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                    [Title] => AFP ready to issue safe conduct passes to Reds
                    [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — The spokesman of the Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) said the military is willing to grant safe conduct passes to members of the New People’s Army (NPA) should the rebels decide to surrender two military men whom they abducted in Floridablanca and Guagua.


Col. Preme Monta told The STAR that Air Force Maj. Neptune Eliquin, who was abducted in Floridablanca last July 2, and Marine Sgt. Marlon Oronan, who was seized from his home in Guagua last Nov. 18, are still alive.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 303715 [Title] => AFP rejects Reds’ demand for halt in offensive [Summary] => No way.

Saying it will never deal with terrorists, the Armed Forces rejected yesterday the demand of the New People’s Army (NPA) for a halt in military operations in exchange for the release of a captive Air Force officer.

"The (military) will never deal with terrorists. If we deal with them, we negotiate with them, the more it will embolden their activities," said Col. Tristan Kison, Armed Forces spokesman.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 302580 [Title] => NPA told: Release abducted major before Christmas [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — Let him be home for Christmas.

Philippine Air Force (PAF) officials made this appeal to the New People’s Army (NPA) who seized Maj. Neptune Eliquin, of the 355th Engineering Brigade based at Basa Airbase in Floridablanca town, last July 3 a few kilometers from his base.

Capt. Joselito Munar, chief of the administrative branch and information technology officer of the PAF’s public information office, told The STAR that Eliquin remains alive in the hands of the NPA which has reportedly taken him somewhere in Isabela.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297134 [Title] => PAF welcomes third party to negotiate release of NPA captive [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — The Philippine Air Force (PAF) said it welcomes a third party to negotiate with the New People’s Army (NPA) the release of Air Force Maj. Neptune Eliquin, who was abducted in Floridablanca, Pampanga last July 3.

"Our position that we will not negotiate with the rebels will remain, but we welcome any third party, including the media, to act as intermediary between Mrs. Eliquin and the NPA," Maj. Augusto de la Peña, deputy director of the PAF public affairs office, told The STAR yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 291784 [Title] => Military loses track of Air Force major abducted by Reds [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — Military rescuers have apparently lost track of Air Force Maj. Neptune Eliquin, who was abducted by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Floridablanca, Pampanga last July 3.

"We are wondering why the NPA has remained silent about his abduction," Lt. Col. Preme Monta, spokesperson of the Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) told The Star yesterday.

"We are hoping he is still alive in the absence of any information to the contrary," Monta said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 287283 [Title] => Military will not bargain with NPA for release of abducted major [Summary] => FLORIDABLANCA, Pampanga — The military is pursuing rescue operations and will not negotiate with the New People’s Army (NPA) for the release of abducted Air Force Maj. Neptune Eliquin amid reports that NPA spokesman Gregorio Rosal, alias Ka Roger, has admitted that the army officer is being indeed held by communist guerrillas as a prisoner of war.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 286586 [Title] => Abducted PAF major still alive, military told [Summary] => FLORIDABLANCA, Pampanga — The Air Force major, who was abducted by the New People’s Army (NPA) here last July 3, is still alive, according to text messages sent by civilians to government troops trying to rescue him.

"The latest text message we got was from a civilian who saw (Maj. Neptune Eliquin) still alive and in the hands of the NPA band which has been fleeing from their pursuers," said Col. Preme Monta, spokesman of the Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom).
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 285308 [Title] => Kidnapped PAF major still alive [Summary] => FLORIDABLANCA, Pampanga — The Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) quoted Aetas living in the mountains near the Basa Air Base here as saying that an Air Force major kidnapped by communist rebels last Saturday is still alive.

"He was positively identified so we know he is alive," said Col. Preme Monta, Nolcom spokesman, of Maj. Neptune Eliquin, who was snatched while he was on his way, along with three companions, to his farm in Barangay Mawacat.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 285140 [Title] => Rescue on for abducted PAF major [Summary] => FLORIDABLANCA, Pampanga — Two Army battalions and the Air Force’s Special Operations Wing (SPOW) are scouring the mountains near the Basa Air Base here to rescue an Air Force major who was abducted by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels last Saturday.

Inspector Samuel Sevilla, Floridablanca police chief, quoted witnesses as saying that the hands of Air Force Maj. Neptune Eliquin, civic-military officer of the Air Force’s 355th Engineering Wing, were tied when the rebels brought him to the mountains of Barangay Mawakat.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => AFP ready to issue safe conduct passes to Reds
                    [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — The spokesman of the Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) said the military is willing to grant safe conduct passes to members of the New People’s Army (NPA) should the rebels decide to surrender two military men whom they abducted in Floridablanca and Guagua.


