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Rebel soldiers offered jobs as VIP bodyguards
MANILA, Philippines -- After years of fighting communist insurgents and Abu Sayyaf bandits, what do Army Scout Rangers implicated in a failed power grab get from the military aside from more than a year in detention without formal charges and a dishonorable dismissal?
26 dismissed Rangers question dishonorable discharge
MANILA, Philippines -- After years of fighting Communist insurgents and Abu Sayyaf bandits, what do Army Scout Rangers implicated in a failed power grab get from the military aside from more than a year in detention without formal charges and a dishonorable dismissal?
AFP ordered to explain continued detention of Marine colonel
MANILA, Philippines--The Court of Appeals has directed Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon Jr. and three other military officers to bring the former Marine Brigade Commander, Col. Ariel Querubin, before it on Nov. 8 and explain why the officer is still locked up.
Ex-Scout Rangers chief fails to appear at hearing
MANILA, Philippines -- Ex-Army Scout Rangers chief Brigadier General Danilo Lim was a no-show at the coup d'etat hearing of the Magdalo group of alleged mutineers on Thursday, where he had been set to take the witness stand for the defense.
Querubin brought to hospital
MANILA, Philippines--Marine Colonel Ariel Querubin, one of 28 officers facing court martial over the alleged coup plot in February 2006, was brought to a military hospital on Sunday morning after suffering from fever and chills, his wife and lawyer said.