50 more AFP generals, flag officers get CA nod

The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Tuesday approved the ad interim appointments of 50 more generals and flag officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

The AFP officials whose appointments were confirmed by the CA Committee on National Defense were the following:
Arthur Cordura to the rank of Lieutenant General, Philippine Air Force (PAF)
Toribio Adaci Jr. to the rank of Vice Admiral, Philippine Navy (PN)
Efren Baluyot to the rank of Lieutenant General, Philippine Army (PA)
Stephen Parreño to the rank of Lieutenant General, PAF
Benedict Arevalo to the rank of Lieutenant General, PA
Roy Galido to the rank of Lieutenant General, PA
Fernyl Buca to the rank of Major General, PAF
Antonio Nafarrete to the rank of Major General, PA
Jose Ambrosio Ezpeleta to the rank of Rear Admiral, PN
Joseph Ferrous Cuison to the rank of Major General, PN
Edgar Cardinoza to the rank of Major General, PAF
Aristotle Gonzales to the rank of Major General, PAF
Audrey Pasia to the rank of Major General, PA
Jose Maria Cuerpo II to the rank of Major General, PA
Leonel Nicolas to the rank of Major General, PA
Marvin Licudine to the rank of Major General, PA
Arturo Rojas to the rank of Major General, PN
George Blanco to the rank of Major General, PAF
Facundo Palafox IV to the rank of Major General, PA
Potenciano Camba to the rank of Major General, PA
Noel Beleran to the rank of Brigadier General, PN
Teofilo Bailon Jr. to the rank of Major General, PAF
Joel Alejando Nacnac to the rank of Major General, PA
Mac Raul Racacho to the rank of Rear Admiral, PN
Ronie Petinglay to the rank of Brigadier General, PAF
Reynold Rueca to the rank of Brigadier General, PAF
Perfecto Peñaredondo to the rank of Brigadier General, PA
Oriel Pangcog to the rank of Brigadier General, PA
Alan Javier to the rank of Commodore, PN
Gerold Gagan to the rank of Brigadier General, PAF
Rommel Almaria to the rank of Brigadier General, PA
Alexei Musñgi to the rank of Brigadier General, PA
Edmundo Peralta to the rank of Brigadier General, PA
Rommel Cordova to the rank of Brigadier General, PA
Edgar Torres to the rank of Brigadier General, PAF
Nestor Narag to the rank of Brigadier General, PN
Joel Paloma to the rank of Brigadier General, PA
Noel Vestuir to the rank of Brigadier General, PA
Ramil Oloroso to the rank of Brigadier General, PAF
Francis Anthony Coronel to the rank of Brigadier General, PA
Leo Fontanilla to the rank of Brigadier General, PAF
Leodigario Macalintal to the rank of Brigadier General, PAF
Michael Santos to the rank of Brigadier General, PA
Ferdinand Napuli to the rank of Brigadier General, PA
Leodevic Guinid to the rank of Brigadier General, PA
Bernardo Fortez to the rank of Brigadier General, PA
Marcos Imperio to the rank of Commodore, PN
Federico Enriquez to the rank of Brigadier General, PAF
Rolando Sarmiento to the rank of Commodore, PN
Eric Garchitorena to the rank of Brigadier General, Medical Corps (Reserved)

During the deliberation, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri put on record the need to modernize the AFP and fully equip it “at the soonest possible time.”

“We have to retrofit our Navy with better ships. They need corvettes, they need larger ships that can be maintained at sea for longer periods of time,” he said.

“We are also working at hopefully a down payment for our Air Force jets… new combat jets, as well as new equipment for our Army,” he added. — DVM, GMA Integrated News