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AFP modernization program: Sen. Risa Hontiveros, during Monday’s Finance Subcommittee C hybrid hearing on the 2021 proposed P209 billion budget of the Department of National Defense (DND), October 12, 2020, asks on the status of the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) modernization program. AFP Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gilbert Gapay told Hontiveros that the program will be put on hold after the Department of Budget of Management had reduced the DND proposed budget by P28 billion, including the P9 billion for the AFP modernization program to cover Covid-19 response. (Screen grab/Senate PRIB)