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Thursday, July 13, 2006 (Philippines)
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| Lieutenant General Hermogenes Esperon has been named the overall head of the country's 117,000-strong armed forces, replacing General Generoso Senga as military chief of staff on July 21. (AP file photo) |
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MANILA -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday made public a move by a rightist group to occupy the Batasan Pambansa complex and hold hostage legislators with the aim of bringing down the Arroyo government and establish a revolutionary government.
Army spokesman Bartolome Bacarro said there are indications that the plan, dubbed "Operation Plan Trident", would be executed on July 24 when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers her State of the Nation Address (Sona) at the Batasan Pambansa complex.
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Wage board okays P16 hike in living allowance
| DAVAO CITY -- While the labor sector has long been hankering for a P125 across the board daily wage increase, they will have to make do with a P16 increase in the cost of living allowance (Cola) by end of July. |
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Recaptured rebel soldier confirms switching sides
| MANILA -- One of the junior officers involved in the short-lived Oakwood Mutiny in July 2003 and in the failed plot to overthrow the Arroyo government last February said he is now cooperating with the government. |
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2 Cebu cops caught selling shabu
| CEBU CITY -- The two policemen who were arrested in a buy-bust are pointing at each other as the one engaged in the illegal drug trade. |
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