The Philippine Military Academy (PMA) celebrated its 128th anniversary on October 25, 2026, highlighting its enduring commitment to developing cadets into nation-builders. The event, reported by ABS-CBN News, emphasized the institution's role in shaping future leaders who serve the country with dedication and integrity. Founded in 1898, the PMA has trained generations of military officers who have contributed significantly to national defense and development. The celebration included various activities to honor the academy's legacy and its ongoing mission to produce officers who embody the values of service, discipline, and patriotism. ABS-CBN News, a leading media company in the Philippines, provided coverage of the event, underscoring the importance of institutions like the PMA in fostering a strong national identity and security. The academy's long-standing tradition of excellence continues to inspire current and future cadets to uphold the highest standards of military service and civic responsibility. This anniversary serves as a reminder of the PMA's pivotal role in the nation's history and its continued relevance in addressing contemporary challenges. The event also highlighted the academy's efforts to modernize its training programs while maintaining its core values, ensuring that graduates are well-prepared to serve in both military and civilian capacities. The celebration was attended by various dignitaries, including military officials and government representatives, who acknowledged the PMA's contributions to the country's security and development. The academy's motto, 'For the Country and for the People,' reflects its unwavering dedication to serving the nation. As the PMA looks to the future, it remains committed to nurturing leaders who will continue to build and protect the Philippines for generations to come.

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The National Health Service (NHS) England’s Diabetes Prevention Programme (DPP) is a cost-effective, publicly funded program of structured dietary and physical activity counselling that has been shown to reduce the incidence of progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes. We sought to examine the cost-effectiveness of implementing an NHS England–style DPP in Quebec and Ontario.Methods:We compared usual care for people with prediabetes with a DPP using a cohort-state transition Markov model of 4 mutually exclusive health states (normal glucose tolerance, prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, and death) over a 35-year time horizon, run separately for Quebec and Ontario. We sourced transition probabilities, costs, and utilities from Canadian sources, the NHS England DPP, and published literature. We modelled the reduction in progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes using effectiveness data from the first 3 years of follow-up from the NHS England DPP. We adopted a health care system perspective and used a 1.5% annual discount rate. We presented costs in 2025 Canadian dollars and effectiveness in quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). We generated base-case results using probabilistic analysis with 10 000 simulations.Results:The mean total costs of the DPP strategy were $101 833 per participant in Quebec and $101 835 in Ontario, compared with $102 077 for usual care, yielding incremental cost savings of $244 per participant in Quebec and $242 in Ontario. The 95% uncertainty range (UR) for incremental costs was −$1017 to $405 in Quebec and −$1016 to $408 in Ontario. The DPP generated a mean gain of 0.060 QALYs per participant (95% UR 0.024 to 0.094). It was less costly and more effective than usual care in 74.8% of simulations in Quebec and 74.7% in Ontario. Sensitivity analyses confirmed robustness to parameter uncertainty.Interpretation:An NHS England–style DPP would be cost-effective in Ontario and Quebec. Our findings support the potential value of investing in DPPs in Canada and highlight an opportunity to reduce the burden of type 2 diabetes.