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...group, were killed during the bloody suppression of a prison riot. But offstage developments are just as frightening. TIME has learned that Philippine security forces seized a cache of sophisticated bombs during a mid-February raid on a safe house that police say was maintained by Abu Sayyaf in Manila. Twelve bombs manufactured from C4 plastic explosive were recovered, expertly hidden in items such as toothpaste tubes and deodorant bottles. "We call them invisible bombs because they are very, very difficult to detect," says one senior government official familiar with the case. "And at that size we can only think...
...Sayyaf group, were killed during the bloody suppression of a prison riot. But offstage developments are just as frightening. TIME has learned that Philippine security forces seized a cache of sophisticated bombs during a February raid on what police say was an Abu Sayyaf safe house in Manila. Twelve bombs manufactured from C4 plastic explosive were recovered, expertly hidden in items like toothpaste tubes and deodorant bottles. "We call them invisible bombs because they are very, very difficult to detect," says one senior government official. "And at that size we can only think of one purpose: airplanes." In Malaysia...
...Manila and a few provincial capitals like Cebu, the press is much the same as it is in other countries-with codes of ethics, press clubs and standard pay scales. But as the case of Allan Dizon illustrates, no place is immune from the murky interplay of poverty and crime that pervades many areas of Philippine society. Things are especially bad in the cattle towns and fetid jungle outposts, where the cowboys of publishing rule. Many journalists at small rural papers don't receive a salary, but are instead paid piecemeal, earning a few dollars per story ($10 is roughly...
...quarter of Intramuros, but don lurid bell bottoms for a tour of the 1970s Cultural Center of the Philippines?Celdran offers up rich narratives that are by turns gossipy (his account of Imelda Marcos' rise and fall is hilarious) and compelling (the description of a bombed-out Manila, at the end of World War II, is unforgettable). They're also filled with the kind of insight that only a native raconteur can provide?Celdran is Manila-born, and with his Spanish, Chinese and American ancestry, represents all the city's cultural components. "I can't change the way Manila looks...
...want to have a good nose, which God did not give you in the first place, then you must spend for that." DR. ALICIA LIM, administrator of Manila's Jose Reyes Memorial Hospital, supporting a 20% "vanity tax" on cosmetic surgery currently under consideration by Philippine lawmakers...