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Former AFP Public Affairs chief now heads 33rd IB in Sultan Kudarat

Local News • 02:10 AM Wed Feb 22, 2017
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Edwin O. Fernandez
Lt. Colonel Harold Cabunoc, ex-AFP-PAO chief now heads Army battalion in Sultan Kudarat. (kampilantroopers)

PRES. QUIRINO, Sultan Kudarat -- A former chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines PubLic Affairs Office (AFP-PAO) now heads the 33rd Infantry Battalion based here.Lieutenant Colonel Harold M. Cabunoc assumed as the commanding officer of 33rd Infantry (Makabayan) Battalion on Monday replacing Lieutenant Colonel Ricky P. Bunayog in a Change of Command Ceremony presided over by Brig Gen. Arnel dela Vega, 6th Infantry Division commander at 33IB Headquarters inBarangay Tual, President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat.Bunayog will serve full time as the assistant chief of staff for operations.Prior to his assignment as 33IB battalion commander, Cabunoc was head of the AFP's special project concerning Indigenous Peoples in Davao region.Cabunoc resigned as AFP-PAO chief after then Lt. Gen. Hernando Iriberri assumed as AFP chief in July 2015.Cabunoc assumed his post as the PAO chief of the AFP on October 2014.Army spokesman Lt. Col. Noel Detoyato assumed Cabunoc's post. Image may contain 1 person sand//scontent.fmnl4-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16830666_606331869573294_2033757680344377696_n.jpg?oh=7be6a5650b8e56cafae1aa3b69ad6edeandampoe=5935BADF

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