by magnolia_eic | Dec 24, 2010 | Headlines
SUGOD Enero sunod tuig, doble na ang madawat nga combat pay sa mga miyembro sa
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Kini human gisakaan ni Presidente Benigno Aquino III ang madawat nga combat pay sa mga
sundalo gikan sa daang P240 matag buwan, madugangan kini og P260 o iksaktong P 500
na.
Gipahibalo kini ni P-Noy atol sa ika-75 ka tuig nga anibersaryo sa AFP didto sa Camp
Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
Matud pa ni P-Noy, ang dugang benepisyo apil sa pasalig sa iyang administrasyon nga
mapauswag ang kahimtang sa kinabuhi sa matag sundalo.
Sa maong okasyon, gipasidunggan usab sa AFP ang mga bayaning sundalo nga
gipangulohan ni Rear Admiral Alexander Pama tungod sa malampuson nga kampanya niini
kontra sa terorismo sa panahon sa iyang panilbihan isip Commander sa AFP- Wes-tern
Mindanao. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 14, 2010 | Headlines, National News
GIHISGUTAN na sa mga opisyal sa kapolisan ug militar ang pagmugna og elite force nga ipang-deploy sa panahon nga adunay kritikal nga sitwasyon sa mandu ni Presidente Aquino.
Ang maong task force mag-apil sa militar ug kapolisan.
Ang tigpamaba sa Philippine National Police (PNP) nga si Senior Superintendent Agrimero Cruz Jr. nagkanayon nga ang pagbansay-bansay sa kapolisan maglangkob sa pagrespeto sa tawhanong katungod ug pagpreserbar sa nahitabuan sa krimen.
Apan matud pa sa tigpamaba sa AFP nga si Brig. Gen. Jose Mabanta Jr. nga gakinahanglan og igong panahon ang pag-uban sa militar ug kapolisan ngadto sa usa ka unified force nga adunay espesyal nga kahimanan ug pagbansay-bansay. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 13, 2010 | Headlines, National News
ANG Armed Forces of the Philippines kon AFP nipagawas karong adlawa sa ilang human rights handbook nga magsilbing giya sa militar sa paghimo sa ilang operasyon batok sa tanang “threat groups,” apil na ang communist New People’s Army.
Ang maong handbook gisulat ni Lt. Col. Samuel Sagun sa AFP Civil Relations Service uban sa pakigtambayayong sa Commission on Human Rights, International Committee on the Red Cross, ug sa European Union-Philippine Justice Support Program.
Matud pa ni Lt. Col. Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos, ang public affairs office chief sa AFP nga ang 200-ka pahina nga human rights handbook maoy magsilbing practical guide sa mga sundalo.
Gi dugang ni Burgos nga ang maong handbook magamit dili lamang sa pagbatok sa mga rebeldeng komunista, apan alang usab sa tanang internal security operations sa militar. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 29, 2010 | Headlines, National News
FORMER Marine Col. Ariel Querubin walked free from his detention cell Wednesday noon, more than four years after figuring in a failed attempt to overthrow the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ricardo David signed on Tuesday night the detained official’s provisional release papers.
AFP spokesman Brig. Gen. Jose Mabanta said Querubin will still have to attend all the hearings in his general court martial, even as he stressed Querubin cannot leave the country.
He will be placed under the custody of Brigadier General Reynaldo Ordoñez, head of the AFP’s Defense Reform Office.
Querubin was deemed retired from the military service after he ran but lost for senator in the May 10 elections under the Nacionalista Party.
He had been detained at Camp Aguinaldo, facing trial before a military tribunal for a charge of mutiny in connection with his group’s plot to march and subsequently withdraw their support from then President Arroyo in February 2006. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 14, 2010 | Headlines, National News
IN his first command conference with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) held on Monday, President Benigno Aquino III ordered the military to crush enemies of the state while adhering to international human rights regulations.
The modernization of the AFP is also on President Aquino’s priority list.
But since there is lack of funds, the President is studying proposals to lease 130 hectares of land under by the AFP.
Aquino said the modernization should go along with the payment of benefits to families of soldiers killed in the line of duty and the recruitment of new soldiers.
The commander-in-chief also gave an advice to military officers who may have been demoralized by the major revamp at the AFP.
Aquino said any complaint should be brought to the AFP’s grievance system.
The past administration was hounded by allegations its security forces were involved in human rights abuses.
The new administration wants to change that image, believing the AFP can achieve victory over its enemies by upholding human rights. (PIA-Bohol)
