Jose Bravo Sibayan, Sr

1994 Memoir – 166. Assigned as S-2, First Battalion Combat Team (BCT)

Chris Lontok — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000

After the birth of Bobby, I was designated as Intelligence Officer, or Bn. S-2, 1st BCT, stationed in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. I had soldiers trained as Scout Rangers dressed in civilian clothes and armed with Thompson Submachine Guns carried in “bayon” or buri, who began operating in groups of six. Instead of riding Army convoys […]

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1994 Memoir – 165. Operations on Mt. Pinatubo Against the Huks

Chris Lontok — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000

We got information that the HUKS were training their recruits in Mt. Pinatubo, Zambales (the volcano that exploded in 1991), where two cadre barracks called Station University were spotted by planes of the U.S. Air Force from Clark Air Base. This mountain overlooking Clark Air Base was infested by Huks. They had to be driven […]

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1994 Memoir – 164. Work as a Fighting Lawyer

Chris Lontok — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000

As a student officer in the Infantry School in Ft. McKinley, Rizal (New Fort Bonifacio), I not only missed using my profession as a lawyer but my salary was also reduced because of my reduction in rank. My only advantage being a regular officer is that my term of office was no longer just good […]

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1994 Memoir – 163. Short-Lived Glory as Captain-Attorney

Chris Lontok — Thu, 28 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000

My name and picture were in the KHAKI AND RED Constabulary magazine circulated among all armed forces units in the Philippines. We were two P.C. officers who passed the Bar, but my grade was higher than the other. It was publicized that I rose from the ranks as Private to Master Sergeant, to Captain, Infantry-Reserve. […]

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1994 Memoir – 162. The Raagas-Bravo Party

Chris Lontok — Tue, 26 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000

In the party given me and Pat in Pandacan, not one BRAVO attended it, although I had invited them to come. But the SIBAYAN family of Mg. Feling and Francing came. Hence they are in the picture. However, the BRAVO family was present in the party given by Col. Solud, where no SIBAYAN family was […]

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1994 Memoir – 161. My Return Party in Pandacan

Chris Lontok — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Every weekend there was a party held for me, first by my co-officers, in Max’s Fried Chicken; then my enlisted men, in the EM’s Clubhouse; then by my Civilian Employees, inside our office; and finally by Col. Solud, in his newly built mansion in Pasay City, where he invited all officers, enlisted men, civilian employees, […]

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1994 Memoir – 160. Round of Blowout Parties

Chris Lontok — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000

I was a Field Officer of the Day of GHQ, MAC (PA), as a newly promoted Captain when the Bar Exam results were finally published in May, 1950. According to rumors, it was delayed because the son of President Elpidio Quirino, Tony Quirino, failed to make the grade and they were trying to stretch his […]

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1994 Memoir – 159. A “Tip” on Political Law

Chris Lontok — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Our subjects on the last, or fourth, Sunday were POLITICAL LAW, INTERNATIONAL LAW, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURES. Before we were required or told to get our test notebooks, I saw the candidate in front of me holding a ¼ piece of bond paper and memorizing its contents. When he went to get his test notebook […]

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1994 Memoir – 158. Rain During Review

Chris Lontok — Tue, 12 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000

I was invited by Col. Solud to ride with him after office hours to my review class, which was along his way to Pasay via Sta. Mesa Street and Nagtahan Bridge. I used to drop off at the corner of Legarda Street and Sta. Mesa Street, which was still a good, around 1000 meters to […]

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1994 Memoir – 157. Asian Flu During Exams

Chris Lontok — Thu, 07 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000

The much-dreaded and publicized sickness of “Asian Flu” caused Pat and all our four small children to get sick of high fever! All throughout Saturday and Saturday night, I had to attend to them, giving them medicine and lots of water to drink. I wasn’t able to sleep a wink the whole night, watching and […]

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