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                    [ArticleID] => 382900
                    [Title] => Statement — Melo Commission and its commander-in-chief
                    [Summary] => 

There is nothing new with the report by the Melo Commission finding notorious Gen. Jovito Palparan and other AFP commanders responsible for the serial killings of over 800 political activists since 2001.
 

It merely echoes what the families of victims and the entire human rights community have long exposed and protested both here and abroad. It only affirms the charges filed by the victim's families and human rights groups in various local and international bodies demanding government accountability amidst a climate of state terrorism and impunity.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 188230 [Title] => Ople becomes member of GMA’s national security team [Summary] => Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople is now a member of President Arroyo’s core of national security advisers.

Mrs. Arroyo has issued Executive Order No. 151, dated Dec. 9, to include Ople in the Cabinet oversight committee on internal security.

In her order, Mrs. Arroyo said Ople should be in the committee because "matters relating to internal security may have foreign policy dimensions" and the government’s foreign policy "may provide opportunities that may help address internal security issues."
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 148376 [Title] => I was wrongly convicted, says Jalosjos [Summary] => Convicted child-rapist and Zamboanga del Norte Rep. Romeo Jalosjos virtually accused President Fidel Ramos and his allies of persecution and blamed his conviction and the consequent upholding by the Supreme Court of the lower court’s ruling, on politics.

"I was falsely accused, wrongly convicted. I was used just to show that they could catch big fish. I was used as their trophy," Jalosjos told the media in yesterday afternoon’s press conference at the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa City.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620721 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90913 [Title] => Government mulls arming civilians in Basilan [Summary] => Malacañang is studying whether to allow civilians in Sulu and Basilan to carry arms to defend themselves from Abu Sayyaf bandits.

This developed as President Arroyo awarded P1 million yesterday to the widow of retired Army Lt. Col. Fernando Bajet, who was killed last Saturday while helping government troops drive out Abu Sayyaf rebels from the Jose Torres Memorial Hospital in Lamitan, Basilan.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 92666 [Title] => Government mulls arming civilians in Basilan [Summary] => Malacañang is studying whether to allow civilians in Sulu and Basilan to carry arms to defend themselves from Abu Sayyaf bandits.

This developed as President Arroyo awarded P1 million yesterday to the widow of retired Army Lt. Col. Fernando Bajet, who was killed last Saturday while helping government troops drive out Abu Sayyaf rebels from the Jose Torres Memorial Hospital in Lamitan, Basilan.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90475 [Title] => ‘AFP 100% behind government’ [Summary] => The man responsible for giving military backing to the civilian uprising that ousted Joseph Estrada from the presidency last January is standing by the new government he helped install.

"There is no doubt on the loyalty of the entire Armed Forces. There is no need for loyalty checks since we are certain and confident that the loyalty of the AFP to the administration is 100 percent," Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90434 [Title] => NDF leaders get Palace reception [Summary] => President Arroyo hosted a closed-door reception for peace negotiators of the communist National Democratic Front (NDF) late Friday night, Malacañang announced yesterday.

According to a Palace statement, the reception included a "cordial" 90-minute meeting between the President and NDF chief negotiators Luis Jalandoni and his wife Connie Ledesma.

The statement quoted Jalandoni as saying the popular uprising that toppled the Estrada administration and installed Mrs. Arroyo last January had improved relations between the go-vernment and the communists.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90408 [Title] => Norway agrees to host peace talks [Summary] => Norway has agreed to host peace talks between the government and the communist National Democratic Front (NDF) from April 27 to May 1.

Retired Lt. Gen. Eduardo Ermita, presidential adviser on the peace process, said yesterday Norwegian Ambassador Tal Moe relayed the information to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in a diplomatic note last April 18.

Ermita said Norway’s role in the peace talks is not yet clear but that it would be known two days after the negotiations between the government and the NDF start in Oslo.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90423 [Title] => Malaysia also offers to host MILF talks [Summary] => Malaysia, too, is ready to host talks between the Phi-lippine government and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to end a secessionist rebellion in Mindanao.

But Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday that any assistance from Malaysia would not include granting political asylum to the rebels.

"If they want us to play a role and they think we can play a useful role, of course we are willing to do that, but the terms of reference must be clear on our role," Syed Hamid said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90403 [Title] => Six new witnesses to testify on Dacer case [Summary] => Six new witnesses, four of them former agents of the defunct Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force, (PAOCTF), will testify on the mastermind of the Nov. 24 kidnap-murder of publicist Salvador "Bubby" Dacer.

Justice Secretary Hernando Perez announced at a press conference that the Philippine National Police (PNP) is just awaiting the "completion of affidavits" of these witnesses, including two civilians, on the killing of Dacer and his driver Emmanuel Corbito.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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