2009 TOFA Awardee,
ADOR CARREON RECEIVES COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER AWARD
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Ador Carreon, active community leader, recently received the Community Volunteer Award for Maryland’s
26th Legislative District for his “contributions to the quality of life in the community and for his active
participation in the social, cultural and economic pursuits of Prince Georges County and the State of
Maryland.” The ceremony was held last April 5, 2010 at the Miller Senate Bldg in Annapolis, Maryland.
Ador was recognized for his tireless and effective community service. The former president of the Philippine
American Foundation for Charities, Inc. (PAFC) is now Chairman of the Board of this association that
annually produces the month-long Philippine Festival every June. It holds programs that benefit the
community educationally, culturally and charitably and draws support from hundreds of volunteers in the
community to run the diverse projects.
Prior to becoming president of PAFC, he served as vice president of the organization and chairman of the
2005 & 2007 Festivals. Members of the community have come to rely on Ador as the “can do” volunteer. “If
there’s a will, there’s a way,” is his way of responding to the challenges of volunteerism. At the VFW 5471,
Ador served as Post Commander for two consecutive years (2004-2006). His leadership led the post to
receive the National Outstanding Community Service Post Award. In 2007, he earned the highest position in
the VFW Organization when he was selected to serve as its Department Commander in the Nation’s Capital
Region. Under his outstanding leadership, he received numerous awards and was recognized as an all
American Department Commander. He was awarded a much deserved one-week South Carribean Cruise
with his wife Nanette, after hosting Loyalty Day, the last event of his administration.
Ador is a strong supporter of Feed the Hungry and the Philippine-American Medical Mission of Mercy of
Metro, DC Inc. He has assisted them by raising funds for their programs. In August 2009, Ador was
recognized as one of the 2009 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos abroad. Ador also lent his support to the World
War II veterans in their struggle to achieve equity and compensation for their services.
Professionally, Ador was in the service of the U.S. Navy since 1967. He served in various commands and
flagships with the Seventh Fleet in the Pacific, including staff assignments in Japan, Hawaii, Rhode Island,
Norfolk, Virginia and Washington, DC (his last assignment). Among his awards are (1) Meritorius Service
Medal (2) Navy Commendation Medal (2 stars) (3) Navy Achievement Medal (4) Vietnam Service & Vietnam
Campaign medal (5) Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (6) National Defense Good Conduct Medal. After
30 years of distinguished and honorable service, he retired in November 1997, attaining the highest enlisted
rank of Master Chief Petty Officer in the Navy. In 1999, he joined the Department of the Treasury as the
Financial Operations Manager in-charge of the day-to-day operations of the Dept of Treasury Executive
Dining Room.
Ador and his wife, Nanette, were recently married in Padre Garcia, Batangas. In another act of charity, he
donated all their monetary gifts to purchase medical equipment and computers for the newly renovated
district hospital in Lipa City, to the local police department and the Department of Social Welfare. The Filipino
American Community of the Washington, DC area is truly fortunate to have Ador among their ranks. It is
leaders like him who give unselfishly and generously who are the true hall marks of volunteerism.
Congratulations Ador!
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Massacre raps vs 2 Ampatuans dropped
By Sandy Araneta (The Philippine Star) Updated April 18, 2010 12:00 AM
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MANILA, Philippines - Justice Secretary Alberto Agra cleared yesterday two members of the Ampatuan clan
of involvement in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao last Nov. 23.
Cleared of multiple murder charges were detained Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Gov.
Zaldy Ampatuan and Mamasapano Mayor Akmad Ampatuan.
Agra directed prosecutors to remove the names of the two from the charge sheet.
Agra, however, said the charges against former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. and Datu Unsay
town mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. remain.
In clearing Zaldy Ampatuan, Agra said conspiracy was not established. In his decision, Agra acted on a
petition for review filed by the two Ampatuans.
“Existence of conspiracy was not proven and being relatives and having similar surnames does not mean
there was conspiracy,” Agra said.
Agra also said documentary evidence proved that Zaldy Ampatuan was not at the crime scene at the time of
the massacre.
