FORMER Army Colonel Alexander Noble, leader of the 1990 pocket rebellion against the administration of then-President Corazon Aquino, passed away at his residence Tuesday morning, his family and friends said.
Noble, a member of the Philippine Military Class 1969, passed away in his residence in Alwana Village, Barangay Cugman, this city.
“At 3:10 am, when he often found solace in meditation, he made his final accent—rising to the next plane to be with his Master. It is fitting that he left us in the stillness of the early morning, a time when the world is quiet and full of possibility, much like the man he was,” Noble’s daughter Mary Clarisse Khezia Hernandez said in her post on Facebook.
Noble, a member of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM), led 300 soldiers and Higaonon paramilitary militias in seizing the 402nd Infantry Division in Bangcasi, Butuan City, and the 4th Infantry Division headquarters in Cagayan de Oro City on October 4, 1990.
The renegade Army colonel seized the two military camps without firing a shot and he eventually proclaimed the independence of the Federal Republic of Mindanao.
Two days later, Noble surrendered to then-Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and the late Misamis Oriental Governor Vicente Emano.
After his surrender, Noble was taken into custody and brought to Manila to stand trial for the rebellion.
He was tried by a military court but the specifics of the trial and the sentence were not widely documented.
Noble was later appointed to the Board of Directors of the Phividec Industrial Estate in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.
