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01-28-06, 02:31 PM
‘They only had eyes for each other’—Inquirer source
First posted 01:16am (Mla time) Jan 29, 2006
By Fe B. Zamora, Dona Z. Pazzibugan
Inquirer
WHEN Capt. Nicanor Faeldon escaped on Dec. 14, 2005, one of the first persons contacted by the military was his girlfriend, herself a military lawyer.
“They called me: O saan mo itinago? Ilabas mo na (Where did you hide him? Produce him),” Capt. Candelaria “Candy” Rivas said when the Inquirer visited her at her office early this month.
Faeldon, through lawyer Roel Pulido, denied any romantic relationship with Rivas.
Rivas said she was at a court hearing outside Camp Aguinaldo at the time. “I didn’t know he had escaped. I didn’t know what was going on,” she said.
Rivas said she hurriedly returned to Camp Aguinaldo and proceeded to the headquarters of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces, where she faced more questions.
A source said Faeldon and Rivas apparently caught each other’s eye during the court hearings for the officers who had mounted the failed Oakwood mutiny on July 28, 2003.
Faeldon was one of the accused, and Rivas was a member of the prosecuting panel.
She is in her mid-30s and single. He is 38 and had his 10-year marriage annulled last year.
Despite their opposing positions in a court of law, Faeldon and Rivas found common passion in sport, according to the source, who often saw the couple playing badminton at the Isafp gym.
“She’d bring food, and they would have a picnic. They were oblivious to the people around,” the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“Malagkit ang tinginan (They only had eyes for each other),” said another source, who suspected a budding romance when he saw the couple at the Isafp gym.
Faeldon was detained at the Isafp compound along with the other mutiny leaders—Navy Lieutenants Antonio Trillanes IV and James Layug, Army Captains Miles Maestrecampo and Gerry Gambala, and Marine Capt. Gary Alejano.
After his escape in December, Faeldon launched a civil disobedience campaign on the Internet in an attempt to bring down the Arroyo administration.
Describing himself on his website, Faeldon said he got married in 1995 but the marriage was annulled in 2005. He said he had a son.
But Rivas told the Inquirer that she was not familiar with Faeldon’s website and had to ask her nephews and niece for help in surfing the Internet.
Court-martial spokesperson
Rivas is no stranger to media attention, but perhaps not the kind she is getting now.
Despite being a neophyte military prosecutor, Rivas was designated spokesperson for the general court-martial of the Oakwood mutineers.
As spokesperson for the trial proceedings, Rivas is known to be accommodating to reporters, taking time to explain military justice procedures and case details.
Most of the reporters covering the trial soon came to call her by her nickname.
The information available on Rivas is scant. She passed the bar in 1998; being a lawyer, she was directly commissioned into the military service as an Army captain on July 10, 2003.
She reported for duty on Aug. 1, 2003, as a legal officer at the Judge Advocate General’s Office, in its prosecution and legal service division.
Shortly afterward, she was assigned to the Jago prosecution team in the Magdalo general court-martial.
This was where her path crossed with that of Faeldon, one of the 97 junior officers being tried for mutiny.
Multi-awarded officer
Faeldon himself began his military career in June 1989, shortly after graduating from college, enlisting as a third-class trainee in the Naval Construction Brigade.
A year later, he was admitted to the Naval Officers School and was commissioned in January 1992.
He volunteered to serve in the Philippine Marines, where in the last 13 years he had earned numerous medals and military decorations, including a Gold Cross.
Faeldon worked his way through college at National University but he still managed to be active in extracurricular affairs, serving as student council president in 1985-87.
He graduated in 1989 with a degree in political science. With INQ7.net
Ellie
First posted 01:16am (Mla time) Jan 29, 2006
By Fe B. Zamora, Dona Z. Pazzibugan
Inquirer
WHEN Capt. Nicanor Faeldon escaped on Dec. 14, 2005, one of the first persons contacted by the military was his girlfriend, herself a military lawyer.
“They called me: O saan mo itinago? Ilabas mo na (Where did you hide him? Produce him),” Capt. Candelaria “Candy” Rivas said when the Inquirer visited her at her office early this month.
Faeldon, through lawyer Roel Pulido, denied any romantic relationship with Rivas.
Rivas said she was at a court hearing outside Camp Aguinaldo at the time. “I didn’t know he had escaped. I didn’t know what was going on,” she said.
Rivas said she hurriedly returned to Camp Aguinaldo and proceeded to the headquarters of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces, where she faced more questions.
A source said Faeldon and Rivas apparently caught each other’s eye during the court hearings for the officers who had mounted the failed Oakwood mutiny on July 28, 2003.
Faeldon was one of the accused, and Rivas was a member of the prosecuting panel.
She is in her mid-30s and single. He is 38 and had his 10-year marriage annulled last year.
Despite their opposing positions in a court of law, Faeldon and Rivas found common passion in sport, according to the source, who often saw the couple playing badminton at the Isafp gym.
“She’d bring food, and they would have a picnic. They were oblivious to the people around,” the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“Malagkit ang tinginan (They only had eyes for each other),” said another source, who suspected a budding romance when he saw the couple at the Isafp gym.
Faeldon was detained at the Isafp compound along with the other mutiny leaders—Navy Lieutenants Antonio Trillanes IV and James Layug, Army Captains Miles Maestrecampo and Gerry Gambala, and Marine Capt. Gary Alejano.
After his escape in December, Faeldon launched a civil disobedience campaign on the Internet in an attempt to bring down the Arroyo administration.
Describing himself on his website, Faeldon said he got married in 1995 but the marriage was annulled in 2005. He said he had a son.
But Rivas told the Inquirer that she was not familiar with Faeldon’s website and had to ask her nephews and niece for help in surfing the Internet.
Court-martial spokesperson
Rivas is no stranger to media attention, but perhaps not the kind she is getting now.
Despite being a neophyte military prosecutor, Rivas was designated spokesperson for the general court-martial of the Oakwood mutineers.
As spokesperson for the trial proceedings, Rivas is known to be accommodating to reporters, taking time to explain military justice procedures and case details.
Most of the reporters covering the trial soon came to call her by her nickname.
The information available on Rivas is scant. She passed the bar in 1998; being a lawyer, she was directly commissioned into the military service as an Army captain on July 10, 2003.
She reported for duty on Aug. 1, 2003, as a legal officer at the Judge Advocate General’s Office, in its prosecution and legal service division.
Shortly afterward, she was assigned to the Jago prosecution team in the Magdalo general court-martial.
This was where her path crossed with that of Faeldon, one of the 97 junior officers being tried for mutiny.
Multi-awarded officer
Faeldon himself began his military career in June 1989, shortly after graduating from college, enlisting as a third-class trainee in the Naval Construction Brigade.
A year later, he was admitted to the Naval Officers School and was commissioned in January 1992.
He volunteered to serve in the Philippine Marines, where in the last 13 years he had earned numerous medals and military decorations, including a Gold Cross.
Faeldon worked his way through college at National University but he still managed to be active in extracurricular affairs, serving as student council president in 1985-87.
He graduated in 1989 with a degree in political science. With INQ7.net
Ellie