71.   Philippine officials have launched a campaign to inform Filipinos in Malaysia of the amnesty program and persuade them to sign up, he said.

72.   Philippine officials have proposed sharing the bells by having one returned to the country and a replica produced for each site.

73.   Philippine officials have said the establishment of a separate state is unconstitutional and unacceptable.

74.   Philippine officials have tried hard to improve conditions at the airport and hope to pass the FAA inspection.

75.   Philippine officials have tried to console China over the killings.

76.   Philippine officials initially said they were investigating possible links to the Abu Sayyaf.

77.   Philippine officials protested and their American counterparts apologized, officials said.

78.   Philippine officials protested last year when China began enlarging the huts into three-story structures that Mercado said could be used militarily.

79.   Philippine officials said at the time that the airport bomb was real but the Subic explosive had been placed there as part of a security exercise.

80.   Philippine officials said no ransom was paid by the government but Japanese news agencies reported at the time that Mitsui may have paid a substantial amount.