Philippine Veterans Affairs Office

The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO; Filipino: Tanggapan ng Ugnayang Pambeterano ng Pilipinas^[3]) is the Philippine agency for Filipino war veterans. Under the Department of National Defense,^[4] PVAO serves to fulfill a national commitment as embodied in Section 7, Article XVI of the 1987 Philippine Constitution:

Philippine Veterans Affairs Office

Agency overview
Formed	October 18, 1946 (1946-10-18)
Jurisdiction	Republic of the Philippines
Headquarters	Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City
Annual budget	₱615.646 million (FY 2023 GAA)[1] [2]
Agency executive	USec. Reynaldo B. Mapagu, Administrator
Parent department	Department of National Defense
Website	pvao.gov.ph

“The State shall provide immediate and adequate care, benefits and other forms of assistance to war veterans and veterans of military campaigns, their surviving spouses and orphans. Funds shall be provided therefor and due consideration shall be given them in the disposition of agricultural lands of the public domain and, in appropriate cases, in the utilization of natural resources.”^[5]

PVAO's core functions include the administration of veteran’s pension and benefits, memorialization of veterans’ heroic deeds, and promotion of policies and management of services for veterans’ affairs and welfare.

Veterans Memorial Medical Center

The Veterans Memorial Medical Center provides hospitalization, medical care and treatment to veterans and their dependents.^[6]

National Military Shrines

Filipino war veterans during the 2016 celebration of National Heroes' Day

The former Military Shrines Service^[7] which is responsible for the administration, maintenance and development of national shrines of military and historic significance, has been renamed as Veterans Memorial and Historical Division (VMHD) and is now a division under PVAO. From six national shrines, it now administers a total of ten military shrines, namely:^[8]

1. Balantang Memorial Cemetery National Shrine
2. Ricarte National Shrine
3. Capas National Shrine
4. Mount Samat National Shrine
5. Bantayog Sa Kiangan
6. Libingan ng mga Bayani
7. USAFIP-NL National Shrine & Park
8. PEFTOK-Korean War Memorial Hall^[9]
9. Corregidor National Shrine (under lease by the Department of Tourism)
10. Balete Pass National Shrine

See also

• Department of National Defense
• Philippine Veterans Bank

External links

• PVAO Homepage

References

1. DBM 2023 Peoples Enacted Budget
2. PVAO Budget and Expenditure Program 2023
3. Narvaez, Eilene Antoinette; Macaranas, Edgardo, eds. (2013). Mga Pangalan ng Tanggapan ng Pamahalaan sa Filipino (PDF) (in Filipino) (2013 ed.). Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. p. 6. ISBN 978-971-0197-22-4. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 29, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
4. "General alarm: Battle brews over veterans' affairs". GMA News Online. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
5. Pilipinas, Etravel. "ARTICLE XVI: General Provisions - 1987 Philippine Constitution | Etravel Pilipinas". www.etravelpilipinas.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
6. "Arroyo's bill granting corporate personality to VMMC passes House committee". Politiko Central Luzon. September 27, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
7. "P.D. No. 1076". lawphil.net. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
8. "Pvao bulletin vol 10 issue 3". Issuu. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
9. "peftokmuseumph". peftokmuseumph. Retrieved January 9, 2019.