PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is supporting the passage of a bill requiring a mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program for grades 11 and 12 students in public and private schools nationwide, Malacañang said on Tuesday.

Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo made the statement as he welcomed as "good news" the House of Representatives' approval of the proposed act mandating the "institutionalization, development, training, organization, and administration" of basic ROTC for senior high students around the country.

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