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| saver111 | Dec 5 2006, 08:08 PM Post #1 |
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Party-list Rep. Ernesto Gidaya passes away Party-list Rep. Ernesto Gidaya of the Veterans Freedom Party has passed away Monday night at the Philippine Heart Center. He was 80. Gidaya, also a former ambassador, suffered a heart attack on November 28 and was in the hospital's Intensive Care Unit until his death. Gidaya was a former ambassador to Israel and South Korea. He also served as defense undersecretary during the Ramos administration. His family said the wake will be at the Multi-Purpose Hall of Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City from December 5-7. The family did not disclose information on interment plans. Gidaya was a decorated combat officer and a member of Philippine Military Academy Class of 1951. The class was the first post-war batch to graduate from the country's premier military institution. Gidaya later served as PMA superintendent and eventually headed the Association of Generals and Flag Officers upon retirement from the service. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=58363 |
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| saver111 | Feb 16 2017, 02:09 PM Post #2 |
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GEN FORTUNATO ABAT GENERAL FORTUNATO U ABAT (A member of Philippine Military Academy Class of 1951) led AFP units under Central Mindanao Command from 06 March to 31 January 1973 on a successful campaign against strong rebel forces in his area of responsibility... GENERAL ABAT organized military veterans, reservists and citizens into volunteer Civilian Home Defense units against insurgents in Cotabato and conducted land, sea and air operations that led to the capture and destruction of rebel strongholds and also lured the enemy into pre-designated killing zones... These operations ended the resistance in Cotabato on 04 August 1973 with 1,175 rebels killed and afterwards GENERAL ABAT directed rehabilitation efforts of the battle area... He would late become Commanding General of the Army, 20th Secretary of the Department of National Defense (DND) and Ambassador to the People's Republic of China... from the files of Sir Francis Karem Elazegui Neri https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10211682503559075&set=a.1641185230465.2091521.1261858335&type=3&theater |
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| saver111 | Mar 8 2018, 07:18 PM Post #3 |
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‘Great warrior’ Fortunato Abat passes away at 92
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