Veterans descendants organization elects new officers
Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) Administrator USec. Reynaldo Mapagu (left) swears in newly re-elected national president Raymond Democrito Mendoza (center) and national executive Vice-President Miguel Angelo Villa-Real of the VFP Sons and Daughters Association, Inc. in the recently held national elections and general assembly.
Officers of the Veterans Federation of the Philippines Sons and Daughters Association, Inc. (VFP-SDAI) elected its new set of officers, some of them retaining their previously held positions, following its national assembly held in Cebu.
Deputy Speaker and TUCP Party-list Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza was re-elected as the organization’s national president, while Veterans Bank’s FVP Miguel Angelo Villa-Real remains national executive vice president.
Mendoza is the son of renowned labor leader and WWII veteran Democrito T. Mendoza, while Villa-Real is the grandson of WWII veteran and former congressman and Education Undersecretary Andres Clemente Jr.
With a fresh two-year term, Mendoza vowed to continue VFP-SDAI’s advocacy to defend the rights and interests of Filipino Veterans, including their widows and orphans.
VFP-SDAI continues to instill patriotism and love of country among its members and the public through its various districts and posts across the country.
“Our immediate aim right now is to help strengthen the relations between various veterans groups around the nation, both government and private. With a unified stand, can we strongly push for reforms and programs that would benefit the veterans and their families,” said Mendoza.
Founded in 1988, the VFP-SDAI is a non-stock, non-profit, non-sectarian corporation and is an auxiliary unit of the Veterans Federation of the Philippines (VFP).
It is the national association of direct descendants of Filipino veterans from across all regions of the country.
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