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                    [Title] => ‘RP has everything to lose, nothing to gain from scrapping of Balikatan’
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The Philippines has everything to lose and nothing to gain from the cancellation of the joint RP-US military exercises next year, according to the Presidential Commission on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFACom).


VFACom executive director Zosimo Paredes said the Philippines stands to lose in terms of training, technology and military equipment that the US donates to the country.

He warned that the country’s image before the international community would also suffer for not complying with its defense agreement with the US.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 376517 [Title] => RP-US 'Balikatan' di na mahinayon [Summary] => Tinuig nga "Balikatan" tali sa pwersang Amerikano ug Pilipinas gikanselar sa nasud sa Estados Unidos gumikan sa kasungian sa kustodiya sa gikombiktong "rapist" nga sundalong marino nga si Daniel Smith.

Sa usa ka report sa pamantalaang New York Times sa Estados Unidos, ang US commander sa Pasipiko nga si Admiral William Fallon mitug-an nga lakip sa ikanselar mao ang humanitarian aid ug reconstruction programs nga ilang gihatag dinhi.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804726 [AuthorName] => Edwin Ian Melecio [SectionName] => Banat Balita [SectionUrl] => balita [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373776 [Title] => US hands out new posters of wanted terrorists [Summary] => JOLO, Sulu — American troops have circulated new posters of the al-Qaeda-linked terror cell Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Abu Sayyaf for civilians that would help the military track the terrorists still believed hiding in the jungle of this island, officials said yesterday.

The new posters and leaflets carry the faces of eight high-ranking terrorist leaders and mid-level leaders and the bounties on their head.

The posters and leaflets also tell the public how they can contact and coordinate with the authorities if anyone spots these suspected terrorists.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373556 [Title] => Tipster gets P.35-M reward for info on Zambo kidnapper [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — A civilian informant received a P350,000 reward on Monday for helping the authorities neutralize the city’s most wanted kidnapper, police said.

Chief Superintendent Jaime Caringal, Region 9 police director, lauded the informant’s courage in aiding the police and the military in locating Romy Akilan, who headed a kidnap-for-ransom gang, and killing him in a shootout on Sacol Island.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 340352 [Title] => Janjalani, Indonesian militants sighted in Jolo [Summary] => The leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf terror group and two Indonesian suspects of the deadly 2002 Bali bombings have been sighted recently on southern Jolo island but could not launch attacks because of logistical problems, officials said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327971 [Title] => US Pacific Command to continue aid to RP war vs terrorism [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The US Pacific Command vowed to continue helping the Armed Forces beef up its anti-terrorism campaign in Mindanao and elsewhere in the country next year.

US Admiral William Fallon, commander of the US Pacific Command, gave this assurance during the March 7 hearing of the US Senate armed services committee on the military strategy and operational requirements in the 2007 US defense budget.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 309725 [Title] => Defense chief to meet with Rumsfeld in US [Summary] => Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz is leaving for the United States today to meet with US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and explore areas of cooperation geared toward improving the country’s military capability.

Cruz said he would also be meeting with Admiral William Fallon, commander of the Honolulu-based US Pacific Command, to discuss mutual military and security concerns, including the progress of the five-year Philippine Defense Reform Program (PDR).
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 272504 [Title] => Talks with MILF to resume despite US warning [Summary] => Amid claims the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has established ties with groups linked with the al-Qaeda international terror network, Malacañang declared yesterday its resolve to push through with peace talks with the Muslim separatist group in Malaysia on April 16.

The government has waited long enough for the opportunity to talk peace with the MILF, said Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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