{"id":128649,"date":"2017-11-06T00:47:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T05:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=128649"},"modified":"2017-11-06T00:47:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T05:47:04","slug":"3-ilonggo-soldiers-cited-for-role-in-marawi-liberation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/06\/3-ilonggo-soldiers-cited-for-role-in-marawi-liberation\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ilonggo soldiers cited for role in Marawi liberation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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He was \u201cproud\u201d that he was part of the team that liberated Marawi City. He said that while there, they prayed hard that God will keep them safe as some of their comrades died while others got sick. (PIXABAY PHOTO)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ILOILO CITY\u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Three Ilonggo soldiers on Monday received a Mayor\u2019s Citation during the flag-raising ceremony for their \u201ccontribution to the liberation\u201d of Marawi City.<\/p>\n

Private Andrew Catequista, Corporal Mark R. Gevero and Staff Sergeant Rodel T. Paca\u00f1a \u201cnot only earned distinct credit for themselves and the Philippine Army but to the people of Iloilo City for being bonafide members of the city community,\u201d according to the distinction signed by Mayor Jose Espinosa III.<\/p>\n

The three are members of the 31st Division Reconnaissance Company of the Philippine Army\u2019s 3rd Infantry (Spearhead) Division (3ID). While their company was based in Murcia, Negros Occidental, they were deployed to Bohol to run against Abu Sayaff members prior their deployment to Marawi that lasted for five months.<\/p>\n

They came home to Iloilo City on October 22.<\/p>\n

Paca\u00f1a, 41, a father of two from Rizal Pala-Pala 2, city proper here, said he was thankful that they came home safe to their respective families. They were assigned to secure the rear end of their troops in the main battle area.<\/p>\n

He was \u201cproud\u201d that he was part of the team that liberated Marawi City. He said that while there, they prayed hard that God will keep them safe as some of their comrades died while others got sick.<\/p>\n

Gevero, 31, from Boulevard, Molo and assistant team leader, said that Marawi was his most difficult assignment as support team to the assault group.<\/p>\n

\u201cTime may pass but I am proud that there was an Ilonggo who was part of the Marawi history,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Catequista, 22, from Quezon, Arevalo and the youngest of the three, said that he had no idea that they will be assigned to Marawi. At first he was nervous because he didn\u2019t know what awaits them in their Mindanao assignment. They were assigned within the Dansalan College area.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was happy that we came home alive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Catequista\u2019s aunt Diana Dumagat, 43, said that she is \u201cproud\u2019 of her nephew. She was the first person whom Catequista called upon knowing of his Marawi assignment.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Mayor\u2019s Citation, they also received PHP5,000 cash incentive each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ILOILO CITY\u2014\u00a0Three Ilonggo soldiers on Monday received a Mayor\u2019s Citation during the flag-raising ceremony for their \u201ccontribution to the liberation\u201d …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":128651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[31336,31335,31337],"class_list":["post-128649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-flag-raising-ceremony","tag-three-ilonggo-soldiers","tag-contribution-to-the-liberation-of-marawi-city","mauthors-perla-g-lena","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}