MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed on Wednesday the appointments of 37 military officers, except for Maj. Gen. Edmundo Pangilinan, the commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division (ID).
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The military officers whose appointments were confirmed in the CA plenary were the following:
Col. Pio Gomez, Philippine Air Force
Lt. Gen. Oscar Lopez
Maj. Gen. Raul del Rosario
Brig. Gen. Godfrey Julio
Col. George Caperocho
Capt. Mederico Celso
Col. Basilio Pooten
Lt. Gen. Aurelio Baladad
Vice Adm. Alexander Lopez
Brig. Gen. Edgar de Vera
Brig. Gen. Jose Mirandilla Jr.
Col. Arcangel Gamido Jr.
Lt. Gen. Nicanor Vivar
Rear Adm. Reynaldo Yoma
Maj. Gen. Ivan Samarita
Brig. Gen. Leandro Loyao III
Brig. Gen. Joselito Reyes
Brig. Gen. Ricardo Castilan
Col. Benedict Arevalo
Capt. Leo Zapatos
Maj. Gen. Rafael Valencia
Brig. Gen. Buenaventura Pascual
Brig. Gen. Rozzano Briguez
Brig. Gen. Guillermo Molina Jr.
Brig. Gen. Paolo Leo Miciano
Brig. Gen. Apolinario Alobba
Commodore Edwin Mackay
Brig. Gen. Ernesto Milo
Col. Samuel Gayongorsa
Brig. Gen. Richard Lagrana
Brig. Gen. Andrew Regacho
Brig. Gen. Al Perreras
Brig. Gen. Glenn Macasero
Commodore Vicente Cejoco
Brig. Gen. Michael Beverlyn Manquiquis
Maj. Gen. Demosthenes Santillan
Rear Adm. Aurelio Rabusa Jr.
Pangilinan was the only one who was not endorsed for plenary approval by the CA’s committee on national defense after Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano moved to defer in May any actions on his appointment pending questions on the Mamasapano operation.
Cayetano made it clear though that he was not objecting to Pangilinan’s appointment.
It was Pangilinan who reportedly got a request for artillery support while the Special Action Force (SAF) troops were under fire by enemies during the Jan. 25 Mamasapano operation. The incident left 44 SAF men dead.
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