RAFAEL ROMERO

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                    [Title] => Victor Corpus now a general
                    [Summary] => The Armed Forces of the Philippines has 58 new generals, one of them the controversial chief of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Victor Corpus.


Corpus, a member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class of 1967, was 18th on the list of senior military officers appointed ad interim to the rank of brigadier general or commodore by Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes. The promotion of the new generals was made effective April 16.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-05-10 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] =>  Mike Frialde
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                    [Title] => Bad weather hampers rescue of hostages in Basilan
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ISABELA, Basilan - Bad weather, rough terrain and land mines continue to hamper
military efforts to rescue 27 hostages held by the Muslim extremist group Abu
Sayyaf.

"We knew that this would not be a walk in the park, but the fighting
continues," Army spokesman Col. Rafael Romero said.

Military officials had earlier expected that the Abu Sayyaf's Camp Abdurajak on
Mt.
                    [DatePublished] => 2000-04-27 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1805432
                    [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
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                    [Title] => AFP gets 125 more US trucks
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The Armed Forces of the Philippines received 125 US-made M-35 trucks,
representing the second batch of excess defense articles committed by the
United States government under the Philippine-US Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT),
yesterday.

Maj. Gen. Reynaldo Gopilan, AFP deputy chief of staff for logistics (J4),
received the trucks on behalf of the military, during a brief ceremony at the
Logistics Command at Camp Aguinaldo.

Gopilan said the M-35 trucks, although second-hand, will boost the AFP's
transport capability.

Col.
                    [DatePublished] => 2000-03-30 00:00:00
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Victor Corpus now a general

By Mike Frialde | May 10, 2003 - 12:00am

The Armed Forces of the Philippines has 58 new generals, one of them the controversial chief of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Victor Corpus. Corpus, a member of the Philippine...

Headlines

Bad weather hampers rescue of hostages in Basilan

By Paolo Romero | April 27, 2000 - 12:00am

ISABELA, Basilan - Bad weather, rough terrain and land mines continue to hamper military efforts to rescue 27 hostages held by the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf. "We knew that this would not be a walk in...

Headlines

AFP gets 125 more US trucks

By Paolo Romero | March 30, 2000 - 12:00am

The Armed Forces of the Philippines received 125 US-made M-35 trucks, representing the second batch of excess defense articles committed by the United States government under the Philippine-US Mutual Defense...

Headlines