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                    [Title] => USFJ issues severer order to ban US servicemen from drinking
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US Forces Japan (USFJ) issued a severer order on Sunday to prevent their servicemen from drinking outside their bases in Japan's Okinawa as drunken US soldiers have committed more crimes and offenses, Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported Sunday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-02 14:02:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 476772 [Title] => US ship helps search for MIAs in Vietnam [Summary] =>

HANOI (AP) - A US Navy ship is participating in the search for the remains of more than 1,000 US servicemen missing from the Vietnam War, the first time an American vessel has taken part, embassy officials said today.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-12 21:04:03 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2522 [Title] => SC suspends Makati judge for ‘selling’ protection orders [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 317721 [Title] => Olongapo judge: Failure to serve warrant for US soldiers won’t delay trial [Summary] => OLONGAPO CITY — The trial of the United States Marines charged with rape will continue despite the failure of law enforcers to serve arrest warrants against the American servicemen, regional trial court Judge Renato Dilag said yesterday.

"All of them agree that non-service of the warrants of arrest should not derail the trial of the case. The counsel for the accused suggested that (the servicemen) can be arraigned and they will be present whenever they are required by the court," Dilag, who is presiding over the trial of the US servicemen, told The STAR. [DatePublished] => 2006-01-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 316373 [Title] => Arrest warrants out today for GIs in Subic rape case [Summary] => Olongapo City Regional Trial Court Branch 73 Judge Renato Dilag said yesterday arrest warrants will be issued today for the government to secure custody of four US Marines accused of raping a 22-year-old Filipina at the Subic freeport zone last November.

Meanwhile, the United States Embassy in Manila allowed Philippine officials to meet with the four US Marines yesterday, but gave no indication whether it would grant a Philippine government request, coursed through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), to take custody of them.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 307580 [Title] => DOJ chief says transfer of Subic rape case to Manila unfair [Summary] => The call of some groups to transfer the rape case involving six American servicemen to Manila is unfair to Olongapo City prosecutors already handling the case, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said yesterday.

"It’s unfair to the prosecutors to call for the transfer of the trial," Gonzalez told the weekly Kapihan Sa Sulo Hotel news forum in Quezon City.

Gonzalez ruled out any change in the trial venue, saying only the Supreme Court would decide on any petition.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 307410 [Title] => DFA: No need to review VFA [Summary] => Any recommendation for a review and revision by Congress of the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) is not necessary at the moment, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.

Foreign Affairs spokesman Gilbert Asuque said the DFA, which chairs the Presidential Commission on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFACom), does not see the need at this time to revise the treaty because of what some quarters regard as "gray areas" in the agreement over the issue of who will have custody of US servicemen involved in criminal offenses.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 305278 [Title] => Government vows justice for rape victim [Summary] => President Arroyo vowed justice yesterday for the 23-year-old Filipina who was allegedly gang-raped by five American servicemen in Olongapo City last Nov. 1.

At the same time, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Malacañang does not see any strain in relations between the Philippines and the US as a result of the reported rape.

"The instructions of the President are to ensure that justice is done and that the proper procedure and provisions are properly followed and properly observed," Ermita said in a telephone interview.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 878733
                    [Title] => USFJ issues severer order to ban US servicemen from drinking
                    [Summary] => 

US Forces Japan (USFJ) issued a severer order on Sunday to prevent their servicemen from drinking outside their bases in Japan's Okinawa as drunken US soldiers have committed more crimes and offenses, Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported Sunday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-02 14:02:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 476772 [Title] => US ship helps search for MIAs in Vietnam [Summary] =>

HANOI (AP) - A US Navy ship is participating in the search for the remains of more than 1,000 US servicemen missing from the Vietnam War, the first time an American vessel has taken part, embassy officials said today.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-12 21:04:03 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2522 [Title] => SC suspends Makati judge for ‘selling’ protection orders [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 317721 [Title] => Olongapo judge: Failure to serve warrant for US soldiers won’t delay trial [Summary] => OLONGAPO CITY — The trial of the United States Marines charged with rape will continue despite the failure of law enforcers to serve arrest warrants against the American servicemen, regional trial court Judge Renato Dilag said yesterday.

"All of them agree that non-service of the warrants of arrest should not derail the trial of the case. The counsel for the accused suggested that (the servicemen) can be arraigned and they will be present whenever they are required by the court," Dilag, who is presiding over the trial of the US servicemen, told The STAR. [DatePublished] => 2006-01-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 316373 [Title] => Arrest warrants out today for GIs in Subic rape case [Summary] => Olongapo City Regional Trial Court Branch 73 Judge Renato Dilag said yesterday arrest warrants will be issued today for the government to secure custody of four US Marines accused of raping a 22-year-old Filipina at the Subic freeport zone last November.

Meanwhile, the United States Embassy in Manila allowed Philippine officials to meet with the four US Marines yesterday, but gave no indication whether it would grant a Philippine government request, coursed through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), to take custody of them.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 307580 [Title] => DOJ chief says transfer of Subic rape case to Manila unfair [Summary] => The call of some groups to transfer the rape case involving six American servicemen to Manila is unfair to Olongapo City prosecutors already handling the case, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said yesterday.

"It’s unfair to the prosecutors to call for the transfer of the trial," Gonzalez told the weekly Kapihan Sa Sulo Hotel news forum in Quezon City.

Gonzalez ruled out any change in the trial venue, saying only the Supreme Court would decide on any petition.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 307410 [Title] => DFA: No need to review VFA [Summary] => Any recommendation for a review and revision by Congress of the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) is not necessary at the moment, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.

Foreign Affairs spokesman Gilbert Asuque said the DFA, which chairs the Presidential Commission on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFACom), does not see the need at this time to revise the treaty because of what some quarters regard as "gray areas" in the agreement over the issue of who will have custody of US servicemen involved in criminal offenses.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 305278 [Title] => Government vows justice for rape victim [Summary] => President Arroyo vowed justice yesterday for the 23-year-old Filipina who was allegedly gang-raped by five American servicemen in Olongapo City last Nov. 1.

At the same time, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Malacañang does not see any strain in relations between the Philippines and the US as a result of the reported rape.

"The instructions of the President are to ensure that justice is done and that the proper procedure and provisions are properly followed and properly observed," Ermita said in a telephone interview.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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