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First Filipino Admiral, Minister of Muslim Affairs
Governor and Representative of Tawi-Tawi
Regional Commissioner of Western Mindanao
AFP Southern Command Chief
Ambassador to Egypt and Saudi Arabia
World War II Veteran

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Our condolences to the family of the late former Prime Minister and Finance Minister Cesar E.A. Virata
02/10/2026

Our condolences to the family of the late former Prime Minister and Finance Minister Cesar E.A. Virata

Happy 53rd anniversary to our beautiful and peace-loving Province of Tawi-Tawi (1973–2026)!
27/09/2026

Happy 53rd anniversary to our beautiful and peace-loving Province of Tawi-Tawi (1973–2026)!

For the first time in a Philippine Bar Exam syllabus (2027 Bar), the is expressly mentionedSource: https://sc.judiciar...
18/09/2026

For the first time in a Philippine Bar Exam syllabus (2027 Bar), the is expressly mentioned

Source:https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2027PBE_BB1.pdf

Happy 101st Birthday Admiral, Amba, Uncle Mulo, Daddylo! You will always be in our hearts and minds
16/09/2026

Happy 101st Birthday Admiral, Amba, Uncle Mulo, Daddylo! You will always be in our hearts and minds

On this day, 30 years ago, the 1996 Final Agreement on the implementation of the 1976 Tripoli Agreement was signed betwe...
02/09/2026

On this day, 30 years ago, the 1996 Final Agreement on the implementation of the 1976 Tripoli Agreement was signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), with the participation of the Organization of Islamic Conference Ministerial Committee of the Six and the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Conference

Happy 65th Founding Anniversary to Mindanao State University! Grateful for these recognitions from 1982 and 1992.
01/09/2026

Happy 65th Founding Anniversary to Mindanao State University! Grateful for these recognitions from 1982 and 1992.

Happy National Heroes Day! Remembering our World War II fighters, particularly from Mindanao
31/08/2026

Happy National Heroes Day! Remembering our World War II fighters, particularly from Mindanao

Remembering the magnitude 8.0 Moro Gulf Quake from 50 years ago (August 17, 1976)
17/08/2026

Remembering the magnitude 8.0 Moro Gulf Quake from 50 years ago (August 17, 1976)

Remembering Dr. Ernesto Espaldon on his 20th death anniversary todayDr. Ernesto Mercader Espaldon was born on November 1...
04/08/2026

Remembering Dr. Ernesto Espaldon on his 20th death anniversary today

Dr. Ernesto Mercader Espaldon was born on November 11, 1926 in Tubig-Indangan, Simunul, Tawi-Tawi (then part of Sulu). His parents, Cipriano and Claudia Espaldon, had moved there from Sorsogon to serve as pioneer teachers.

During World War II, he joined the Sulu guerrilla movement as a fighting lineman and later as a guerrilla commander—the youngest in the Sulu Area Command, being only 16 at the time. He was joined by his elder brother, Romulo, who was 17. They had misrepresented their ages to be able to join the fight against the invading Japanese forces.

Dr. Espaldon later authored the book "With The Bravest: The Untold Story of the Sulu Freedom Fighters of World War II." A cave in Manuk Mangkaw, Simunul is informally named "Bohe Espaldon" in honor of the two brothers who took shelter there during the war.

After the war, he completed his high school education, took up medicine at the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, and pursued a general surgery residency training at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center, then specialized in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Washington University School of Medicine, and the Barnes Hospital Group in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dr. Espaldon became the first Filipino-American diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and also of the Philippine College of Surgeons. He decided to practice his specialty in Guam and Micronesia, which gave him the opportunity to conduct medical missionary work in depressed and underserved areas in the Philippines and Micronesia. He spearheaded the Guam Medical Missions which brought American and Filipino physicians to Mindanao to conduct free medical services under the auspices of the Commission for Islamic Affairs (later Ministry of Muslim Affairs), headed by Rear Admiral Espaldon.

Dr. Espaldon also served as a senator in the Guam Legislature for six terms.

He was married to Leticia Legaspi Virata, also a physician, and was blessed with six children. He passed away on August 4, 2006, barely a year after the passing of his elder brother, and was honored with a state funeral by the Guam Legislature.

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