Survivors of World War 2 thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for raising their pension ahead of the 77th annual commemoration of Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) on Tuesday.

One of them, 97-year-old Onofre Bugay of Samal town, lauded the President for increasing the pension from P6,700 to P20,000 a month, starting January this year.

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