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List Of Philippine Military Academy Alumni
This is a partial list of notable Philippine Military Academy alumni. List * Silvino Gallardo, 1913, first Commandant, ROTC, University of the Philippines * Paulino Santos, 1914 - AFP Chief of Staff (1936) * Ruperto Kangleon, 1914, PA - 6th Department of National Defense (Philippines), Secretary of National Defense; Senator * Eulogio Balao, 1931 - Senator; 10th Secretary of National Defense; AFP Vice Chief of Staff * Pelagio A. Cruz, 1935 - AFP Chief of Staff * Emilio S. Liwanag, 1935, PN *Thawip Poonsiri Netniyom,,, 1981 Thailand Senator * Francisco R. Adriano Sr., 1937 - Presidential Saber Awardee, Brigadier General * Ernesto S. Mata, 1937, PA - 15th Secretary of Defense; AFP Chief of Staff (1963-1964) * Alfredo E. Gallardo - 1937 * Manuel Yan, 1941 - youngest AFP Chief of Staff at age 48 years old and cabinet member for nine years * Rafael Ileto, 1943 - 17th Secretary of National Defense; AFP Vice Chief of Staff; Ambassador to Iran (1975-1979) * Fidel Ramos, 1951, (USMA '50) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Military Academy
The Philippine Military Academy ( / ) also referred to by its acronym PMA is the premier military academy for Filipinos aspiring for a commission as a military officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). It was established on December 21, 1936, by the virtue of National Defense Act of 1935. It is patterned after the United States Military Academy, in West Point, New York. The academy is located in the municipality of Tuba in Benguet and the city of Baguio, and serves as the primary training school for future officers of the AFP. The academy traces its roots to 1898, when Emilio Aguinaldo decreed the establishment of the ''Academia Militar'' in the Philippines. The present academy serves as a national historical landmark for historic contribution and its “long and unending line of quality military education.” The campus is a popular tourist destination in Baguio. Cadet candidates for admission must undergo and pass series of testing (Written, Physical, Medical a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Blando
Marcelo C. Blando, is a retired Philippine Brigadier General turned farmer. He graduated from the Philippine Military Academy in 1960 and commanded the Philippines’ 1st Scout Ranger Regiment and the Philippine Army's 7th Infantry (Kaugnay) Division. In the late 1980s Blando was a leading figure in the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM), involved in the failed 1989 coup d'état that almost toppled the administration of then President Corazon Aquino. After three years of incarceration, Blando was granted amnesty by the government and officially retired from the Armed Forces of the Philippines in 1991. Post-military career After his military service, Blando ventured into farming and is now fostering a new revolutionary struggle, which he brands as the "Reform the Agriculture Movement". Its main agenda is to reduce poverty and to eradicate hunger by advocating modern agricultural practice in the countryside and farmer empowerment through institutional development. Highlight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregorio Honasan
Gregorio "Gringo" Ballesteros Honasan II (, born March 14, 1948), is a Philippines, Filipino politician and a Cashiering, cashiered Philippine Army officer who led 1986–1990 Philippine coup attempts#August 1987 coup attempt, unsuccessful coups d'état against President Corazon Aquino. He played a key role in the 1986 EDSA Revolution that toppled President Ferdinand Marcos, and participated in the EDSA III rallies in 2001 that preceded the EDSA III#May 1, May 1 riots near Malacañang Palace. After 1986, he led a series of unsuccessful but violent coup attempts against the administration of Corazon Aquino. President Fidel Ramos granted him amnesty in 1992. He entered politics and became a Philippine Senator, senator from 1995 to 2004, and again from 2007 to 2019. He ran for vice president of the Philippines, being Jejomar Binay's running-mate in 2016, but both were respectively defeated by Leni Robredo and Rodrigo Duterte. On November 22, 2018, President Duterte appointed then- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretary Of Public Works & Highways
A secretary, administrative assistant, executive assistant, personal secretary, or other similar titles is an individual whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, program evaluation, communication, and/or organizational skills within the area of administration. There is a diverse array of work experiences attainable within the administrative support field, ranging between internship, entry-level, associate, junior, mid-senior, and senior level pay bands with positions in nearly every industry, especially among white-collar careers. The functions of a personal assistant may be entirely carried out to assist one other employee or may be for the benefit of more than one. In other situations, a secretary is an officer of a society or organization who deals with correspondence, admits new members, and organizes official meetings and events. But this role should not be confused with the role of an executive secretar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermogenes E
Hermogenes is a Greek name (), meaning "born of Hermes". It may refer to: * Hermogenes (potter) (fl. c. 550 BC), Attic Greek potter * Hermogenes (philosopher) (fl. c. 400 BC), Greek philosopher * Hermogenes of Priene (fl. c. 200 BC), Greek architect * Hermogenes (fl. c. 64), in 2 Timothy 1, a former Christian who turned away from Saint Paul in Asia * Hermagoras of Aquileia (also called Hermogenes, died ) Christian bishop * Hermogenes, magician in The Golden Legend * Hermogenes of Tarsus (fl. late 2nd century), Roman-era rhetorician and historian * Hermogenes (heretic leader), late 2nd century founder of religious heresy. * Hermogenes (4th cent.), son of Hermogenes, Christian priest of Caesarea (Cappadocia), predecessor of Dianius, and scribe/author of the ''Nicene Creed'' ( Bas. ''ep.'' 81.244.9, 263.3) * Hermogenes (magister officiorum), (fl. 530s), Byzantine official and military leader * Patriarch Hermogenes (died 1612), Russian religious leader * Hermogenes, Bishop of Tobol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime De Los Santos
