ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Marines Corps (PMC) has extended until Sept. 9 its mobile recruitment in Iloilo to allow ample time for applicants to submit their documentary requirements.
The recruitment targets 400 recruits from Western Visayas. To date only 260 have submitted applications.
“This is to give ample time to interested individuals to grab the opportunity,” said Capt. Jieve Ajijul, officer-in-charge of the PMC’s mobile recruitment team, in an interview Friday.
“We believe that there are still those who are really interested to apply but they are still waiting for the release of their requirements,” he said.
PMC started accepting applications last August 21 until Sept. 4 only. The recruitment processes were conducted in Molo and Arevalo campuses of the John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University.
He said they already wrote letters to local chief executives in some towns in the province of Iloilo so they could bring the mobile recruitment to their areas.
“We know that there are interested applicants in the towns so we will be the one to get their applications,” he said.
The PMC’s recruitment is open to natural born Filipino, from 18 up to 25 years old and six months, not a day older during application.
For high school graduates of the four-year curriculum, they need to submit authenticated birth certificate, diploma, form 137 and NC-2 certification from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.
For high school graduates under the K to 12 curriculum, they must submit a diploma and form 137; and those who earned at least 72 units in college, they need to submit their high school diploma, form 137 and transcript of records.
Qualified applicants will undergo six months training, Ajijul said.
During the training period, each candidate soldier could earn PHP18,587 monthly, excluding their allowance, food, billeting and full compliments of uniform.
After completing the training, private marine soldiers will be earning a minimum income of PHP29,668, or a gross monthly pay of PHP40,000 including allowances.
Ajijul recalled that it was 14 years ago when the last recruitment was conducted in Iloilo where 300 candidates were recruited.
The Philippine Marines is a military branch of service that is into combat and amphibious operations. (Cindy Ferrer/PNA)
