Baguio dads praise late fiscal Carbonell’s work

BAGUIO CITY – A former member of the prosecution service here has joined his Creator at the age of 77.

The city government extended sympathy and  condolences in a resolution to the bereaved family of the late Herminio Campos Carbonell who passed away Jan. 6.

City officials headed by Mayor Mauricio Domogan in the resolution said, “his service and endeavors contributed much to the City of Baguio and his performance in office is well creditable because he unselfishly showed exemplary devotion and commitment to it.Miniong, as he was fondly called by friends was a highly respected lawyer.”

 This distinction he slowly gained upon entering government service in 1951 with the Bureau of Public Works as a timekeeper and clerk of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Camp Murphy, Quezon City in 1953.

 He passed the bar in 1961 and was designated legal researcher –investigator of the City Fiscal’s Office of Baguio in 1963.

 During that period, he was designated Special Counsel to assist the City Fiscal in handling criminal and civil cases aside from his trial duties with the city courts.

 He was appointed Regular Special Counsel in 1970 and in 1986 was promoted to 1^st Assistant City Prosecutor until his retirement from the service on November 13, 2000.

 Born on Nov. 13, 1935 in Aringay, la Union where he traces his roots, he was a true blooded Ilocano. 

From the people he has dealt with, they will said he had a strong adherence to the rule of law, the profession he came to love and live, yet the Fiscal who always showed a strict aura and composure also reflected a human side, reflected in his compassionate heart.

 His staff said he showed love and understanding behind his authoritarian nature, often buying his favorite pandesal and coffee which he shared with them while playing his favorite pastime – answering crossword puzzle every morning.

 When he retired from service, he never forgot to drop by the prosecutor’s office before and after his hearings with the court as a private lawyer.

 He was a strong willed man who never gave-up easily, until he surrendered his last breath to the lord.    

 He is survived by her loving wife Generosa Carbonell, a retired Chief Nurse of the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center and her two beautiful daughters Doctor Armyn Carbonell  and Auronette Carbonell who followed in her father’s footstep, also a lawyer.

 His remains were interred at the Baguio Cementery Jan. 12. -- Paul Rillorta