MANILA -The Senate has elected retired Army Lt. General Roberto Ancan, a bemedalled army official, as the new chief of the Office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms (OSSA) Ancan, who retired August 21, 2021, after 38 years of military service was nominated by Senator Ronald "Bato" de la Rosa. In his nomination speech, de la Rosa recalled how the retired official saved him in one of their operations in Compostela Valley in Mindanao. When they were both in the active service, de la Rosa said he sought assistance from Ancan, as their troops were being attacked by the New People's Army (NPA). "Literally and figuratively (he) took a bullet for me", one cannot help but admire him," de la Rosa said. De la Rosa, a former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, said he was then ahead of Ancan's troop when Ancan's troops suddenly ran ahead of them, and minutes later, was fired upon by the rebels. He said he saw a bloodied Ancan and his foot was already pale and w
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