP.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AFP-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AFP-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entire Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) expressed its gratitude to President Rodrigo Duterte for authorizing the increase of the base pay of all troops. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArmedForcesofthePhilippineRepublic\/photos\/a.159362090890027.1073741829.136148333211403\/894785790680983\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArmedForcesofthePhilippineRepublic\/\">Armed Forces of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Stressing that military personnel are committed in fulfilling their sworn duties with or without any salary increase, the entire Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) expressed its gratitude to President Rodrigo Duterte for authorizing the increase of the base pay of all troops.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our soldiers are grateful to our Commander-in-Chief and President Rodrigo Duterte for his recognition of the sacrifices and the hazards the military service entails and his concern for the welfare of uniformed members of the AFP and their families,&#8221; AFP spokesperson Col. Edgard Arevalo said late Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The pay increase for all AFP personnel was contained under Congress&#8217; Joint Resolution No. 1, which was signed by the Chief Executive last January 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand the prevailing economic realities that have been considered in the crafting of the pay schedule,&#8221; he added. &#8220;With or without the pay increase, our soldiers shall remain committed to our sworn duties to the Filipino nation and its people,\u201d Arevalo added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in regards to the suspension of indexation of pension to base pay, the AFP spokesperson said they respect the decision of the President and Congress in this matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AFP respects the decision of Congress and the President to suspend the indexation of the new Base Pay to the pension of retired AFP personnel, pending further study by the Legislative and Executive branches of government ,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Stressing that military personnel are committed in fulfilling their sworn duties with or without any salary increase, the entire &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":145583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[3244,42788,17780,13135],"class_list":["post-145580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-armed-forces-of-the-philippines","tag-base-pay","tag-hike","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145580","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=145580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}