MANILA, Philippines — Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday extended his gratitude for the pension increase of some 220,000 retired military and uniformed personnel (MUP) in government. This comes after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Congress Joint Resolution No. ADVERTISEMENT“On behalf of the 220,000 MUP retirees, let me say a lifetime ‘THANK YOU’ to PRRD for Joint Resolution No 1,” Lacon said in a tweet. On behalf of the 220,000 MUP retirees, let me say a lifetime “THANK YOU” to PRRD for Joint Resolution No 1. Meanwhile, the release order for uniformed personnel of the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority shall be issued upon its submission of the required Special Budget Request to the DBM.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 13, 2019 09:00 UTC