3 vie for Philippine Navy chief post
THE Armed Forces of the Philippines ( AFP) has submitted a shortlist of three senior Philippine Navy
A military source on Tuesday disclosed that the AFP Board of Generals has already passed a list of recommendations to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, who will be checking the list of candidates before submitting it to President RoThe candidates are Rear Admi- ral Robert Empedrad, the acting Navy chief; Rear Admiral Rommel Ong, the Philippine Navy Inspector General; and Rear Admiral Joby Bacordo, the Naval
Empedrad is a “mistah” (classmate) of Philippine National Police chief Ronald de la Rosa, who both belong to the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) “Sinag
Ong and Bacordo, meanwhile, are members of the PMA “Hinirang” Class of 1987, and class Eleazar, the Quezon City Police Sobejana, the commander of Joint
According to the source, Lorenzana was pushing for Empedrad to be the next Philippine
“But he [Empedrad] is not the questions on his qualification because he did not command any Naval Force,” the source, who re
A Naval Force is equivalent to an Infantry Division of the Philip
Vice Admiral Ronald Joseph Mercado was replaced by Empedrad in December last year for “insubordination” over a frigate deal of the Philippine Navy, as
The Defense chief accused Mercado of sitting down on the frigate deal and disregarding the weapons system already provided by the Hyundai Heavy Industries by allegedly lobbying for a
The source said Lorenzana head the Philippine Navy since “he is their main [ man] in the
“So they can implement it the way they want it and to silence the Philippine Navy, who is contesting and [has] issues [over the frigate
- lection should be based on merit
The source said there were “rumblings” within the Philippine Navy, with officers urging their PMA classmates and other friends not to let themselves fall into the “manueverings” of Defense Undersecretary Raymundo Elefante, who
The source showed a text message, indicating that Elefante was hiding something in the frigate deal and insisted that the the Philippine Air Force nor the
will further divide the Navy and will not be able to stabilize the will look into the qualifications based on summary of information and curriculum vitae and not just seniority,” the
“The Navy is hoping and praying that Secretary Lorenzana and the President will change their minds,”