41.   Provincial police director Jainal Jamasali said the prisoners escaped Saturday afternoon after drinking alcohol at the provincial jail in Kidapawan town, North Cotabato province.

42.   Seven prisoners escaped, the duty officer said.

43.   Seven prisoners escaped from a jail in the central Philippines in a motorcycle taxi after stabbing and seriously injuring two guards, police said Tuesday.

44.   Seventeen prisoners escaped in four other jail breaks since January in the southern provinces of Basilan, Zamboanga del Sur, Lanao del Norte and Sulu.

45.   Ten other prisoners escaped in three other jail breaks last month in the southern provinces of Basilan, Zamboanga del Sur and Lanao del Norte.

46.   The paper said one prisoner had escaped out of the main door of the prison, which was open while painting took place.

47.   The paper said one prisoner had escaped out the main door of the prison, which was open while painting took place.

48.   The police chief said nobody was injured and none of the prisoners escaped, although local media reported three prisoners had escaped.

49.   The prisoner had escaped from the Buca prison ten days ago.

50.   The prisoners escaped after taking the warden hostage, stabbing him to death and smashing through the prison gates in a stolen truck.