1.   Rebel troops end siege of Manila area.

2.   Police said bombs exploded at several election campaign offices in the Manila area and in the southern Philippines.

3.   A power blackout hit much of the Manila area Tuesday night, shutting off traffic lights and plunging much of the capital region into darkness.

4.   Alino said Avenir was involved in at least six other kidnappings and four payroll van robberies in the Manila area.

5.   Another bomb attack hit a bus in Quezon city, in the greater Manila area.

6.   Elsewhere, a bomb exploded in a bus inside the main bus terminal in Quezon city, in the greater Manila area.

7.   Estrada ordered an investigation into the collapse, saying he was also considering calling a meeting of experts to discuss ways of preventing frequent floods in the Manila area.

8.   Filipino diplomats will visit garbage dumps in the Manila area to see how many of their fellow countrymen live, it was announced Wednesday.

9.   Forty-seven of the deaths occurred in the Manila area, Health Secretary Carmencita Reodica said.

10.   He said it was caused by a suspected short circuit at a switching station in Balintawak in northern metropolitan Manila, which services the entire Manila area.