21.   Philippine authorities have accused Yousef of bombing a Philippine airliner last December and believe he was plotting to kill the pope when he visited Manila in January.

22.   Philippine authorities have become increasingly concerned about illegal drugs from China and Chinese drug traffickers.

23.   Philippine monetary authorities will use all means at their disposal to quell renewed volatility of the peso, the central bank head said Tuesday.

24.   Philippine authorities arrested the main suspect in a series of sexual assaults in the United States, a government official said Thursday.

25.   Philippine authorities have alleged Khalifa is associated with violent Muslim extremists there and in the Mideast, Russia, Romania, Albania and the Netherlands.

26.   Philippine authorities said the boat accidentally collided in rough seas with the patrol ship.

27.   Philippine authorities say that if the retaining walls of the terraces were placed end to end, they would stretch nearly halfway around the world.

28.   Philippine authorities say the paddies would complete half a circle around the world if linked end to end.

29.   Quah also warned that those who escape would be considered illegal aliens and risk being deported by Philippine authorities.

30.   Philippine authorities are convinced Schilling was an unwilling hostage, said Gen. Diomedio Villanueva, armed forces chief of staff.