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No urgency in foreign service for Yano and Luna

Published by Ellen on May 3, 2009

The more General Alexander Yano and Lt. Gen. Cardozo Luna justified their acceptance of ambassadorial assignment in exchange for early retirement from the Armed Forces, the more that they are unmasked as no better than the other amply-rewarded Gloria Arroyo generals.

Until last Friday , Yano and Luna were the two highest officials of the AFP. Yano agreed to cut short his term as AFP chief for 44 days and turned over the reins of the AFP to Gen. Victor Ibrado. Arroyo announced that she has named him ambassador to Brunei.

Luna, who is still due tor retire in September, also agreed for an early retirement and was named ambassador to Netherlands.

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Yano being pushed out?

Published by Ellen on April 23, 2009

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AFP chief leaving ahead of retirement

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Yesterday, text messages went around that the turnover rites of outgoing AFP Chief Alexander Yano to incoming AFP Victor Ibrado will be on May 1, 44 days earlier than his scheduled retirement of June 13.

We also got information that Yano’s vice chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Cardozo Luna, who will retiring in September this year, will also be retiring on May 1.

It is not unusual for the turnover rites for the AFP chief to be held a few days before the end of term of outgoing chief but one-and-a-half months early? That’s tantamount to shortening a military officer’s term of service. In Gloria Arroyo’s senseless revolving door policy, that’s good for one full term of an AFP chief.

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‘Favored’ general seen to succeed Yano as AFP chief

Published by Ellen on January 25, 2009

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by Victor Reyes
Malaya

Five months before the retirement of Armed Forces chief Gen. Alexander Yano, there are already talks on whether President Arroyo’s perceived favorite officer, Lt. Gen. Delfin Bangit, would make it to the top military post.

Some military officers are wary of Bangit’s possible appointment as the military chief, citing the fact that he would be overtaking more senior officers and upperclassmen at the Philippine Military Academy.

Bangit, chief of the Southern Luzon Command, belongs to PMA Class ‘78 that has adopted President Arroyo as an honorary member. He served as chief of the Presidential Security Group and had been with the President since she was vice president. After his stint at the PSG, Bangit was named head the Intelligence Service of the AFP and later on commander of the 2nd Infantry Division. He has been a three-star general for more than a year.

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