81.   A spokesman for the national police agency said the contents of the report had been released only to the Japanese media and would not comment on the reports.

82.   Acting national police chief Roberto Lastimoso blamed the Abu Sayyaf, an extremist Muslim group whose leader was killed in a recent clash, for the first attack.

83.   Acting national police chief Roberto Lastimoso said no suspects had been identified in the explosion Saturday on Jolo island in Sulu province, a Muslim rebel stronghold.

84.   Aiming to clamp down on crime and corruption, the government on Thursday named a new head of national police.

85.   Also at the restaurant, coincidentally, was a bodyguard for Gen. Jose Serrano, national police chief, said police spokesman Victor Pinzon.

86.   Also criticized was the unruly, trigger-happy national police, hurriedly trained last year by international instructors.

87.   Also Monday, Florencio Parena, an ex-policeman suspected of being a top drug lord, surrendered to authorities, national police director Recaredo Sarmiento said.

88.   All the suspects are Indonesian and none are police or military personnel, said Senior Superintendent Saleh Saaf, deputy national police spokesman.

89.   All the suspects were being detained at the national police jail in Camp Crame.

90.   Aides applauded a beaming President Ernesto Samper, and top law enforcement officials were showered with confetti at national police headquarters.