Philippine Asian News Today Vol 19 No 11 | Page 11

June 1 - 15, 2017
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Sen. Enverga celebrates 1st Fil-Can
Commanding Officer of the Royal Regiment
of Canada
Toronto, Ontario -
The
Honourable Tobias C. Enverga
Jr., Senator from Ontario, joined
the Royal Regiment of Canada at
the Fort York Armoury in Toronto,
Ontario to celebrate the Royal
Regiment of Canada’s Change of
Command Parade, Sorrel Day, and
Family Day events.
“As a proud Canadian, I am
grateful to be standing here today
to commend the brave work of
members of the Royal Regiment
of Canada, who have a long and
proud history of selflessly serving
Canadians and Canada’s interests
since 1862,” said Senator Enverga
in a statement.
Senator Enverga gave special
thanks to Lieutenant-Colonel Tom
Payne, who had led the Royal
Regiment of Canada for three
years, providing exemplary service
and leadership.
Senator Enverga also extended
warm congratulations to the Germany during the World War I was formed in 1862, making it one
of Canada’s oldest regiments.●
Regiment’s incoming Commanding Battle of Mount Sorrel, Belgium.
Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph
The Royal Regiment of Canada
Nonato, who becomes the first
Filipino-Canadian to hold this
post. Prior to taking command
of the Royal Regiment of Canada,
Nonato graduated from Kingston’s
prestigious Royal Military College
and served in missions in
Afghanistan and South Sudan.
Lieutenant Colonel Nonato, and
his accomplished and successful
wife Sheila, are a source of great
pride for the Filipino-Canadian
community.
“As celebrations are upon
us to mark and commemorate
Canada’s 150th birthday, now is a
perfect time for me to … laud all
members of the Canadian Army for
their good work and service,” said
Senator Enverga.
Sorrel Day marks Canada’s
valiant June 1916 victory over
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special forces were not fighting, but
“providing technical support”.
The colonel said June 9’s
deaths brought troops killed in the
conflict to 58.
“There were intense firefights,
house-to-house gunbattles,” said
Herrera at a news conference in
Marawi. “We are saddened with the
result... we have fatalities on the
government side,” he said. At least
20 civilians and around 138 mili-
tants have also been killed.
The insurgents have so far
withstood more than two weeks
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of assaults by security forces, with
about 2,000 people believed to be
trapped in militant-held areas but
the military said this amounts to
only 10 percent of the city. He said
the militants’ tactics was making it
harder for security forces to carry
out attacks without causing civil-
ian casualties and hurting religious
sensitivities.
“The local terrorist groups are
using the mosque, they are en-
trenched there. They also used ci-
vilians as human shields... we are
very precise in our operations to
avoid collateral damage.”●