
The lunacy that is ROTC
At the rate senators are mouthing absurdities, rationalizing the return of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) or the mandatory physical military training in college has become an act of sheer idiocy.
At the rate senators are mouthing absurdities, rationalizing the return of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) or the mandatory physical military training in college has become an act of sheer idiocy.
It is a year-ender gift that is not welcome. Mandatory ROTC must be opposed in the campuses and on the streets.
Congress wasted time, energy and money refining the NSTP law with the NCTS, which is almost the same legislation. It only showed how subservient these lower house lawmakers to national leaders, like the president and the vice president.
Davao City Mayor and vice presidential aspirant Sara Duterte-Carpio said that if she becomes the vice president of the Philippines, she would push for mandatory military service for all Filipinos who reach the age of 18.