81.   Philippine troops cannot carry firearms while off duty and not in uniform unless they have a specific mission order.

82.   Philippine troops demolished markers put up on at least seven spits around the reef and vowed to continue destroying others as they find them.

83.   Philippine troops have stepped up a manhunt for a kidnap gang holding a South Korean hostage on the main southern island of Mindanao, the military said Thursday.

84.   Philippine troops now occupy eight Spratly islands claimed by Manila, which it collectively calls the Kalayaan islands.

85.   Philippine troops caught up with their captors Friday, triggering clashes in which Martin Burnham and the Filipina nurse, Ediborah Yap, were killed.

86.   Philippine troops clashed Friday with communist insurgents in a hilly area near the capital Manila, killing one rebel and capturing three others, the Army said.

87.   Philippine troops have uncovered two major communist guerrilla camps on the southern island of Mindanao, officials said Sunday.

88.   President Fidel Ramos is to meet with leaders of Congress Monday to seek support for the sending of Philippine troops for peacekeeping missions in Haiti.

89.   Philippine troops blew up boundary markers put up by the Chinese side and demanded Beijing dismantle the structures and pull out its forces, to no avail.

90.   Philippine troops currently garrison seven islands in the chain, which are also claimed in whole or in part by Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam.