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                    [Title] => Esperon to install new 6th ID commander
                    [Summary] => CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao — Maj. Gen. Agustin Dema-ala, Central Mindanao’s battle-hardened Army general known for having neutralized 48 members of the notorious Pentagon kidnap-for-ransom gang, will retire tomorrow and relinquish the helm of the 6th Infantry Division to an equally decorated successor from Luzon.


Dema-ala, who hails from Koronadal City, South Cotabato, said his stint as commander of the 6th ID, whose units are scattered in what could be the most hostile territories in the South, was the most challenging in his 34 years as an Army officer.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 318349 [Title] => Maguindanao mayors seek military intervention in MILF problem [Summary] => CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao — Eight mayors in the second district of Maguindanao urged the Army’s 6th Infantry Division yesterday to immediately intervene on what they consider as "unusual movements" of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) guerrillas in their respective towns since Saturday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 286755 [Title] => Sayyaf rebels wound soldier, 2 enlisted men [Summary] => CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao — Abu Sayyaf rebels wounded an Army officer and two enlisted personnel in counter-attacks in Maguindanao last Friday.

Maj. Gen. Agustin Dema-ala, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said the latest hostilities erupted at the boundary of Guindulungan and Talayan towns in Maguindanao, where Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khadafy Janjalani and his men have been holding out for more than a year now.

Dema-ala said an Army lieutenant and two of his enlisted subordinates were wounded in the firefight.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 286444 [Title] => Military still clueless on attacker of Army unit in Tacurong City [Summary] => CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao — Military probers are still clueless on the identity of the gunman, disguised as a soldier, who stormed the command center of an Army anti-crime unit in Tacurong City and killed two sentries last Tuesday.

The man, who was neatly clad in an Army uniform and armed with an M-14 assault rifle, was himself gunned down by responding soldiers after he fatally shot two soldiers manning the entrance to the headquarters of Task Force Talakudung.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 285174 [Title] => MILF expels Janjalani from lair [Summary] => The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has finally kicked out Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khadaffy Janjalani and his band of extremists from MILF territory in Central Mindanao, a senior military official said yesterday.

Maj. Gen. Agustin Dema-ala, commanding general of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said the MILF informed the elusive Janjalani in a letter last Thursday that he and his men should leave the territory under the control of the Muslim separatist rebels in Maguindanao.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 284642 [Title] => Paglas denies seeking replacement of cop, Army officials [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — Businessman Ibrahim "Toto" Paglas, the Liberal Party (LP) gubernatorial candidate in the Aug. 8 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), denied yesterday that he was seeking the replacement of certain police and military officials in the region perceived to be biased toward the other aspirants.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279135 [Title] => Dema-ala to take over 6th ID in Central Mindanao [Summary] => CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao — Maj. Gen. Agustin Dema-ala takes over the helm of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division on Monday, inheriting the anti-terrorism thrust of his predecessor, Gen. Raul Relano, in Central Mindanao, a known haven of the Jemaah Islamiyah, a regional terror group.

During Relano’s stint, which started in late 2004, the 6th ID started reaching out, through low-level peace dialogues, to field commanders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to sustain the ceasefire in areas within its jurisdiction.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269660 [Title] => Sulu offensive scaled down [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Government troops have scaled down their operations after capturing two of the last strongholds of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) renegades in Parang town, Sulu.

"Our operation in Sulu has scaled down and troops are engaging in a hide-and-seek pursuit against the fleeing renegades," Armed Forces Southern Command chief Lt. Gen. Alberto Braganza said.

Braganza reported the gains of government troops in Sulu to President Arroyo, who was in Butuan City in Agusan del Sur yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268476 [Title] => Misuari held incommunicado [Summary] => Malacañang has ordered tighter security on detained rebel leader Nur Misuari following reports that the erstwhile chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is in close contact with his supporters involved in clashes with government forces in Jolo, Sulu.

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Misuari is being kept incommunicado, or out of contact, at his detention cell at the police training camp Fort Sto. Domingo in Sta. Rosa, Laguna following an apparent breach of security.

Ermita said security forces are keeping a tight watch on Misuari following reports that he has been communicating with followers in Jolo and coordinating the armed conflict by telephone.

"We believe he (Misuari) has no way now to get in touch with his men because they are being driven far, far into the mountains of Jolo and that is why they do not have any more telephone contact," Ermita said. [DatePublished] => 2005-02-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268370 [Title] => Sulu revolt death toll climbs to 60 [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Fighting raged for the second day yesterday in Sulu with casualties expected to increase to more than 60 as armed supporters of jailed rebel leader Nur Misuari battled government forces.

Southern Command chief Lt. Gen. Alberto Braganza said troops have reported more than 30 rebels killed and a number of them wounded as the fighting continued a second day in Panamao town.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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