PAGADIAN CITY: Government troops deployed in Mindanao said they favor a decorated military commander in Minda-nao as the next Philippine Army chief.

Gen. Noel Coballes, the current army chief, is retiring on February at age 56 and troops in the southern region said they want Gen. Ricardo Rainier Cruz 3rd to succeed as the next Commanding General of the Philippine Army.

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