Angie Reyes comes home to the AFP
By Mario J. Mallari 02/12/2011Top defense and military officials yesterday welcomed the remains of former Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff and Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes with solemn battalion-sized arrival honors at the AFP General Headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, his last stop before his final resting place at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on Sunday.
AFP Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Reynaldo Mapagu, AFP Deputy Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eduardo Oban and Department of National Defense Undersecretary Samuel Bagasin led the AFP and the DND party who welcomed the bereaved family of Reyes.
Mapagu was among the nine pall bearers, who were all star-rank and formally received the flag-draped casket of Reyes in front of the St. Ignatius Cathedral before high noon yesterday.
The solemn arrival honors drew Reyes’ widow, Teresita, and her five sons to tears..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110212nat10.html
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