Legarda bats for more AFP support: Quick Response Fund, transparent remittances

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Loren Legarda, in her interpellation of the proposed 2026 budget of the Department of National Defense (DND), pressed for stronger support to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) through the restoration of a Quick Response Fund (QRF) and greater transparency in remittances from the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA).