FOUR senior officers were officially installed as one-star and two-star generals of the Philippine Army during simple ceremony at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
Newly-appointed Army chief Lt. Gen. Glorioso V. Miranda led pinned additional stars on Brigadier Generals Robert M. Arevalo, the Army chief-of-staff, and Danilo G. Pamonag, Special Operation Command head who were promoted to two-star rank or major generals.
Those who received their first stars were Colonels Jesus A. Manangquil Jr. and Gilbert I. Gapay were promoted to one-star rank or brigadier general.
Manangquil is the current head of the 101st Infantry Brigade based in Jolo, Sulu; while Gapay is the assistant division commander of the Mechanized Infantry Division in Capas, Tarlac.