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[Title] => Southcom split into 2 commands
[Summary] => The military’s biggest troop contingent in Mindanao will be deactivated and split into two separate commands effective today.
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon said the Southern Command under Maj. Gen. Gabriel Habacon will be divided into the Western Mindanao Command and the Eastern Mindanao Command.
Esperon stressed the division of the Southcom into two military units is for a more effective control and deployment of troops in the whole of Mindanao.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-27 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Jaime Laude
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[ArticleID] => 354078
[Title] => AFP to beef up forces after Southcom split
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DAVAO CITY — With the plan to divide the Southern Command (Southcom) into two units to better address security threats in the South, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said it is set to beef up forces in that part of the country.
Negotiations with the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) are reportedly underway for turning the old Davao International Airport facility into the command and operation base of the proposed Eastern Mindanao Command, which would virtually divide the Southcom into two.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-22 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 352394
[Title] => AFP captures Abu ‘bomb factory’
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ZAMBOANGA CITY — The military believes it has foiled a major terrorist attack by the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf after their "bomb factory" and training facility in Sulu were captured, the Southern Command (Southcom) said yesterday.
Assassins of the Abu Sayyaf, however, have intensified their liquidation drive following the capture of the facilities, both located in Bud Kapun in Indanan town last Aug. 1.
Two policemen were killed by the terrorists in downtown Jolo, also in Sulu, last Friday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-13 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 352580
[Title] => AFP captures Abu ‘bomb factory’
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ZAMBOANGA CITY — The military believes it has foiled a major terrorist attack by the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf after their "bomb factory" and training facility in Sulu were captured, the Southern Command (Southcom) said yesterday.
Assassins of the Abu Sayyaf, however, have intensified their liquidation drive following the capture of the facilities, both located in Bud Kapun in Indanan town last Aug. 1.
Two policemen were killed by the terrorists in downtown Jolo, also in Sulu, last Friday.
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[ArticleID] => 350725
[Title] => Government to US, Australia: We’ll get Bali bombers
[Summary] => The government assured the United States, Australia and Indonesia yesterday that it would not let elusive Abu Sayyaf leader Khadaffy Janjalani and his two Jemaah Islamiyah cohorts, who are wanted for the 2002 Bali bombings, escape a military dragnet in Sulu.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-03 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1805432
[AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
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[ArticleID] => 348714
[Title] => Southcom will be split into two commands — Esperon
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To maximize the government offensive against communist rebels in Mindanao, newly installed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Lt. Gen. Hermogenes Esperon ordered the division of the military’s Southern Command into two major units.
In an interview with reporters shortly after the turnover of command ceremonies at Camp Aguinaldo yesterday, Esperon bared his directives as he formally took over as the 35th Armed Forces chief from Gen. Generoso Senga, who retired from the service on reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-22 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1371238
[AuthorName] => James Mananghaya
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[ArticleID] => 345480
[Title] => New Sayyaf unit behind soldiers’ slays
[Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — A newly formed liquidation squad of the extremist Abu Sayyaf is behind the killings of soldiers in Sulu, an official of the Armed Forces Southern Command (Southcom) said yesterday.
Capt. Jose Ritchie Pabilonia, Southcom information chief, identified the urban terrorist group as the Abu Sofian, which specializes in assassinations.
The group’s latest victims were a certain Pfcs. Nawali and Sahi, both integrees of the Army’s 35th Infantry Battalion, who were killed in an ambush at the boundary of Patikul and Indanan towns last Saturday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-05 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Roel Pareño
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[ArticleID] => 343901
[Title] => Southcom hunts other pilferers
[Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Armed Forces Southern Command (Southcom) based here has beefed up its efforts against pilferage, tracking down other soldiers or outsiders who have connived with an Army major and a sergeant who were arrested last week.
Maj. Gabriel Habacon, Southcom chief, said a counter-intelligence operation is ongoing against other military personnel involved in the pilferage of firearms and ammunition at the 9th Forward Service Support Unit (FSSU) at Camp Enrile in Barangay Malagutay, just across the Southcom headquarters.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-26 00:00:00
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[Title] => Army major, sergeant nabbed for pilferage
[Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — An ammunition and supply officer and an Army sergeant were arrested last Wednesday after they were caught pilfering ammunition, the Armed Forces Southern Command (Southcom) said.
Southcom chief Maj. Gen. Gabriel Habacon identified the two as Maj. Rauline Diploma and Sgt. Benido Damacino, both assigned to the 9th Forward Service Support Unit (FSSU) of the Army Support Command at Camp Enrile in Barangay Malagutay here.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-24 00:00:00
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[Title] => Security strengthened for Mercy’s visit to south
[Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Backed by American troops, the Armed Forces Southern Command (Southcom) has strengthened its security amid possible attacks from the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf when the US Navy hospital Mercy holds a three-week medical mission in Mindanao starting tomorrow.
Southcom information chief Capt. Jose Richie Pabilonia said there were unconfirmed reports that the extremist Islamic group would stage sabotage operations during Mercy’s visit in Sulu, a known hotbed of local militants.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-25 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Roel Pareño
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