MANILA — The Philippine and U.S. Navies will conduct the 13th annual bilateral training exercise ?Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training,? known as CARAT, in the Zamboanga and Basilan area starting on May 31.
MANILA — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan questioned the presence of retired generals Arturo Lumibao and Jovito Palparan in the special elections to be held in Lanao del Sur tomorrow.
Lumibao presented himself as a ?domestic observer? who will evaluate the security preparations of the Comelec. Palparan also claimed he was an observer though he is running as a nominee of the partylist Bantay.
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The Bayan Muna partylist group today denounced the Commission on
Election’s deputization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines,
including Bantay nominee Jovito Palparan and former PNP chief Arturo
Lomibao, in tomorrow’s elections in thirteen towns in Lanao del Sur.
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Commentary: Intensified militarization aims to disrupt the political stability and divide the people in Mindanao. In this way, the coming elections will be under the control of the military, which serves a desperate administration that has no other way to win the elections but through fraudulent means.