Col. Preme Monta told The STAR that Air Force Maj. Neptune Eliquin, who was abducted in Floridablanca last July 2, and Marine Sgt. Marlon Oronan, who was seized from his home in Guagua last Nov. 18, are still alive.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 303715 [Title] => AFP rejects Reds’ demand for halt in offensive [Summary] => No way.

Saying it will never deal with terrorists, the Armed Forces rejected yesterday the demand of the New People’s Army (NPA) for a halt in military operations in exchange for the release of a captive Air Force officer.

"The (military) will never deal with terrorists. If we deal with them, we negotiate with them, the more it will embolden their activities," said Col. Tristan Kison, Armed Forces spokesman.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 302580 [Title] => NPA told: Release abducted major before Christmas [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — Let him be home for Christmas.

Philippine Air Force (PAF) officials made this appeal to the New People’s Army (NPA) who seized Maj. Neptune Eliquin, of the 355th Engineering Brigade based at Basa Airbase in Floridablanca town, last July 3 a few kilometers from his base.

Capt. Joselito Munar, chief of the administrative branch and information technology officer of the PAF’s public information office, told The STAR that Eliquin remains alive in the hands of the NPA which has reportedly taken him somewhere in Isabela.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297134 [Title] => PAF welcomes third party to negotiate release of NPA captive [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — The Philippine Air Force (PAF) said it welcomes a third party to negotiate with the New People’s Army (NPA) the release of Air Force Maj. Neptune Eliquin, who was abducted in Floridablanca, Pampanga last July 3.

"Our position that we will not negotiate with the rebels will remain, but we welcome any third party, including the media, to act as intermediary between Mrs. Eliquin and the NPA," Maj. Augusto de la Peña, deputy director of the PAF public affairs office, told The STAR yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 291784 [Title] => Military loses track of Air Force major abducted by Reds [Summary] => ANGELES CITY — Military rescuers have apparently lost track of Air Force Maj. Neptune Eliquin, who was abducted by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Floridablanca, Pampanga last July 3.

"We are wondering why the NPA has remained silent about his abduction," Lt. Col. Preme Monta, spokesperson of the Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) told The Star yesterday.

"We are hoping he is still alive in the absence of any information to the contrary," Monta said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 287283 [Title] => Military will not bargain with NPA for release of abducted major [Summary] => FLORIDABLANCA, Pampanga — The military is pursuing rescue operations and will not negotiate with the New People’s Army (NPA) for the release of abducted Air Force Maj. Neptune Eliquin amid reports that NPA spokesman Gregorio Rosal, alias Ka Roger, has admitted that the army officer is being indeed held by communist guerrillas as a prisoner of war.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 286586 [Title] => Abducted PAF major still alive, military told [Summary] => FLORIDABLANCA, Pampanga — The Air Force major, who was abducted by the New People’s Army (NPA) here last July 3, is still alive, according to text messages sent by civilians to government troops trying to rescue him.

"The latest text message we got was from a civilian who saw (Maj. Neptune Eliquin) still alive and in the hands of the NPA band which has been fleeing from their pursuers," said Col. Preme Monta, spokesman of the Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom).
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 285308 [Title] => Kidnapped PAF major still alive [Summary] => FLORIDABLANCA, Pampanga — The Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) quoted Aetas living in the mountains near the Basa Air Base here as saying that an Air Force major kidnapped by communist rebels last Saturday is still alive.

"He was positively identified so we know he is alive," said Col. Preme Monta, Nolcom spokesman, of Maj. Neptune Eliquin, who was snatched while he was on his way, along with three companions, to his farm in Barangay Mawacat.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 285140 [Title] => Rescue on for abducted PAF major [Summary] => FLORIDABLANCA, Pampanga — Two Army battalions and the Air Force’s Special Operations Wing (SPOW) are scouring the mountains near the Basa Air Base here to rescue an Air Force major who was abducted by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels last Saturday.

Inspector Samuel Sevilla, Floridablanca police chief, quoted witnesses as saying that the hands of Air Force Maj. Neptune Eliquin, civic-military officer of the Air Force’s 355th Engineering Wing, were tied when the rebels brought him to the mountains of Barangay Mawakat.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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