Manila, Jan. 28 -- A Philippine Navy officer made history as the first woman to become a Commodore (equivalent to Brigadier General or one-star rank in the Army, Air Force, and Marines).
Promoted to the rank was Captain Luzviminda Camacho, chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Office of Legislative Affairs.
Aside from being the first woman to get the rank, Camacho is the first female chief of her office, the first woman to command a Philippine Navy ship and the first female commander of peacekeepers sent by the Philippines to Haiti.
Camacho was among the three senior officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) who formally donned their next higher rank in a ceremony in short ceremonies at the General Headquarters ...