Friday 26 February 2010
Third Military Service Board Enacted
To resolve and review cases of confirmation of war-time military services and to serve justice to our unsung heroes, Republic Act No. 9828 creating More...
Wednesday 17 February 2010
Wednesday 05 February 2010
Veterans’ access to PVAO improves
Veterans and pensioners’ claim applications and queries are welcomed more than ever as the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) upgraded its frontline services More...
Wednesday 05 February 2010
ATTENTION WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF FILIPINO WORLD
WAR II VETERANS.
THERE HAS BEEN NO NEW EQUITY LEGISLATION FOR WIDOWS. IF THE VETERAN DIED PRIOR TO FEBRUARY 17, 2009 THE WIDOW IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE FILIPINO VETERANS EQUITY COMPENSATION FUND. More...
Tuesday 02 February 2010
Defense Secretary meets veterans leaders
Defense Secretary Norberto B. Gonzales, Jr. joined the leaders and senior members of veterans organizations More...
Tuesday 26 January 2010
USDVA to accept FVEC claims application at PVAO in Quezon City
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) will put up a receiving area at the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) in Camp Aguinaldo More...Thursday 14 January 2010
No extension of filing for FVEC claims after February 16, 2010
The US Embassy thru the Department of Veterans Affairs, Manila Regional Office is reminding again all Filipino WW II veterans More...Monday 21 December 2009
Payment of WWII veterans disability benefits rests
on DBM
After 15 long years of waiting, World War II (WWII) veterans are now expecting to receive their Total Administrative Disability (TAD) pension benefits before year 2009 ends. More...
Friday 11 December 2009
Reminder: Filing of FVEC Claims ends by February 2010
The United States has appropriated some US $198 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation (FVEC) benefit of eligible Filipino WWII veterans. More...
Wednesday 02 December 2009
Filipino Veterans honor U.S. Cong. Filner
for championing their rights
World War II veterans and veterans’ rights advocates honored U.S. Congressman Bob Filner, Chairman of the US House Committee on Veterans Affairs, in a luncheon held at the DND Social Hall in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. More...
Tuesday 01 December 2009
UPDATE: FILIPINO VETERANS EQUITY COMPENSATION (FVEC) PROGRAM
(Source: USVA Center for Minority Veterans)
As of November 1, 2009, 33,827 claims have been received. The initial benchmark for the number of eligible applicants was estimated at 18,000 Filipino WWII Veterans. More...
OCTOBER 2009 CAVITE MEDICAL MISSION More...
OCTOBER 2009 PENSION, ADVANCED
In view of the recent calamities our country has experienced, the PHILIPPINE VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE, in its effort to help our veterans, has released the monthly pension for October 2009 ahead of the usual schedule. More...
Thursday 23 July 2009
PRESS RELEASE
Tribute to "differently-abled" soldiers and veterans
The good thing here is that the disabled veterans whom we are paying homage to through this exhibit have shown that veterans can continue to serve the country... More...
Wednesday 22 July 2009
PVAO TO CONDUCT MEDICAL MISSION IN BATAC CITY
Veterans and their beneficiaries from Ilocos Norte will be given free medical consultation and medicines in this year’s OPLAN: PAGKALINGA Medical Outreach by the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office at the Ricarte National Park and Shrine on July 31, 2009, from 9:00 am – 12:00 NN. More...
Monday 20 May 2009
PVAO LAUNCHES UNIFIED MULTI-PURPOSE ID (UMID) SYSTEM
For pensioners to easily obtain vital services, the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office recently launched the Unified Multi-purpose Identification System (UMID). More...
Friday 3 March 2009
PVAO-USDVA FAST-TRACK CENTERS SERVE 19,501 VETERANS
In a span of just eight days, the PVAO-USDVA Fast-Track Centers served a total of 19,501 World War II veterans applying for the one-time Lump-Sum Compensation from the US Department of Veterans Affairs - 10,038 of whom were interviewed already. More...
Wednesday 23 July 2008
ALL OUT WAR AGAINST FIXERS
Reports from various sources have indicated that unscrupulous persons continue to victimize our hapless veterans in claiming their pension benefits from PVAO. Some of these so called "fixers" exact as high as a 50-50 partition of the claimant's money. More...
Monday 30 June 2008
PVAO ANTI-FIXERS TASK FORCE SCORES
In line with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's instruction to weed out unscrupulous "fixers" in the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO), Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr. has ordered the apprehension of fixers victimizing veterans and their dependents throughout the country. More...
Friday 22 June 2008
PVAO have launched PVAO's HERBAL GARDEN PROJECT
with the theme: "HALAMANG GAMOT SA ATING PALIGID: TULONG SA MABUTING KALUSUGAN".
The project is in consonance with the Agency's commitment to promote good health and general well-being of its employees. The activity/ies will also increase the awareness on the value of medicinal plants in curing common ailments such as hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, infections of the skin, respiratory and urinary tract, among others. More...
