| The asylum-seekers arrived in the Philippine capital on Friday night aboard a China Southern Airlines jetliner from Beijing. |
| Other scholars of Philippine culture have also recognized the need to study songs and poetry as repositories of history. |
| An anti-piracy conference leading to joint action by Philippine, Malaysian and Indonesian authorities in the troubled waters would also be a sensible step. |
| The USS Arleigh Burke, a destroyer, and USS Philippine Sea, a cruiser, launched a total of 47 Tomahawk missiles. |
| Wire communications facilities across the Philippine Islands linked the archipelago by submarine cable. |
| There was a Philippine gunboat and a mine-layer and an American flattop in plain view. |
