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...unassuming young man who bought a ticket for Berth 51 on the 1,747-passenger SuperFerry 14 sailing from Manila to Bacolod and Davao on Feb. 26 called himself Arnulfo Alvarado. If security officials in the Philippines checked ferry-passenger lists?they don't?the name would have set off deafening alarm bells. Arnulfo Alvarado, say Philippine officials, was the name of a member, now dead, of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group. Two other Abu Sayyaf operators have used Alvarado's name to carry out previous attacks, according to Philippine intelligence officers. This Alvarado, whose real name was Redondo Cain...
...even haunted by terrorists. Nonetheless, I am grateful that we are able to choose directly our government leaders, regardless of whether they are smart or stupid. I know of a number of other countries that can only dream of the democracy that the Filipino people enjoy. Gelan Sanchez Talledo Bacolod City, the Philippines...
...slender, hard-faced man, outwardly calm and obviously used to authority, stood last week in the governor's office in Bacolod, capital of Negros Occidental Province, and heard himself sentenced to death. At this, an insignificant-looking woman, the mother of his victim smiled wanly and said: "Now I know that justice is for the rich and poor alike...
Sobbed Verdict. One morning last week, in the social hall of ex-Governor Lacson's own office building in Bacolod, the longest trial in the history of the province came to an end. As 2,000 Negrenses jammed the corridors, Judge Eduardo Enriquez rendered his verdict (there is no jury system in the Philippines). He traced Lacson's rise to power, his private army, his "perfect and coordinated" system of political murder. Then the judge faltered. He recalled that he himself and Lacson had been college classmates: they had been "more than friends-like brothers." The judge began...
Metropolitan Opera Soprano Helen Traubel arrived in Manila knowing full well that mangoes give her hives, but nevertheless indulged in the tempting forbidden fruit. Result: a severe rash which closed both eyes for two days and forced the postponement of a scheduled concert at Bacolod City...