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...hijacking seemed to be the latest attempt by the N.P.A. to wrest the strategic region from President Corazon Aquino's government, which was shaken and nearly toppled on Aug. 28 by a violent military mutiny. In the past four weeks alone, the Communist rebels have dynamited four bridges and torn up railway tracks along the Manila-Naga line. "It looks like a scenario for cutting off the north-south transportation of the country," said a Western military analyst. Some politicians warned that the N.P.A. might soon isolate Bicol from Manila and form a provisional government...
...addition to its strategic position, the region is politically important to Aquino, having heavily favored her over former Dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the disputed 1986 presidential election. At last week's Cabinet meeting -- the first gathering of that body since Aquino purged it of some of its more controversial members -- the President vowed to "look very carefully into the Bicol area...
...Armed Forces Chief Fidel Ramos put down the military rebellion. The number of armed clashes with the Communist rebels is up 140%, while the government's military casualties have increased from a daily average of three to 4.4. Seeking to bolster the efficiency and loyalty of her army, Aquino early last week authorized a middle-level military reshuffle to replace 21 officers, some of whom are thought to have been involved in the August coup attempt...
Honasan was linked to the murdered leftist in at least one respect: Aquino has appointed special task forces both to pursue the elusive colonel and investigate the Alejandro assassination. Meanwhile, leftist groups were planning mass protests to accompany this week's memorial service for their latest martyr. That event is expected to be the country's largest public funeral since 1983, when 2 million Filipinos mourned Benigno Aquino, the President's murdered husband...
...Cory Aquino loses some key Cabinet ministers. -- Costa Rica' s Arias prepares to sell his peace plan in the U. S. -- An ozone accord...