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                    [Title] => House probe set on arms deal
                    [Summary] => Surigao del Norte Rep. Prospero Pichay said yesterday the House defense committee, which he heads, is ready to probe alleged anomalies in the recent bidding by the Armed Forces for 105-mm. artillery ammunition.


In a statement, Pichay said he gave the written assurance last June 9 to Pakistan Ambassador Hikhar Hussain Kazmi in response to his letter of June 5 calling on the House of Representatives to look into the complaint of a Pakistan arms dealer.


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                    [Title] => PMA grads deployed to Mindanao
                    [Summary] => No sooner had Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class 2003 received their diplomas than they got their first assignment from President Arroyo: Deployment to Mindanao to fight terrorists of all stripes.


Mrs. Arroyo issued the marching order yesterday after PMA superintendent Maj. Gen. Adelberto Adan formally presented to her the Magdarangan (Mandirigmang may Karangalan) batch of graduates from the country’s premier military school.


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                    [Title] => No ‘intel failure’ in Zamboanga blasts – GMA
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo defended intelligence officials yesterday from criticism for their supposed "failure" to thwart Thursday’s bomb attacks in Zamboanga City.


Mrs. Arroyo, Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes and Armed Forces chief Gen. Benjamin Defensor took exception to accusations of "intelligence failure" hurled by some lawmakers at Brig. Gen. Victor Corpus, chief of military intelligence.


"I don’t think it is wise to make official statements that are based on armchair deductions," she said.


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                    [Title] => Military attaché to spy on Joma
                    [Summary] => An Air Force officer will be sent as military attaché to the Philippine Embassy in The Hague, the Netherlands to monitor the activities of self-exiled communist leaders led by Jose Ma. Sison.


Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes and Armed Forces chief Gen. Diomedio Villanueva had recommended to President Arroyo the posting of the military attaché, who has not yet been identified.


The STAR learned that Malacañang had already forwarded the matter to the office of Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr., who is also secretary of foreign affairs.


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                    [Title] => GMA receives C-130, arms from US government
                    [Summary] => A C-130 Hercules cargo plane carrying some 10,000 pounds of military materiel, such as rifles and grenade launchers, arrived at  Villamor Air Base in Pasay City yesterday from the United States, the first installment of a recently forged US military assistance package.


The plane and the equipment were formally received by President Arroyo, assisted by Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes and Armed Forces chief Gen. Diomedio Villanueva, in a champagne-bottle breaking "christening" ceremony.


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                    [Title] => JDV urges 3 CPLA factions to unify
                    [Summary] => BAGUIO CITY — Speaker Jose de Venecia journeyed to this city in driving rain the other day to work out the unification of three warring factions of the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army (CPLA) before their planned integration into the Armed Forces.


"We want peace in Mindanao, peace in the Cordilleras, and peace in the hearts of the Filipino people," De Venecia announced to more than 300 CPLA commanders and fighters.


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                    [Title] => GMA to AFP: Give peace a chance
                    [Summary] => BAGUIO CITY – Let’s give peace a chance. Completely dropping her predecessor’s "all-out war" policy, President Arroyo rallied the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and this year’s graduates of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) to help her government talk peace with insurgents.


In her speech during the commencement exercises for the PMA’s "Kaakibat" Class 2001 at Fort del Pilar here yesterday, the President said her administration is hell bent in stopping the decades-old rebellion still being waged by communist and Muslim guerrillas.


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                    [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
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DEFENSE SECRETARY ANGELO REYES AND ARMED FORCES

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In a statement, Pichay said he gave the written assurance last June 9 to Pakistan Ambassador Hikhar Hussain Kazmi in response to his letter of June 5 calling on the House of Representatives to look into the complaint of a Pakistan arms dealer.


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Mrs. Arroyo issued the marching order yesterday after PMA superintendent Maj. Gen. Adelberto Adan formally presented to her the Magdarangan (Mandirigmang may Karangalan) batch of graduates from the country’s premier military school.


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Mrs. Arroyo, Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes and Armed Forces chief Gen. Benjamin Defensor took exception to accusations of "intelligence failure" hurled by some lawmakers at Brig. Gen. Victor Corpus, chief of military intelligence.


"I don’t think it is wise to make official statements that are based on armchair deductions," she said.


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Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes and Armed Forces chief Gen. Diomedio Villanueva had recommended to President Arroyo the posting of the military attaché, who has not yet been identified.


The STAR learned that Malacañang had already forwarded the matter to the office of Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr., who is also secretary of foreign affairs.


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The plane and the equipment were formally received by President Arroyo, assisted by Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes and Armed Forces chief Gen. Diomedio Villanueva, in a champagne-bottle breaking "christening" ceremony.


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"We want peace in Mindanao, peace in the Cordilleras, and peace in the hearts of the Filipino people," De Venecia announced to more than 300 CPLA commanders and fighters.


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In her speech during the commencement exercises for the PMA’s "Kaakibat" Class 2001 at Fort del Pilar here yesterday, the President said her administration is hell bent in stopping the decades-old rebellion still being waged by communist and Muslim guerrillas.


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