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                    [Summary] => Four well-organized groups within the military are looking for a  political organization that will spearhead a coup to stop corruption and growing discontentment among the people, a former military rebel spokesman said yesterday. 


Speaking at the Bulong-Pulungan forum at the Westin Philippine Plaza in Pasay City, retired Commodore Rex Robles, former spokesman for the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) that led the overthrow of President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, said the situation in the country is "very ripe" for a "military intervention."
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 257743 [Title] => Palace laughs off reports of a US trip for GMA [Summary] => Malacañang literally laughed off claims by certain political opposition leaders that President Arroyo is set to embark on an official trip to Washington DC.

Palace officials led by Press Secretary Milton Alingod and Palace protocol chief Ambassador Lingling Lacanlale simply expressed their surprise yesterday over such reports.

"There is no such thing (as a state visit to the US) at all," Lacanlale told The STAR. "It is not even talked about so how can they (opposition) make such a tale?"
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255035 [Title] => Bush binati na si GMA [Summary] => Nagpakita na ng suporta si US President George Bush kay Pangulong Arroyo matapos na magpahayag ang una na magpapadala siya ng mataas na opisyal ng Amerika upang dumalo sa nakatakdang inauguration nito.

Sa ginanap na digital video conference sa US Embassy sa Maynila kahapon, sinabi ni dating US Ambassador to Manila Francis Ricciardone na personal na ibinilin ni Bush na magkaroon ng high level delegation ang US sa pormal na inauguration ng Pangulo sa pagkapanalo nito sa nagdaang halalan.
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At least 10,000 Filipino police have been mobilized to secure Manila for Bush’s eight-hour state visit Saturday. The highlights would be talks with President Arroyo as well as a historic address to a special joint session of the Filipino legislature.
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The 175-member Philippine humanitarian mission for post-war Iraq is ready to go at a moment’s notice, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said yesterday.

Bunye also said the May 15 date for the deployment of the Philippine humanitarian mission to Iraq is a "flexible" schedule.

"May 15 is a flexible day. On or about that time, they will proceed," he said.
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This "informal request" was issued even before the war erupted in Iraq, when US ambassador to Manila Francis Ricciardone met with Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople "to invite" the Philippines to join the coalition of the willing.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 194487 [Title] => Palace denies pulling out Iraq Embassy’s police security detail [Summary] => Malacañang reassured the Iraqi Embassy in Manila yesterday that security provided by the Philippine National Police (PNP) will not be pulled out, even as Iraqi diplomats have been actively involved in anti-war rallies here.

National Security Adviser Roilo Golez and Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye belied reports that the PNP security contingent at the Iraqi Embassy has been pulled out.
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                    [Summary] => Four well-organized groups within the military are looking for a  political organization that will spearhead a coup to stop corruption and growing discontentment among the people, a former military rebel spokesman said yesterday. 


Speaking at the Bulong-Pulungan forum at the Westin Philippine Plaza in Pasay City, retired Commodore Rex Robles, former spokesman for the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) that led the overthrow of President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, said the situation in the country is "very ripe" for a "military intervention."
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 257743 [Title] => Palace laughs off reports of a US trip for GMA [Summary] => Malacañang literally laughed off claims by certain political opposition leaders that President Arroyo is set to embark on an official trip to Washington DC.

Palace officials led by Press Secretary Milton Alingod and Palace protocol chief Ambassador Lingling Lacanlale simply expressed their surprise yesterday over such reports.

"There is no such thing (as a state visit to the US) at all," Lacanlale told The STAR. "It is not even talked about so how can they (opposition) make such a tale?"
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255035 [Title] => Bush binati na si GMA [Summary] => Nagpakita na ng suporta si US President George Bush kay Pangulong Arroyo matapos na magpahayag ang una na magpapadala siya ng mataas na opisyal ng Amerika upang dumalo sa nakatakdang inauguration nito.

Sa ginanap na digital video conference sa US Embassy sa Maynila kahapon, sinabi ni dating US Ambassador to Manila Francis Ricciardone na personal na ibinilin ni Bush na magkaroon ng high level delegation ang US sa pormal na inauguration ng Pangulo sa pagkapanalo nito sa nagdaang halalan.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224369 [Title] => Bush visit to boost RP’s image as ‘trusted’ US ally in war vs terror [Summary] => US President George W. Bush’s visit to Manila this week is expected to buttress the Philippines’ new-found status as a trusted military and economic ally instrumental in Washington’s global war on terror, officials say.

At least 10,000 Filipino police have been mobilized to secure Manila for Bush’s eight-hour state visit Saturday. The highlights would be talks with President Arroyo as well as a historic address to a special joint session of the Filipino legislature.
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The 175-member Philippine humanitarian mission for post-war Iraq is ready to go at a moment’s notice, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said yesterday.

Bunye also said the May 15 date for the deployment of the Philippine humanitarian mission to Iraq is a "flexible" schedule.

"May 15 is a flexible day. On or about that time, they will proceed," he said.
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This "informal request" was issued even before the war erupted in Iraq, when US ambassador to Manila Francis Ricciardone met with Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople "to invite" the Philippines to join the coalition of the willing.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 194487 [Title] => Palace denies pulling out Iraq Embassy’s police security detail [Summary] => Malacañang reassured the Iraqi Embassy in Manila yesterday that security provided by the Philippine National Police (PNP) will not be pulled out, even as Iraqi diplomats have been actively involved in anti-war rallies here.

National Security Adviser Roilo Golez and Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye belied reports that the PNP security contingent at the Iraqi Embassy has been pulled out.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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