Jaime de los Santos (born April 1946 in Nueva Ecija, Philippines) is a retired Filipino military general who led the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) and the first Filipino officer to lead an international peacekeeping force on foreign soil. He also served as chief of staff and the commanding general of the Philippine Army. De los Santos joined the Philippine Army in 1969 after graduating from the Philippine Military Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Military Engineering. De los Santos later on served as a brigade commander, chief of staff and commanding general of an infantry division and superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy. In December 1999, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed de los Santos as the Force Commander of the UNTAET. The International Force East Timor (INTERFET) commanded by Australian Major General Peter Cosgrove transitioned to the UNTAET Peacekeeping Force on 23 February 2000. Thus, Santo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Bureau Of Investigation (Philippines)
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI; ) is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Justice, responsible for handling and solving major high-profile cases that are in the interest of the nation. The NBI was modelled after the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) when it was being established. History The Division of Investigation, later renamed the National Bureau of Investigation, came into existence on June 19, 1947, the date Republic Act No. 157 was approved. Its history goes back to November 13, 1936, when a Division of Investigation (DI) under the Department of Justice was created with the enactment of Commonwealth Act No. 181 by the First National Assembly. Section 1, C.A. No. 181 provides: A Division of Investigation under the Department of Justice is hereby created. It shall be composed of such personnel as may be necessary, in the discretion of the Secretary of Justice, and its duties shall be to help in the detection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reynaldo Wycoco
Reynaldo G. Wycoco (November 10, 1946 – December 19, 2005) was a Filipino retired police officer who formerly served as Director of the National Bureau of Investigation. Career Police service Hails from Cabiao and graduate of class 1968 in the Philippine Military Academy, Wycoco served in the Philippine Constabulary (PC) as member of Ranger Battalion in 1969, where he was assigned as the Battalion Intelligence and Operations Officer in Tarlac. This is the time where Central Luzon was a center of communist armed insurgency. In 1980, still at service, he obtained his Master's degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He also take short graduate courses at the London School of Economics, as he believes that "if you don’t innovate, you’ll stagnate" and for the improving of police work, especially with cooperating with the community. He also studied in the US Army Intelligence Center in Arizona and in the intriguingly named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidential Security Group
The Presidential Security Command (PSC), known from 1986 to 2024 as the Presidential Security Group (PSG), is a Philippine close protection agency. It is the primary agency concerned with providing close-in security and escort to the President of the Philippines, their immediate families, former presidents of the Philippines as well as visiting heads of state. The PSC is stationed at Malacañang Palace, the official residence of the president. Members of the PSC also accompany the president on both domestic and overseas trips. History While the present-day force was established in 1987, the protection of the president and the presidential family has always been the duty of the Armed Forces of the Philippines since 1897. On June 23, 1898, a guards unit called as the Cuerpo de la Guardia Presidencial (Presidential Guard Corps) was raised at the time to protect the first official president, Emilio Aguinaldo, from attempts on his life. Composed of a presidential cavalry squadron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Army
The Philippine Army (PA) () is the main, oldest and largest branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), responsible for ground warfare. , it had an estimated strength of 143,100 soldiers The service branch was established on December 21, 1935, as the Philippine Commonwealth Army. The Philippine Army has been engaged in numerous combat operations, including the ongoing Communist rebellion in the Philippines, the Moro conflict and, alongside other national military forces, in conflicts of international scope. The Commanding General of the Philippine Army is its professional and overall head. Its main Headquarters#Military, headquarters (Headquarters Philippine Army or HPA) is located at Fort Andres Bonifacio, Taguig City. Background Spanish Era Majority of the soldier that served the Captaincy General of the Philippines are Philippine natives, as opposed to their Native-American, Mestizo from the Americas or white counterparts who at first, are mostly Criollo people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline along the Gulf of Thailand in the southwest. It spans an area of , dominated by a low-lying plain and the confluence of the Mekong river and Tonlé Sap, Southeast Asia's largest lake. It is dominated by a tropical climate and is rich in biodiversity. Cambodia has a population of about 17 million people, the majority of which are ethnically Khmer people, Khmer. Its capital and most populous city is Phnom Penh, followed by Siem Reap and Battambang. In 802 AD, Jayavarman II declared himself king, uniting the warring Khmer princes of Chenla Kingdom, Chenla under the name "Kambuja".Chandler, David P. (1992) ''History of Cambodia''. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, . This marked the beginning of the Khmer Empire. The Indianised kingdom facilitated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
