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Published March 10, 2021, 5:43 PM
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Cirilito E. Sobejana on Wednesday said controversial Lt. General Antonio Parlade Jr. may stay as spokesman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) despite calls for him to quit his civilian post at NTF-ELCAC.
Lt. Gen. Cirilito E. Sobejana
(6th Infantry Division – Kampilan Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)
Sobejana said he supports statements that AFP is part of that Task Force and there is no way the AFP would overrule such statements.
He, however, conceded that the NTF ELCAC has a civilian component.
The chairman of NTF-ELCAC is the President who is the Commander in Chief.
Published March 9, 2021, 6:31 PM Senators on Tuesday commended seven young people who made remarkable feats at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The lawmakers, in particular, cited David Lopez Almirol, Jr. founder and CEO of Multisys Technologies Corp.; Lesley Jeanne Yu Cordero, senior disaster risk management specialist at The World Bank; Edgardo Tolentino Elago, master teacher 1 of the Department of Education (DepEd); George Ilagan Royeca, co-founder, DBDYC, Inc. ANGKAS; Dr. Raymond Francis Tolentino, director National Telehealth Center, UP Manila-NIH; Victor “Vico” Sotto, Pasig City mayor; and Capt. Ron Tendido Villarosa, Jr. special forces regiment, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
All seven individuals are awardees of the The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Award in 2020 of the Philippine Jaycees.
Published March 5, 2021, 4:44 PM
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark A. Villar announced Friday, March 5 that the construction of the 4.6-kilometer “Great Wall of Baguio City” is in full swing.
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark A. Villar announced Friday, March 5 that the construction of the 4.6-kilometer “Great Wall of Baguio City” is in full swing. (DPWH / MANILA BULLETIN)
“We are now implementing the Phase 4 of the Great Wall of Baguio City, which will provide direct connection from Kennon Road to Loakan Airport without passing through the city proper of Baguio,” Villar said in a statement.
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DAVAO. Major General Ernesto C. Torres Jr. (Contributed photo)
+ March 05, 2021 DAVAO Region and some parts of Soccsksargen, Caraga, and Northern Mindanao now have a new infantry division commander who is given a gigantic task of not just securing these areas from terrorist activities but also to diminish, if not end, the decades-long insurgency problem.
Major General Ernesto C. Torres Jr. is a graduate of the country s premier military academy, Philippine Military Academy (PMA) as part of Makatao Class of 1989.
The bemedaled officer has been serving the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for three decades and has received several merits and awards which include among others two Outstanding Achievement Medals, three Distinguished Service Stars, two Distinguished Service Medals, two Military Achievement Medal, five Gawad sa Kaunlaran Medals, three Military Civic Action Medal, two Bronze Cross Medals, Silver Wing Medal, United Nations Medal.