IN MEMORY OF A SOLDIER. Lt. Col. J-jay Javines (2nd from right), commanding officer of the Army's 79th Infantry Battalion, unveils the marker of the Alada Hall together with Escalante City Vice Mayor Rogelio Prietos (2nd from left) and executive assistant Aladdin Lumayno while Rev. Fr. Aurelius Pepino of St. Roch Parish Church blesses the building on May 29, 2022. The structure is dedicated to the memory of Pfc. Christopher Alada, who died during an encounter with CPP-NPA rebels in Barangay Kapitan Ramon, Silay City on August 20, 2021. (Photo courtesy of 79th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - A soldier who sacrificed his own life to fight communist terrorists in northern Negros will be immortalized through the building named after him at the headquarters of the Philippine Army's 79th Infantry Battalion (79IB) in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. Dubbed the Alada Hall, the structure is dedicated to the memory of the Private First Class (Pfc) Christopher Alada, a n
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