4 soldiers, 4 Cafgus
die in MILF ambush 10 others in Lanao convoy
wounded
BY VICTOR REYES
FOUR soldiers and four militiamen died while
10 others were injured in an ambush staged yesterday by
suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels in Mulondo town
in Lanao del Sur, military officials said.
Military spokesmen said the perpetrators were
members of the secessionist group but Brig. Gen. Hilario
Atendido, chief of the 102nd Infantry Brigade and commander of
Task Force Tabak, said this has yet to be verified.
The MILF said it is checking the incident in
Ilian village where the four-vehicle convoy of Lt. Col. Ramon
Florece, commander of the 5th Infantry Cadre Battalion, was
passing when waylaid by around 100 men at around 8 a.m.
BEIJING — It was billed as a team relay race,
but it was only about one man, Michael Phelps.
From the moment he walked into the Water Cube
swimming pool at the head of the US team, all eyes were fixed on
him and his quest to win a record eighth gold medal at a single
Olympics.
For years, no one believed that Mark Spitz’s
seven gold haul from 1972 could be overtaken. On Sunday, no one
believed that Phelps would not make history by going one better.
PRESIDENT Arroyo has asked the Bishop-Ulama
Conference of the Philippines to spearhead a wider consultation
on peace efforts between the government and Moro National
Liberation Front, including the controversial proposed
memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain, Malacañang said
yesterday.
Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said the BUC, an
interfaith group composed of bishops and ulamas in Mindanao and
led by Archbishop Fernando Capalla, is now consulting members on
whether they would take on the task.
Archbishop Antonio Ledesma said the BUC is
very much willing to participate in the peace efforts.
