When to use the term “Keynote Speaker”?

Have you ever noticed during graduation exercises the guest of honour is referred as “Keynote Speaker”? This is evidently written at the stage backdrop and on the invitation programme handouts. One time when I was the Chief-of-Staff of TRADOC, I overheard my boss, then MGen Cardozo M. Luna, who was the “Keynote Speaker” at the […]

A Wedding Message

Disclaimer: my wife might have copied some words from the internet but she found the perfect words to deliver her message. [To quote] Hello Everyone! I am the Tita color Blue of Ada! This will be my intimate gift to you Patoy and Sarah. What I can give you is what I have learned over […]

UNBEKNOWNST

He was the company commander of the 33rd Infantry Battalion who rescued Bishop Escaler of Ipil. With his leadership and courageous actions, “At 2 p.m. Feb. 25, 1985 deadline for the safe conduct passes given the negotiators by the military, a company of soldiers routed the 11 kidnappers in a surprise attack on the banks […]

WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A SIGNAL OFFICER?

First of all, a Signal Officer never becomes a general in the Army. He has to compete with the Navy and Air Force for a position at GHQ. He can never be a 3-star, much more the Chief-of-Staff. The best he can get is a 2-star, if he has still time when the J6 retires. […]

JESUS SAVES!

While traveling from Makati to Quezon City along EDSA, you can see the neon sign above a building but now partly covered by huge billboards. It says, “JESUS SAVES!” Do you know what is the meaning of that sign? During a Java Programming contest, 2 finalist were left on stage, named: Jesus and Lucifer. While […]

The Sky Gets Dark, Slowly

“Such a nice article to read, not just for senior citizens but for all of us.Getting old is a reality that we need to embrace and prepare for 😊”. Emil Gupana, shared in Mapitagan Viber Group on 07 May 2022 Mao Dun literary prize winner Zhou Daxin’s latest novel to be published, “The Sky Gets […]

CYBERSPACE DIVISION, OJ6

An absolute necessity in the preparation of Cyber Security is the identification of critical AFP information functions; and to include, information, information services, and infrastructures upon which these functions depend. There must now be a lead office tasked to protect above-mentioned functions. The physical isolation of information, provisions for access control, and authentication of authorized […]

FALSE HOPE

I am COL JESUS LOMEDA JR of the Signal Corps. I will not hide in anonymity. I am writing this for the good of the AFP with an intention to be settled amongst our leaders. I know I will surely be “endorsed” and be reporting to SND and upperclassmen when this circulates . . . […]

GUPANISM

I remember the time during my promotion to Full Colonel, nine of us from class ’80 in the previous promotion were jumped over by class ’81 and a few from class ’82 due to some “offenses” and others for being assigned to the Intelligence Service, AFP (ISAFP) for too long daw. The following year we […]

Caloy’s Late Blooming in Golf

A Tribute to BGEN CARLOS M CLET AFP (December 3, 1957 – April 7, 2009) Everytime I would catch a glimpse of PGMA in the news, whether it may be on TV or newspaper, especially during live Presidential appearances, I always look for Caloy. I was never disappointed. Caloy was always there, behind the President […]