ILOILO CITY — Col. Benedict Arevalo is the new commander of the Philippine Army’s 301st Infantry Brigade (301 IB), which oversees the islands of Panay and Guimaras.
(Philippine Army Spearhead Troopers via Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)
Arevalo replaced Brig. Gen. Pio Diñoso, who has been assigned to Camp Aguinaldo as the deputy chief of staff for logistics of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Arevalo was recently installed in a ceremony presided by Maj. Gen. Dinoh Dolina, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division at Camp Hernandez, the headquarters of 301 IB.
Arevalo vowed to continue addressing the communist insurgency in Panay by getting the participation of various stakeholders.
“It is putting together pieces of the broken puzzle that represents each of us who has a significant role to resolve the decade-long social problem,” Arevalo said.
While the strength of the New People’s Army (NPA) has dwindled in Panay, Arevalo is hopeful that more NPA rebels will give up their armed struggle and rejoin the folds of society.
Arevalo was previously assigned under units of 3ID. Specifically, he served as an intelligence officer for the 302nd Infantry Brigade in Negros Island during the 1990s. He was also an intelligence and operations officer of the defunct 7th Infantry Battalion.
A native of Baguio City, Arevalo graduated from the Philippine Military Academy in 1990.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/07/13/new-army-commander-in-panay-guimaras/
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