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By Connie E. Fernandez
Inquirer Visayas
7:39 am | Friday, March 28th, 2014



The pets of Communist Party of the Philippines chairman Benito Tiamzon and his wife Wilma were presented to the media on Thursday at the Central Command in Cebu. The pets were with the couple during their arrest on March 22.


CEBU CITY, Philippines—The military has adopted two dogs and a cat belonging to captured communist leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon, saying they can be turned into “peaceful pets.”

“Since they are now in our custody, there is nothing wrong if we take care of them. Maybe they will become peaceful pets, they are now also peaceful and development-ready,” said Maj. Gen. John Bonafos, chief of the Armed Forces Central Command (Centcom).

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Not arrested

Asked if the pets were under arrest, Bonafos replied laughing, “Of course not.”

“We are taking care of them. If we neglect them, we might be charged with violating animal rights,” he said in Filipino.

He said the pets could be returned to the Tiamzons, “but as of now we have adopted them.”

However, the cost of feeding the pets was rather high, more than the P500 combat pay of a soldier and, presumably, the kind of food eaten by the communist rebels in the mountains, Bonafos said.

The Tiamzon’s pets are fed the “Royal Canine” brand of pet food, which costs P2,000 per pack. Each pet consumes one pack per month, said Bonafos.

If the Tiamzons spent P2,000 per month per pet, it means the food consumption of the three pets reached P14,000 per month.

Bonafos said the military’s K-9 unit is taking care of them and continues to feed them with the same expensive dog food brand. The budget is taken from the allocation of the K-9 unit, he said.

Bonafos said the Tiamzons’ well-known love for pets was one of the clues that led intelligence agents to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army chair and his wife.

He said the agents received tips about a couple in Barangay Sangat with so many pets who did not mingle with their neighbors.

“The information didn’t come from the military and the Philippine National Police but from the people,” he said.

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Military: Tiamzon couple’s love of pets did them in
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By Chito O. Aragon
2:14 am | Friday, March 28th, 2014



One of the dogs left behind in the safehouse of the Tiamzons in San Fernando.


IT was the Tiamzon couple’s love of pets that led the military to the compound they rented in barangay Sangat in San Fernando town, southern Cebu last Saturday.

Lt. Gen. John Bonafos, commander of the AFP Central Command, yesterday presented to the media two dogs and a cat that were supposedly kept by Benito and Wilma Tiamzon, chairman and finance chief of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).

The military decided to rename the two Shih Tzu dogs “Ben” and “Wilma” while the Persian cat will be named “Joma”, said Lt. Jim Aris Alagao, Centcom spokesman.

Joma is Jose Ma. Sison, the exiled leader of the CPP.






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hey, nothing more is said about the other 4 dogs and 3 cats left behind in the safe house in sangat, san fernando, cebu.  who's feeding them?  

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