Billy Bibit

Bilbastro "Billy" Bibit[1] (March 10, 1950 – October 25, 2009) was a Filipino retired colonel and a Philippine Constabulary lieutenant colonel who led a series of attempted coups against former President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino[2] during the 1980s as a member of the Revolutionary Patriot Alliance (Rebolusyonaryong Alyansang Makabayan, RAM).[3]

Bibit graduated from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in 1972.[3][4] He became a founding member of both the RAM and the Guardians Brotherhood.[3]

Bibit was described as a close ally of Senator Gregorio Honasan, who had founded the RAM and led a series of coup attempts against the Aquino administration.[3] In December 1989, he was one of the RAM members who took over the Port of Manila[5] with him leading RAM personnel to controlling main entrances and exits of the port's North and South Harbors.[6] He was sentenced to nine years in jail for rebellion and murder on July 20, 1992.[7]

Aquino later appointed Bibit to a position in the Bureau of Customs.[3] He campaigned for a seat in the Congress of the Philippines in 1992, but lost the election.[3] Bibit later worked in the Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau during the early years of the administration of President Gloria Macapagal.[3]

Bibit was hospitalized for the last three years of his life.[3] He died at 9:52 p.m. on October 25, 2009, due to complications of a stroke that happened three years before his death.[2] His funeral took place at Chapel 6 at the Heritage Park in Fort Bonifacio.[3]

  • Bibit was portrayed by actor Rommel Padilla in the 1994 true to life action-drama film Col. Billy Bibit, RAM.

References
  1. Keesing's Record of World Events. Longman. 1990. p. 37579. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. "Billy Bibit dies at 59". The Philippine Star. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. Alamar, Noel (2009-10-26). "Ex-coup leader Billy Bibit dies". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
  4. McCoy, Alfred W. (2012). Torture and Impunity: The U.S. Doctrine of Coercive Interrogation. University of Wisconsin Pres. p. 135. ISBN 9780299288532. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism; Photojournalists' Guild of the Philippines (1990). Kudeta: the challenge to Philippine democracy. Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. p. 61. ISBN 9789718686003. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  6. "The Final Report of the Fact-Finding Commission: V: The Failed December 1989 Coup: Pre-Coup Events and Battle Zone Narratives". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  7. Asiaweek. Asiaweek Limited. 1992. p. 391. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
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