11.   Salazar was a former government militiaman.

12.   Six civilians, three soldiers and three government militiamen also have died in the clashes, Batenga added.

13.   Three government militiamen have also been killed, he said.

14.   Government militiamen assigned to guard him gave chase and fired at the kidnappers who escaped, police said.

15.   A government militiaman was among the seven injured in the Cotabato blast, Dampac said.

16.   Filler said they were investigating reports that several government militiamen and soldiers had joined Jarque in the hills.

17.   Filler said they were investigating reports that several government militiamen and soldiers joined Jarque in the hills.

18.   The NPA shot dead a government militiaman in another area of Davao on Wednesday, the police said.

19.   Two communist guerrillas and three government militiamen have been killed in a gunbattle in the southern Philippines, police said Wednesday.

20.   Three guerrillas and a government militiaman were slain when suspected Moslem rebels attacked an army outpost in Tungawan town, north of here, a military report said Friday.