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Defense Secretary Gibo Teodoro and AFP Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr. give their eulogy during the necrological service for the late former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, held in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. Enrile was a the Minister of National Defense during Marcos Sr’s administration. Lyza Aquino, ABS-CBN News

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Military honors rendered for ex-Defense chief Enrile

Michael Delizo

ABS-CBN News

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1763556425622viber_image_2025-11-19_19-03-40-102.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960" alt="Defense Secretary Gibo Teodoro and AFP Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr. give their eulogy during the necrological service for the late former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, held in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. Enrile was a the Minister of National Defense during Marcos Sr’s administration. Lyza Aquino, ABS-CBN News "/>Defense Secretary Gibo Teodoro and AFP Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr. give their eulogy during the necrological service for the late former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, held in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. Enrile was a the Minister of National Defense during Marcos Sr’s administration. Lyza Aquino, ABS-CBN News </div>MANILA — The remains of the late Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile were received with military arrival honors upon their arrival at the Department of National Defense (DND) — an agency he once headed — in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Wednesday afternoon.Wearing a black mourning band on his right arm, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. personally led officials and employees of the DND in welcoming Enrile’s remains—part of the department’s formal observance of mourning and its expression of sympathy to the family.A necrological service for Enrile will also be held at the DND headquarters at 5 p.m.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/19/senate-honors-juan-ponce-enrile-one-last-time-1405">Senate honors Juan Ponce Enrile, one last time</a></div>In an earlier statement, the DND described Enrile as “an icon in defense policy and strategy,” adding that he “played a foundational role in building the modern Department of National Defense.”The department also ordered its flag flown at half-mast in his honor.Enrile served as defense minister to President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., when he became a <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/13/martial-law-survivors-no-tears-for-enrile-2007">central figure and chief implementer of Martial Law</a>, when at least 11,103 Filipinos were victims of abuse, inlcuding killing and enforced disappearance, torture, and arbirtrary detention.Enrile continued as defense minister under then President Corazon Aquino, but was later removed from the post over alleged links to a coup attempt.Widely regarded as one of the most influential and controversial defense figures in modern Philippine history, Enrile died at the age of 101 on November 13 due to pneumonia.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/13/enrile-s-life-and-legacy-in-his-own-words-1755">Juan Ponce Enrile&#x27;s life and legacy, in his own words</a></div>

The remains of the late Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile were received with military arrival honors upon their arrival at the Department of National Defense (DND) — an agency he once headed — in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Wednesday afternoon.

The remains of the late Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile were received with military arrival honors upon their arrival at the Department of National Defense (DND) — an agency he once headed — in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Wednesday afternoon.

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DND renders military honors for ex-defense chief Enrile

Michael Delizo,

ABS-CBN News

Published Nov 19, 2025 08:59 PM PHT

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Updated Nov 19, 2025 10:25 PM PHT

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