President Benigno Aquino III and newly appointed AFP Chief Lt. Gen. Hernando Iriberri, who is turning over today the Philippine Army commanding general post to Maj. Gen. Eduardo Año. Malacañang Photo Bureau/Gil Nartea
President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday formally installed 10th Infantry Division chief Maj. Gen. Eduardo Año as the new commanding general of the Philippine Army.
Aquino led the change of command ceremony at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City where Año assumed the post left by Lt. Gen. Hernando Iriberri, who was appointed last week as the new chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Before assuming leadership of the 10th Infantry Division chief in July 2014, Año was the commander of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
He also served as assistant deputy chief of staff for intelligence and commander of the Army's 201st Infantry Brigade.
A graduate of the Philippine Military Academy class '83, Año was credited for the capture of several leaders of the New People's Army.
Año was implicated in the abduction of activist Jonas Burgos who went missing in 2007.
The Department of Justice, however, dismissed the arbitrary detention charges against Año and five other officers in 2013 due to lack of probable cause.
Burgos was said to be kidnapped by armed men in 2007 and was dragged to a Toyota Revo van whose license plates were traced to another vehicle earlier impounded by the military in Bulacan.
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/07/15/1477244/pnoy-installs-former-top-military-spy-new-army-chief
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