Posted to Kalinaw News (May 16, 2021): General Cirilito E. Sobejana, AFP Chief, honors as a distinguished NegOrense
CAMP LEON KILAT, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental – The Provincial Government of Negros Oriental led by the Governor, Honorable Roel R. Degamo, initiated the Honoring Ceremony for General Cirilito Elola Sobejana PA, being the 1st NegOrense to become the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff, held at the Convention Center Plenary Hall, Dumaguete City on May 14, 2021.
He was accorded with military honors at the forecourt of the Provincial Capitol Building by Colonel Leonardo I Peña (MNSA) PA, Commander, 302nd Infantry Brigade. Gen. Sobejana and his wife, Mrs . Edna Iturriaga Sobejana were formally welcomed at the Provincial Capitol Building by the Negros Oriental employees and head of offices with Governor Degamo and his wife, Hon. Janice Degamo, Mayor, Pamplona, Negros Oriental. General Sobejana is a full-blooded son of Negros Oriental who was born in Zamboanguita on July 31, 1965. At the age of 10, he used to assemble toy jeepneys or the so called “tarak-tarak” made of tin can of sardines for the body parts and old rubber slippers for the wheels. Dodong, as his family calls him especially during childhood days, had that desire to produce rough imitations of land vehicles because he was not that privileged to buy for his own toy car and he was inspired by his aspiration to buy a number of vehicles for his mother, Mama Takya, to ride on. From that very simple dream of a child, he became a soldier of the AFP and eventually considered as one of the country’s living heroes because of his heroic combat exploits.
He is a recipient of the Philippines highest military award, the Medal for Valor, an award equivalent to the Congressional Medal of Honor of the United States of America. He started his military career when he entered the Philippine Military Academy in 1983 and graduated with the PMA “Hinirang” Class of 1987. Now, he is holding the helm of the highest military position in the country as the 55th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on February 4, 2021. During the Honoring Ceremony, Governor Degamo, on his message, expressed his heartfelt gratitude to General Sobejana for his distinguished and selfless service to our country and hailed him the pride of being an outstanding son of Negros Oriental.
As a response General Sobejana, conveyed his sincere gratitude to all the Negrenses for their very warm welcome and honors bestowed upon him on that momentous event. He also encouraged his fellow NegOrense and the civil society to participate in the efforts of the government in ending the local armed conflict; particularly the Communist Terrorism, and help in the attainment of the Peace and Progress in our country. Gen Sobejana stressed in his message that peace and security is a shared responsibility. The AFP alone cannot put an end to the menace of insurgency and terrorism; because there are a lot of factors or reasons why such problems exist. These are deeply rooted to the social issues such as poverty, illiteracy, social injustice or oppression, and inequality where all sectors of the society have a role to perform and work together in order to resolve those issues.
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