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                    [Title] => AFP vows to remain apolitical
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Malacañang and the military rebuffed yesterday calls for soldiers opposed to Charter change and critical of the Arroyo administration to join Sunday’s prayer rally and street protests.


"The Armed Forces has its own function as well as the PNP (Philippine National Police). So I suppose it is enough that soldiers perform their duties," Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said.

Ermita said what the soldiers and the police should do is maintain peace and order during the protest actions..
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[DatePublished] => 2006-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 359940 [Title] => AFP: No coup will happen when GMA goes abroad [Summary] => Malacañang and the Armed Forces lambasted the opposition yesterday for insisting that President Arroyo is not sure if the military will not launch a coup and oust her when she goes abroad, similar to the fate of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon disclosed the military is closely monitoring the movements of Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM), a group of Islam converts espousing a holy war against Christians and "non-believers."

Esperon made the disclosure amid the heightened security alert ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the US.
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ERMITA AND ESPERON
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Malacañang and the military rebuffed yesterday calls for soldiers opposed to Charter change and critical of the Arroyo administration to join Sunday’s prayer rally and street protests.


"The Armed Forces has its own function as well as the PNP (Philippine National Police). So I suppose it is enough that soldiers perform their duties," Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said.

Ermita said what the soldiers and the police should do is maintain peace and order during the protest actions..
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1371238 [AuthorName] => James Mananghaya [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 359872 [Title] => Palace, AFP slam opposition for coup talk [Summary] => Malacañang and the Armed Forces lambasted the opposition yesterday for insisting that President Arroyo is not sure if the military will not launch a coup and oust her when she goes abroad, similar to the fate of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 359940 [Title] => AFP: No coup will happen when GMA goes abroad [Summary] => Malacañang and the Armed Forces lambasted the opposition yesterday for insisting that President Arroyo is not sure if the military will not launch a coup and oust her when she goes abroad, similar to the fate of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 357345 [Title] => While busy with Abu Sayyaf, AFP closely monitoring RSM [Summary] => Occupied by operations against the Abu Sayyaf bandits in Mindanao, the military is also kept busy in containing the threat posed by Islamic converts in the country.

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon disclosed the military is closely monitoring the movements of Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM), a group of Islam converts espousing a holy war against Christians and "non-believers."

Esperon made the disclosure amid the heightened security alert ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the US.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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