1.   City officials have fielded calls from parents wondering if they should send their children out of town for awhile.

2.   Club officials fielded two questions for each candidate and responses were limited to one minute each.

3.   Officials there now field frequent inquiries from other states interested in the practice.

4.   School officials fielded calls throughout the day from worried parents, many trapped in their homes under police orders and unable to get to their children.

5.   Station officials also fielded scores of calls and e-mails from donors and viewers.

6.   Town officials fielded inquiries from news organizations as far away as Japan.

7.   State offices in General Santos remained open after city officials fielded ambulances and other government vehicles to ferry employees to their offices.