“There’s no proof of conspiracy so it gave weight to Zaldy Ampatuan’s alibi. I cleared Zaldy based on the
evidence he presented, consisting of plane tickets and cell phone records that he was not in Maguindanao
at the time of the massacre, and a witness who testified that he was not in Maguindanao at the time,” Agra
said.
The DOJ chief said he cleared Akmad Ampatuan because the witness, Kenny Dalagdag, did not identify him.
“Second, because he was not included in the charge sheet of the National Bureau of Investigation and the
Philippine National Police (PNP), and third because he had an alibi, that he joined a medical mission
elsewhere at the time of the massacre,” he said.
He said prosecutors would formally manifest before Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes the exclusion of the two
from the list of the accused.
“It will depend on the judge,” Agra said when asked if the two Ampatuans would be released.
Agra said he expected his resolution to spark a controversy. “I resolved the petition for review based on
evidence before me and not because it is popular clamor or what,” he said.
Agra also directed the provincial prosecutor of Maguindanao to withdraw all charges of murder and
frustrated murder against a group that included a key witness in the massacre.
Ordered dropped were the separate charges of murder and frustrated murder against Mokammad (also
spelled Mohammad) Sangki, Salik Sangki, Abdila Makalingay, Akmad Sangki, and Teng Pigkaulan.
Mokammad Sangki was a key witness in the Nov. 23 massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao in which 57
people - among them political rivals of the Ampatuan clan, their lawyers and supporters and at least 31
journalists - were shot dead and then buried in a hilly portion of Barangay Salman. Some of the victims were
buried in their vehicles.
The real targets of the massacre were the wife and relatives of Buluan Vice Mayor Esmael Mangudadatu
who were on their way to Shariff Aguak to file his certificate of candidacy for governor to challenge Andal Jr.
In a petition, Zaldy’s lawyer Redemberto Villanueva asked Agra to take a second look at the joint resolution
approved by state prosecutors, which named the ARMM governor as one of those indicted for multiple
murder.
Villanueva pointed out that Zaldy Ampatuan was not even included in the information filed by the Criminal
Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the PNP against more than 100 people implicated in the
slaughter.
“The governor was in Davao City all along, and it was impossible for Kenny Dalandag, who claimed to be a
member of the private armed group of Maguindanao Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr., to insist that Zaldy Ampatuan
was present at a conference purportedly held on Nov. 22 at a compound in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao,”
Villanueva stressed.
He added that the only piece of evidence cited by the panel of prosecutors to justify the inclusion of Zaldy in
the massacre case was the affidavit of Dalagdag.
He said the affidavit was only a “curative information that defies all physical laws since Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan
was in Davao City from Nov. 20 to 22.”
“Curative information have been condemned by the Commission on Human Rights since the filing of such
information against the accused does not cure the inherently illegal character of the arrest and the detention
of those charged,” he said in his petition.
“This defies all physical laws and imbues Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan with the power of bilocality,” he said of
Dalagdag’s affidavit.
“This is a complete fabrication since the governor was in Juan Luna Subdivision in Davao City from Nov. 20
to 22,” Villanueva said.
“Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan flew to Manila for a meeting in Malacañang on Nov. 23 and he took his flight in Davao
City,” he said.
To back up his claim, Villanueva submitted evidence that included receipts from telecommunication
companies that showed the ARMM governor’s calls were made in Davao City at the approximate time that
Dalagdag alleged that Zaldy Ampatuan was in Shariff Aguak.
Witnesses also attested to the presence of the ARMM governor in Davao City.
“Despite such obvious lack of evidence against Zaldy Ampatuan, he was still included in the list of 107
individuals who were indicted on Feb. 5, 2010 by a panel of investigating prosecutors in their joint resolution
for 57 counts of multiple murder,” the lawyer said.
He said Zaldy Ampatuan was arrested on Dec. 4, 2009 on the basis of an arrest warrant issued by Lt. Gen.
Raymundo Ferrer, who was not authorized under the 1987 Constitution to issue arrest warrants.
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