MANILA, Philippines – Former Presidential Security Group head Brigadier General Jesus Durante III and Colonel Michael Licyayo wereDurante, Licyayo, other military personnel, and a civilian are persons of interest in the murder of businesswoman-model Yvonette Chua Plaza on December 29, 2022.
Philippine National Police director of the Davao region Brigadier General Benjamin Silo Jr. said that the act “A Davao native, Durante graduated from the Philippine Military Academy Tanglaw Diwa Class of 1992. He holds a master’s degree in defense analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School in California, United States, and a master’s in public management, majoring in development security from the Development Academy of the Philippines.,” Durante commanded the 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion of the 1st Scout Ranger Regiment based in Mindanao. He received the PMA Alumni Association’s Cavalier Award for Army Operations in 2003.