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...more of the heart's arteries, some no thicker than a straw. Last week a nine-member court-martial jury found that Commander Donal Billig, a Navy doctor and former chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital, had "wrongfully" performed that delicate operation. The result: two retired servicemen, Lieut. Colonel John Kas and Petty Officer Joe Estep, died in 1984 after Billig operated on them...
...decision made, he sought Lieut. General Fidel Ramos' help. "I called Eddie. I had never discussed anything with him over the years, except in terms of the reform movement's general lack of aggressive intentions and its interest in institutional change. I told him, 'My boys are in this predicament, and I will have to be with them. I would like to find out whether you will join us or not.' General Ramos said, 'I am with...
...activities after Lieut. General Fidel Ramos and Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile staged their revolt. The house we were staying in was very close to the army camp. (My brother) Peping said, "The sooner you can get out of this house, the better." They asked me, "Where do you think you should stay?" I said at the Carmelite monastery. I got to the monastery, which was like The Sound of Music, and these nuns welcomed me. They said, "Cory, you will be very safe here, because they will have to kill all of us before they do anything...
...Lieut. General Fidel Ramos, Vice Chief of the armed forces, and Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile announced that they were breaking with the unregenerate Marcos and called for his immediate resignation. Marcos, Enrile said, had committed fraud in the Feb. 7 special election, and should step down "while there is still time." Declared Ramos: "The time has come to reverse the situation...
...rallying cry was born. Since then, the We Belong movement has gained varying degrees of support from as many as half of the Philippine military's 15,000 officers. Last week the armed forces Deputy Chief of Staff Lieut. General Fidel Ramos, 57, and Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, 62, took the unorthodox--and daring--step of resigning their lofty posts to signal that they too belong...