ICYMI: The AFP aims to raise up to P17 million from the salaries of every AFP member in the military payroll to be donated to the fight against COVID-19.
AFP chief Gen. Felimon Santos Jr. will donate 7 percent of his salary, or P10,484, while the lowest ranking soldier with the rank of private, airman or apprentice will each donate P100 of their monthly pays.
“With this amount drawn from our individual base pays for a month, we hope to augment scarce government resources,” Santos said. “Through this humble gesture of AFP solidarity and unwavering support to the government it is sworn to protect and defend, we aim to share the burden in the nation’s fight against the contagion,” he said.
Like other militaries in the world, the AFP is playing a frontline role in the Philippine government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Soldiers are being deployed to help enforce enhanced community quarantine. Military assets—aircraft, ships, trucks—are being used to transport supplies and people. They are also being called upon to help build facilities for coronavirus patients.
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