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                    [Summary] => Outgoing Armed Forces chief Gen. Efren Abu is the key to the freedom of 27 of 29 junior military officers who have been in detention since their failed mutiny in Makati two years ago, defense lawyers said yesterday.


Of the 29 who led the uprising on July 27, 2003, only  Navy Lt. S/G Antonio Trillanes IV and Army Capt. Milo Maestrecampo were recognized by the military tribunal as having faced arraignment already.


Defense lawyers said Abu must immediately order the release of the other 27 military officers once the General Courts Martial recommends it.


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                    [Summary] => The once powerful and feared Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) will now be under the control of the five area commanders nationwide.


In a move that surprised a number of middle-grade and senior military officers, AFP chief Efren Abu ordered the ISAFP’s Military Intelligence Groups (MIGs) to be put under the operational control of the five major area commands.


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                    [Title] => CA to hear complaint vs  AFP chief Abu
                    [Summary] => The Commission on Appointments (CA) will hear the complaint of an Army officer’s wife against Armed Forces chief of staff Gen. Efren Abu when Congress resumes session next week.


"We will have to hear the complaint of Mrs. Haydie Lagnada in fairness to General Abu and the complainant," Camiguin Rep. Jesus Jurdin Romualdo, chairman of the CA defense committee, said yesterday.


He said Lagnada would be invited to appear before the committee, explain her opposition to Abu’s appointment and answer questions from committee members.


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                    [Title] => The hub of the South in more ways than one
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY – United States Ambassador Frank Ricciardone beat me to Basilan yesterday. In real D-Day fashion, he zoomed in by plane from Manila, grabbed a Mark II swift boat, and was in Port Holland and Maluso before you could say, "Abu Sayyaf".


I met our friend, Governor Parouk Hussin of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, in the lobby of our hotel, the Garden Orchid. We were joined by Presidential Secretary for Mindanao (former Congressman) Jess Dureza, who’d arrived from Davao.


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                    [Title] => Will Donald Duck save Hong Kong?
                    [Summary] => HONG KONG – As expected by all cynics like this writer, Maj. Gen. Efren Abu has been named Commanding General of the Philippine Army to take over from Lt. Gen. Gregorio Camiling, who retired yesterday.


Sad to admit, though, yesterday’s headline on page one was completely wrong when it announced: "Oakwood negotiator named new army chief." 


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Of the 29 who led the uprising on July 27, 2003, only  Navy Lt. S/G Antonio Trillanes IV and Army Capt. Milo Maestrecampo were recognized by the military tribunal as having faced arraignment already.


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I met our friend, Governor Parouk Hussin of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, in the lobby of our hotel, the Garden Orchid. We were joined by Presidential Secretary for Mindanao (former Congressman) Jess Dureza, who’d arrived from Davao.


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Sad to admit, though, yesterday’s headline on page one was completely wrong when it announced: "Oakwood negotiator named new army chief." 


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AFP chief holds key to release of Magdalo leaders

By Jaime Laude | July 30, 2005 - 12:00am

Outgoing Armed Forces chief Gen. Efren Abu is the key to the freedom of 27 of 29 junior military officers who have been in detention since their failed mutiny in Makati two years ago, defense lawyers said yesterday. Of...

Headlines

AFP clips powers of ISAFP

By Jaime Laude | June 1, 2005 - 12:00am

The once powerful and feared Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) will now be under the control of the five area commanders nationwide. In a move that surprised a number of middle-grade...

Headlines

CA to hear complaint vs AFP chief Abu

April 6, 2005 - 12:00am

The Commission on Appointments (CA) will hear the complaint of an Army officer’s wife against Armed Forces chief of staff Gen. Efren Abu when Congress resumes session next week. "We will have to hear the...

Headlines

The hub of the South in more ways than one

By BY THE WAY | By Max V. Soliven | October 14, 2004 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY – United States Ambassador Frank Ricciardone beat me to Basilan yesterday. In real D-Day fashion, he zoomed in by plane from Manila, grabbed a Mark II swift boat, and was in Port Holland and Maluso...

Opinion

Will Donald Duck save Hong Kong?

By BY THE WAY | By Max V. Soliven | November 16, 2003 - 12:00am

HONG KONG – As expected by all cynics like this writer, Maj. Gen. Efren Abu has been named Commanding General of the Philippine Army to take over from Lt. Gen. Gregorio Camiling, who retired yesterday. Sad...

Opinion