TIM eMagazine Volume 2 Issue 12 | Page 12

Maritime ANGARA BATS FOR LAW EMPOWERING PH MARINES Senator Sonny Angara Marine Corps as military's 4th service branch S enator Sonny Angara is pushing for the passage of a bill that seeks to transform the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) into an independent service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Under the present set-up, the PMC is a naval infantry force under the command of the Philippine Navy.