Billy Bibit Explained

Billy C. Bibit
Birth Date:March 10, 1950
Placeofburial:Heritage Park, Fort Bonifacio
Allegiance:Philippines
Alma Mater:Philippine Military Academy
Known For:Coup attempts against President Corazon Aquino
a member of Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM)
Branch:Philippine Constabulary
Rank:Lieutenant Colonel

Billy C. Bibit [1] (March 10, 1950 – October 25, 2009) was a Filipino retired colonel and a Philippine Constabulary lieutenant colonel who led a series of attempted coups against former President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino during the 1980s as a member of the Revolutionary Patriot Alliance (Rebolusyonaryong Alyansang Makabayan, RAM).[2]

Bibit graduated from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in 1972.[2] [3] He became a founding member of both the RAM and the Guardians Brotherhood.[2]

Bibit was described as a close ally of Senator Gregorio Honasan, who had founded the RAM and led a series of coup attempts against the Aquino administration.[2] In December 1989, he was one of the RAM members who took over the Port of Manila[4] with him leading RAM personnel to controlling main entrances and exits of the port's North and South Harbors.[5] He was sentenced to nine years in jail for rebellion and murder on July 20, 1992.[6]

Aquino later appointed Bibit to a position in the Bureau of Customs.[2] He campaigned for a seat in the Congress of the Philippines in 1992, but lost the election.[2] Bibit later worked in the Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau during the early years of the administration of President Gloria Macapagal.[2]

Bibit was hospitalized for the last three years of his life.[2] He died at 9:52 p.m. on October 25, 2009, due to complications of a stroke that happened three years before his death.[7] His funeral took place at Chapel 6 at the Heritage Park in Fort Bonifacio.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Keesing's Record of World Events . 1990 . Longman . 37579 . 3 January 2019 . en.
  2. News: Noel . Alamar . Ex-coup leader Billy Bibit dies . ABS-CBN News. 2009-10-26 . 2009-11-03.
  3. Book: McCoy . Alfred W. . Torture and Impunity: The U.S. Doctrine of Coercive Interrogation . 2012 . University of Wisconsin Pres . 9780299288532 . 135 . 3 January 2019 . en.
  4. Book: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism . Photojournalists' Guild of the Philippines . Kudeta: the challenge to Philippine democracy . 1990 . Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism . 61 . 9789718686003 . 3 January 2019 . en.
  5. Web site: The Final Report of the Fact-Finding Commission: V: The Failed December 1989 Coup: Pre-Coup Events and Battle Zone Narratives. Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. 3 January 2019.
  6. Book: Asiaweek . 1992 . Asiaweek Limited . 391 . 3 January 2019 . en.
  7. News: Billy Bibit dies at 59 . 3 January 2019 . The Philippine Star. 27 October 2009.
  8. Book: McCoy, Alfred. Closer Than Brothers. 311–312. 2002. Yale University Press. February 22, 2023. Google Books.
  9. Web site: Robin Gives Way to Rommel. Japitana. Norma. 18. September 2, 1994. Manila Standard. Philippine Manila Standard Publishing. February 22, 2023. Google News.