Soldier offers marriage to fiancée in the middle of manhunt vs. NPAs in SK
Local News • 01:23 AM Wed Feb 14, 2018
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By:
Edwin O. Fernandez
The soon to be wife Private Christine Porcadilla, 26, platoon combat medic in the middle of Army offensives vs. IS inspired group in Maguindanao.
BAGUMBAYAN, Sultan Kudarat – A day before
lovers celebrate Valentine’s Day worldwide, two soldiers became engaged, not in
aristocratic restaurant or lovers’ resort, but in the middle of the
battlefield.
A unit of 33rd Infantry Makabayan Battalion
was in the middle of manhunt against communist rebels in the mountains of Sitio
2, Barangay Titulok, Bagumbayan when Corporal Denemar Albani, 27, platoon radioman
from Zamboanga City surprised her longtime girlfriend, Private Christine
Porcadilla, 26, platoon combat medic from Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat.
Albani connived with all of his colleagues in the
platoon except Porcadilla. While they took a rest after hours of hiking in the
mountains, Albani came in front of Porcadilla kneeling and offered to marry
her.
The visibly surprised Army medic could only smile
and whispered her positive reply to Albani’s querry as other soldiers held
postcards with the words Will you marry me?
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Cabunoc’s office and sought their commander’s guidance and approval.
Oh my, my soldiers asked my consent for them to
marry! What shall I say? Cabunoc, battalion commander, posted on his social media account. He quickly followed it with the words for the
coupleand O ayan, pinirmahan ko na kasi sabi niyo eh (There you go, I signed it
because you want it).
Cabunoc said he approved the request as both have
completed all the requirements set forth by the Army, including securing CENOMAR
(Certificate of No Marriage).
The duo had been engaged since last year when they
were both assigned with the Special Reaction Platoon.
Cabunoc said Porcadilla was one of his Designated
Marksmen during our encounter with Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF)
gunmen in Sitio Pedtad, Barangay Midpandacan, Gen. SK Pendatun town in
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