Philippine Navy vice commander Rear Adm. Caesar Bernard Valencia (Photo courtesy of Philippine Navy) MANILA - Philippine Navy (PN) vice commander Rear Adm. Caesar Bernard Valencia willlead the force as acting flag-officer-in-command, replacing outgoing chief Vice Adm. Adeluis Bordado. Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro confirmed this in a message to reporters Thursday. Valencia served as Naval Forces Northern Luzon commander in 2019 before being appointed Chief of Naval Staff in 2021 and PN vice commander in August of this year. "For now, it would be in an acting capacity because we don't have a shortlist yet as we are waiting for the IRR (implementing rules and regulations) of Republic Act 11709," Bacarro said in mixed English and Filipino. The change of command and retirement rites for Bordado were held late Thursday afternoon at the PN headquarters in Naval Station Jose Andrada, Roxas Boulevard in Manila. The event w
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Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vincent Bacarro, Chief of Sta
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