31.   However the council decision has to be approved by the town mayor before it comes into effect.

32.   A town mayor south of Manila has also been accused of rape by a teenager.

33.   A town mayor in Mindoro island and the brother of a congressional candidate in the eastern island of Samar were also reported slain on Sunday.

34.   Alfred Muller, the town mayor and a medical doctor, said the measure is aimed at educating the public about the hazards of smoking.

35.   Among the Canadian victims were a town mayor and a journalist with the daily Le Le Journal de Quebec.

36.   Communist guerrillas gunned down Tuesday a former town mayor and wounded his bodyguard in the eastern Philippine province of Camarines Sur, police said.

37.   The Philippine justice system has been criticized for convicting small town mayors and clerks but failing to imprison big-time crooks.

38.   This year a wealthy town mayor was jailed for life for the rape and murder of a student.

39.   Two soldiers and four Moslem rebels were killed in a gun battle when the insurgents ambushed troopers escorting a town mayor near here on Thursday, the army said.

40.   Suspected communist rebels disguised as soldiers killed a town mayor in the northern Philippines shortly after flag-raising ceremonies on Monday, police said.