Thursday, February 22, 2007 (Philippines)

An American soldier stands guard outside the office of the Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) while Lieutenant General John M. Brown III, commanding general of the US Army in the Pacific, meets with Wesmincom Commander Eugenio Cedo on February 20. (Sunnex/Ely Dumaboc) A TOP ranking police official disclosed that the police are closely monitoring the peace and order situation in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay as the election nears. Zamboanga Sibugay Police Director Francisco Cristobal said the threat that remains in his area of operation does not come from private armed groups of politicians, but from lawless elements in the boundary of Zamboanga Sibugay with the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo [full story]