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The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) (
The former Military Shrines Service 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:
# Balantang Memorial Cemetery National Shrine
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Filipino
Filipino may refer to:
* Something from or related to the Philippines
** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines.
** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...
: ''Tanggapan para sa Kapakanan ng mga Beteranong Pilipino'') is the Philippine agency for Filipino war veterans. Under the Department of National Defense Department of Defence or Department of Defense may refer to:
Current departments of defence
* Department of Defence (Australia)
* Department of National Defence (Canada)
* Department of Defence (Ireland)
* Department of National Defense (Philippin ...
, PVAO serves to fulfill a national commitment as embodied in Section 7, Article XVI of the 1987 Philippine Constitution:
“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.”
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
TheVeterans Memorial Medical Center
The Veterans Memorial Medical Center (formerly known as Veterans Memorial Hospital) was established in 1955 with full US Government assistance under the US Veterans Administration to provide quality hospitalization, medical care and treatment t ...
provides hospitalization, medical care and treatment to veterans and their dependents.
National Military Shrines
The former Military Shrines Service 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:
# Balantang Memorial Cemetery National Shrine
#Ricarte National Shrine Ricarte may refer to:
* Ricarte Puruganan (1912–1998), Filipino painter
*Artemio Ricarte
Artemio Ricarte y García (October 20, 1866 – July 31, 1945) was a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine–American W ...
#Capas National Shrine
The Capas National Shrine ( tl, Pambansang Dambana ng Capas) in Barangay Aranguren, Capas, Tarlac, Philippines was built by the Philippine government as a memorial to Allied soldiers who died at Camp O'Donnell at the end of the Bataan Death Mar ...
#Mount Samat National Shrine
Mount Samat National Shrine () or ''Dambana ng Kagitingan'' (Shrine of Valor) is a historical shrine located near the summit of Mount Samat in the Municipalities of the Philippines, town of Pilar, Bataan, Pilar, Provinces of the Philippines, Prov ...
# Bantayog Sa Kiangan
#Libingan ng mga Bayani
Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB, , ) is a national cemetery within Fort Andres Bonifacio (formerly Fort William McKinley) in Metro Manila, Philippines.
First established in May 1947 as a fitting resting place for Philippine military personnel fro ...
# USAFIP-NL National Shrine & ParkPEFTOK-Korean War Memorial Hall
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Corregidor National Shrine (under lease by the Department of Tourism)
Corregidor ( tl, Pulo ng Corregidor, ) is an island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Philippines, and is considered part of the Province of Cavite. Due to this location, Corregidor has historically b ...
#Balete Pass National Shrine Balete may refer to:
* Balete people, a Southern African Tswana tribe
* Balete tree, a tree in the Philippines related to the banyan
* Balete, Aklan, a municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines
* Balete, Batangas, a municipality in the pro ...
See also
*Department of National Defense Department of Defence or Department of Defense may refer to:
Current departments of defence
* Department of Defence (Australia)
* Department of National Defence (Canada)
* Department of Defence (Ireland)
* Department of National Defense (Philippin ...
*Philippine Veterans Bank
Philippine Veterans Bank, also known as PVB and Veterans Bank, is a commercial bank in the Philippines. The bank is owned by Philippine World War II war veterans and their families and caters to both corporate and retail financial markets. As part ...
External links
PVAO Homepage
References
Phi
Phi (; uppercase Φ, lowercase φ or ϕ; grc, ϕεῖ ''pheî'' ; Modern Greek: ''fi'' ) is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
In Archaic and Classical Greek (c. 9th century BC to 4th century BC), it represented an aspirated voicele ...