Friday, February 05, 2010

Philippine Defense Chief Visits Zamboanga City


Philippine Defense chief Norberto Gonzales during a visit Friday, February 5, 2010 to Zamboanga City where he presided a youth forum and attended a meeting by the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)



ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 5, 2010) - Philippine Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales arrived in Zamboanga City in Mindanao Island for a series of meetings with private and government groups.

Gonzales also visited eight wounded soldiers at a military base in Western Mindanao Command where he and regional marine commander Lieutenant Benjamin Dolorfino pinned them medals.

The soldiers were among a group of infantrymen injured in a recent roadside bombing by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants in Basilan province that had killed an army man.

While in Zamboanga City, Gonzales also spoke at a youth forum and attended a meeting by the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council and another forum on climate change. (Mindanao Examiner)

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