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3rd Makati blast eludes arrest anew By Joel Francis GuintoINQ7.net THE THIRD suspect in the Valentine's Day bombing in Makati City has eluded arrest for a second time, Metro Manila police chief Director Avelino Razon Jr. said Tuesday.Razon said in a phone interview that Gapal Bana, who goes by the aliases Maidan and Boy Negro, encountered authorities who were pursuing him in Libmanan town, Camarines Sur province at around 10 p.m. Sunday.A brief firefight ensued and Bana was hit in the thigh before he escaped to a thickly forested area, Razon said.“He cannot go very far and we are optimistic...

  Print this article |    Amrozi's smile slips as prosecutor calls for his headBy Wayne MillerDenpasar, Bali July 1 2003 Alleged Bali bomber Amrozi shifted uncomfortably in his swivel chair yesterday as the prosecutor in his trial called for the death sentence to be passed for his role in the October 12 attacks."We, the prosecution, request that, because of the evidence that has been brought before the court, that he has planned and caused an act of terrorism... you should bring down the punishment of the death penalty," Urip Tri Gunawan told the five judges, after a seven-hour summation of the...

Thursday, February 13, 2003   Gov’t asks Iraqi envoy with Abu links to leave By Jowie F. Corpuz, CorrespondentThe Philippines yesterday gave Husham Z. Hussein, the Iraqi embassy’s second secretary whom the Department of Foreign Affairs accuses of having links with the Abu Sayyaf and the communist National Democratic Front, 48 hours to leave the country. The DFA summoned the Iraqi embassy’s charge d’ affaires to inform him and his government — through a note verbale — that Hussein has ceased to enjoy the rights and privileges of a diplomat in the Philippines. “I summoned Charge d’ Affaires Samir Bolus...