The AFP will prove detractors wrong—Gonzales
“OUR armed forces will come out clean and more loved and respected by our people because of the role they will play in the 2010 elections just as they have been doing so in Maguindanao.” With that statement, Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales yesterday reaffirmed his full confidence in the professionalism of the military and reiterated his full support for a new Memorandum of Agreement between the defense-military establishment and the Commission on Elections. “We have decided to put the the AFP at the full disposal of the Comelec because we want the poll body to accomplish its job in 2010,” ...
Synchronized ARMM and 2010 polls proposed
DEFENSE Secretary Norberto Gonzales yesterday proposed the advancing of the election for the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, synchronizing it with the national and local elections in 2010. Gonzales said an early election for ARMM is needed to firm up the peace and order that Martial Law has started to establish not only in Maguindanao but also in the entire autonomous region. The removal of the Ampatuans from their government posts will create a vacuum of civilian leadership in ARMM and this vacuum is better filled up by good Muslim leaders rather than the clan’s Constitutional successors who are most likely its ...
AFP, DND, COMELEC to work together for clean and orderly 2010 polls
THE Armed Forces of the Philippines will be at the “full disposal of the Commission on Elections to safeguard the sanctity of the 2010 elections.” This was the agreement arrived at by the top officials of the Department of National Defense, together with the AFP, and of the poll body in their dialogue yesterday at the COMELEC building. Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales, the AFP officers and COMELEC commissioners led by Chairman Jose Melo also agreed to work out the details of the cooperation, particularly the role that AFP would play in the forthcoming elections. Gonzales said the military is needed to check armed ...
END WARLORDISM!
END WARLORDISM! THE Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas condemns in the strongest possible terms the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) massacre in which some 60 people were slaughtered, around half of them members of the media and many of them women. The barbaric violence jolts us to the dark reality that in some areas of the country, there is virtually no state as warlords rule by terror with their private armies. The darker truth is that national politicians help these warlords rise in power and maintain their power by seeking alliance with them to access the votes that the latter can command during elections. ...
Danilo “Danny” R. Yang
Nasawi sina Ka. Danilo "Danny" R. Yang, Ka. Manolo Barcenas, at Ka. Brando de los Santos sa isang emboskada sa Barangay Bautista sa San Pablo City kagabi, 24 Hunyo 2009. Si Ka. Danny Yang ay No. 1 Konsehal ng San Pablo City at Pangulo ng Councilors' League ng Laguna. Si Ka. Manolo Barcenas ay Barangay Chair ng Barangay Santiago 2, San Pablo City. Si Ka. Brando de los Santos ay security ni Ka. Danny. Napuruhan ang isang tumambang sa kanila, at may dalawang sugatan na ngayon ay tinutugis ng AFP at PNP. Makabayani ang buhay nina Ka. Danny, Ka. Manolo ...
Statement
AFTER MARTIAL LAW IN MAGUINDANAO, WHAT?
+Orlando B. Quevedo, O.M.I. Archbishop of Cotabato December... [Read more]
Martial law
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Gonzales extols AFP for election role
16 May 2010 “I can’t thank you enough for performing such a good job.” Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales yesterday thanked the Armed Forces of the Philippines for doing a very good job in the... [Read more]
What’s wrong with preparations for AFP upgrade?—Gonzales
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Gonzales to AFP: Remain strong for democracy
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Int’l defense community to watch AFP during May polls
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NDCC placing guards vs power outage during May polls
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Defense chief to AFP: Keep the nation together; Make RP First World
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Statement of Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales on Usec. Delos Reyes’ Departure from DND
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No poll failure, no extension plan—Gonzales
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