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BAGUIO CITY — Heirs of World War II veterans are again feuding with the Philippine Military Academy after it began constructing a pension management center at Camp Henry T. Allen, near the property holding the memorabilia of the heroic 66th Igorot Infantry.
Teresa Pomar, an official of the Baguio-Benguet chapter of the United States Army Forces in the Philippines Northern Luzon (USAFIP-NL), complained to the Baguio City Council on June 1 that PMA’s building project displaced a banana plantation and violated a supposed agreement to maintain the status quo while both parties undertake a joint survey to resolve the land dispute.
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PMA has administrative control over the 14.3-hectare Camp Allen across City Hall, where the military school used to be located, and has been issuing vacate orders against “illegal occupants” since 2023, as per instructions from the Department of National Defense to recover and protect all military lands. Like most military reserves in the country, some retired soldiers settled on military-controlled properties.
