Archives for 2026

My time for rotation had come up and my co-officers advised me that it would be better for Tony if I was transferred from the PMA. After teaching the new Cadets the Articles of War and also the ARTICLES OF PEACE, which are: I got assigned in the Headquarters, Philippine Army, in Ft. McKinley, Rizal, […]

There is a saying that “Parents often see themselves or realize their ambitions through their children.” This is true with Tony passing the PMA exam, which I took twice but failed. However, as a “consuelo de bobo,” I can say that I did not become a PMA cadet but I became a PMA professor! Praise […]

When rain started pouring in May, our hut leaked and the Navy Base became very damp. I took the PMA school bus to Ft. del Pilar, while Pat took the children to school in my car. Tony enrolled in the Engineering Department of Baguio College, while the girls and Toots enrolled in St. Louis College […]

I got orders transferring me to the PMA before I finished the case versus Major Jose Estrada. It was timed on a summer vacation to enable our children to enroll in Baguio for the next school year in 1955. The prediction in the Ouija Board when played by Betty and Mila came true. On my […]

I was deputized as a Special Prosecutor by the Department of Justice to handle cases filed against guerillas in the Provincial Courts. The case assigned to me was a case of murder of civilians in Gumaca committed by a guerilla officer and his men for command responsibility as Battalion Commander. The criminal case was filed […]

Instead of being jailed, I was placed under military custody for my experience in court when summoned in my “defamation case.” During my first appearance to plead “not guilty,” I was accompanied by five (5) lawyers from the P.C. Judge Advocate Service, all in uniform as officers from our office, to defend me, headed by […]