DICTARINO M. SUGON 19 April 1956 – 08 February 2017 On Departure Day: On the 8th of February 2017, my dear classmate Dick Sugon expired at 3 o’clock in the morning at the Veterans’ Memorial Medical Center (VMMC). He was confined there due to diabetes and died after about a month when his right leg below […]

Ninoy would say anything just to place President Marcos in a bad light. He said in his talk in Saudi Arabia, “After they (soldiers) occupied the mosque, they got some pigs and dogs and started making “Lechon” (grill) inside the mosque.” Really? Actually, I have not seen any pigs in that part of the island […]

MGen Ric Brillantes ‘72: 2019 Col Sardual was my best friend. We were together at PATC in Camp Tinio, Bangad, Cabanatuan City from 1975 to 1977. He was a dentist before he joined the Army but was commissioned and called to active duty in the infantry. He was a member of the Philippine Shooting Team […]

PBGen Rudy Magtibay ‘78, 2018 Cav Jess, a lot of us care..! maybe a good number have forgotten this infamy because the “establishment” intentionally or unintentionally want it that way. this is the first time i read about the true story leading to, during & after the incident. Let the lessons be learned & let […]

LtGen Romeo Dominguez ’71 12 Feb 2019. I was offered to manage an open mining in Rapurapu Island, Albay. In declining, I told the firm president that I really had no experience managing a mining opn.🇵🇭Anyway, I read your post in Pata – with wet eyes. I was in OG1, PA at that time. I […]

“A commander who is captured and taken hostage ceases to have control over his subordinates and his orders should not be followed. No negotiation should be made with terrorists even when they threaten to kill unit Commanders or any AFP personnel taken hostage.” (05 Jan 2007 Command Guidance #1: Rules of Engagement on Commanders Taken […]

January 2018 BGen Ricardo Morales ‘77: I had the chance to talk to those who were in the follow up operations after the massacre. According to some survivors – and this becomes hearsay – they watched as some of the survivors were GLEEFULLY finished off by the civilians – women and children included. In the […]

The Pata Island massacre refers to an event that took place on February 12, 1981, on Pata Island, Sulu province in the Philippines. More than 100 Philippine Army officers and men were killed by Moro natives in what was called by retired Major General Delfin Castro as “the biggest number of casualties incurred by the […]

Philippine Daily Inquirer 04:14 AM January 27, 2015 MANILA, Philippines–Several encounters between government forces and insurgents have resulted in heavy casualties on both sides as well as killings of civilians. Here are some of the bloodiest battles recorded in the past four decades: Oct. 10, 1977—34 officers and men including Brig. Gen. Teodulfo Bautista were […]