{"id":90382,"date":"2017-02-19T23:28:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T04:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=90382"},"modified":"2017-02-19T23:28:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T04:28:33","slug":"duterte-condoles-with-families-of-deceased-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/19\/duterte-condoles-with-families-of-deceased-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte condoles with families of deceased soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Duterte on Monday midnight, February 20, first visited the wake of Army Major Jerico Mangalus at the Villamor Air Base (VAB) Mortuary in Pasay City. (File photo: Presidential Communications (Government of the Philippines)\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013President Rodrigo Duterte personally extended his condolences and sympathies to the families of several soldiers who died recently.<\/p>\n

Duterte on Monday midnight, February 20, first visited the wake of Army Major Jerico Mangalus at the Villamor Air Base (VAB) Mortuary in Pasay City.<\/p>\n

Mangalus, 38, died due to multiple gunshot wounds he sustained in an ambush staged by the Maute terrorist group on February 16 in Marawi City.<\/p>\n

The intelligence officer received a posthumous award from the President and Commander-in-Chief, who also extended financial assistance to the family of Mangalus as well as educational scholarship for his children.<\/p>\n

The President also paid his last respects to three other soldiers whose remains lie in state at VAB.<\/p>\n

He visited the wakes of former Navy officer Libert Chavez, who died of old age; Retired Air Force Msgt. Leonardo Fernando, who also died of old age; and Retired Air Force Col. Oscar Ibarra, who was killed by New People’s Army rebels in Ifugao.<\/p>\n

From VAB, the President proceeded to the wake of Col. Orlando Suarez at the Libingan ng mga Bayani Mortuary in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.<\/p>\n

Suarez, who served as the Assistant Defense and Armed Forces Attach\u00e9 at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C., died at age 50 on February 11 after suffering from a stroke while on an official trip to Honolulu, Hawaii.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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