+ Follow BUAN AND MARTIN Tag
BUAN AND MARTIN
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[ArticleID] => 104598
[Title] => Joma to Joe: Captives freed in 15 to 30 days
[Summary] => DAGUPAN CITY — Former House Speaker Jose de Venecia said communist leader Jose Ma. Sison informed him in a phone conversation yesterday that the New People’s Army (NPA) will work on the release of an Army intelligence officer and a police major in "15 to 30 days."
The two captives are Army Maj. Noel Buan and police Chief Inspector Abelardo Martin, whom the NPA has kept somewhere in Southern Tagalog for two years now.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-04 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 89657
[Title] => De Villa: I’m not blocking political prisoners’ release
[Summary] => Executive Secretary Renato de Villa denied yesterday claims of human rights groups that he was blocking the proposal to release 77 political detainees.
De Villa said the government remains committed to releasing political detainees but explained that the Department of National Defense (DND) must first be allowed to review the individual cases.
"We are committed to do that," he said. "There’s no problem except that the DND has not actually completed its report."
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-05 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 105309
[Title] => Free political prisoners, Arroyo government urged
[Summary] => The National Democratic Front (NDF) urged the Arroyo administration to free all political prisoners as a "goodwill and confidence-building measure" for the resumption of peace negotiations.
Jose Ma. Sison, founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines and NDF chief political consultant, said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo can find "precedence" in the "unilateral act" of former President Corazon Aquino who ordered the release of all political prisoners after the fall of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-30 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1190200
[AuthorName] => by Benjie Villa
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[ArticleID] => 105093
[Title] => Captive cop, soldier joining communist rebs in attacks?
[Summary] => Army Maj. Noel Buan and police Chief Inspector Abelardo Martin may have joined their communist captors in staging attacks against military and police detachments and other government installations, a military official said yesterday.
"We have been receiving reports that the two (Buan and Martin) have actually been leading ambuscades and attacks on detachments and convoys," the source, who requested anonymity, said, noting the stepped-up attacks of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Quezon and Laguna in the past several weeks.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-26 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1805432
[AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
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[ArticleID] => 88070
[Title] => NPA won't release 2 captives
[Summary] =>
The National Democratic Front (NDF) said yesterday that a police major and an
Army intelligence officer being held captive by the New People's Army (NPA) in
Southern Tagalog "cannot be released."
NDF leader Luis Jalandoni added in a statement from the Netherlands that the
NPA "is availing of favorable conditions for launching tactical offensives
against the (government) and does not have the time for gratuitously releasing
any prisoner of war."
"Our previous order of release for (Chief Inspector Abelardo) Martin has been
rescinded," Jalandoni said, adding that the NPA has fo
[DatePublished] => 2000-05-18 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1190200
[AuthorName] => by Benjie Villa
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[ArticleID] => 94831
[Title] => Legarda: 4 senators blocking our efforts
[Summary] =>
Sen. Loren Legarda said yesterday four of her colleagues in the Senate as well
as certain government officials are allegedly "out to destroy" her and are
blocking efforts of the humanitarian peace mission that includes her to seek
the release of an Army major and police officer held captive by communist
rebels.
She, however, declined to name the four senators and government officials.
[DatePublished] => 2000-02-20 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1097645
[AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta
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[ArticleID] => 94792
[Title] => Bishop lambasts Reyes' stance vs NDF demand
[Summary] =>
Sorsogon Bishop Jesus Varela assailed Armed Forces chief Gen. Angelo Reyes
yesterday for rejecting the demand of the National Democratic Front (NDF) for a
five-week suspension of counter-insurgency offensive in Southern Tagalog to
pave the way for the release of a police officer and a soldier whom communist
rebels are holding captive.
In a statement, Varela aired apprehension that Reyes' hardline stance might
cause the death of one of the NPA captives, or worse, both of them.
Army Maj.
[DatePublished] => 2000-02-16 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1805432
[AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
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[ArticleID] => 94986
[Title] => Reyes: We're not in a negotiating mood
[Summary] =>
"We are not in a negotiating mood with the National Democratic Front!"
These were the stern words of Armed Forces chief Gen. Angelo Reyes when asked
if the military will negotiate with the NDF for the release of Chief Inspector
Abelardo Martin and Army Maj. Noel Buan, who were abducted by the New People's
Army (NPA) in Southern Tagalog last year. Martin is the police chief of
Dolores, Quezon, and Buan is an Army intelligence officer.
"We are pursuing rescue and recovery operations.
[DatePublished] => 2000-02-15 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097368
[AuthorName] => Mike Frialde
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[ArticleID] => 94936
[Title] => Mercado rejects Loren's plea
[Summary] =>
Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado flatly rejected yesterday the request of Sen.
Loren Legarda for the government to suspend military operations in the entire
Southern Tagalog to effect the release of Army Maj.
[DatePublished] => 2000-02-09 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1805432
[AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
[SectionName] => Headlines
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February 5, 2001 - 12:00am
