{"id":185631,"date":"2018-10-15T05:03:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T09:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=185631"},"modified":"2018-10-15T05:03:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T09:03:08","slug":"alberto-deserves-armys-top-post-albayalde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/15\/alberto-deserves-armys-top-post-albayalde\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberto deserves Army&#8217;s top post: Albayalde"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_178045\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178045\" style=\"width: 3600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dg-albayalde-8-20-2018-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-178045\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dg-albayalde-8-20-2018-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3600\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dg-albayalde-8-20-2018-3.jpg 3600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dg-albayalde-8-20-2018-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dg-albayalde-8-20-2018-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dg-albayalde-8-20-2018-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dg-albayalde-8-20-2018-3-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3600px) 100vw, 3600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-178045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cTahimik but deadly parang dagat. Kapag tahimik malalim (Quiet but deadly like a sea. Quiet is deep),\u201d Albayalde, said. (PNA file photo by Joey O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Director General Oscar Albayalde, on Monday congratulated the appointment of his mistah (classmate), Major Gen. Macairog Sabeniano Alberto, as the next commander of the 98,000-strong Philippine Army.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are really really proud. That\u2019s another Class 86, Sinagtala, the best class the PMA (Philippine Military Academy) has ever produced.\u00a0<em>Marami gusto kumontra, bahala sila<\/em>\u00a0(Many are opposing but we don&#8217;t care). We\u2019d |like to congratulate our classmate I think he deserve the position,\u201d Albayalde told reporters in a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the incoming PA chief is known for his dedication and passion for the service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Tahimik<\/em>\u00a0but deadly parang dagat.<em>\u00a0Kapag tahimik malalim<\/em>\u00a0(Quiet but deadly like a sea. Quiet is deep),\u201d Albayalde, said.<\/p>\n<p>Alberto, a member of Philippine Military Academy Class of 1986, is slated to replace outgoing PA commander, Lt. Gen. Rolando Joselito Bautista, a member of PMA Class 1985, who will be retiring on Monday after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56.<\/p>\n<p>Bautista was earlier named by President Rodrigo Duterte to head the Department of Social Welfare and Development.<\/p>\n<p>Alberto also served as commanding officer of the 2nd and 3rd Scout Ranger Battalion, and head of Task Force Davao prior his designation as 1001st Infantry Brigade head &#8212; a unit of the 10th Infantry Division in Mindanao.<\/p>\n<p>He was later appointed as head of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Director General Oscar Albayalde, on Monday congratulated the appointment of his mistah (classmate), Major &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":178045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185631","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}