Thursday, May 15, 2008 (Philippines)

Marines, with barangay “tanods” and police, help in taking families living within a two-hectare radius of the landslide area in Sitio Nangka, Bry. Sinsin, Cebu City to the sports complex in Bry. Sudlon I. (Sun.star photo/Alex Badayos) MANILA - The reported six influential and dangerous smugglers from Cebu remained unnamed yesterday despite pressure by Cebu City Rep. Antonio Cuenco. In yesterday’s congressional hearing on vehicle smuggling, Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) Chief Antonio Villar refused to name the six big-time smugglers saying he feared being charged with libel because they do not have enough evidence against the six. In the April 23 hearing, Villar said these six influential smugglers, all based in Cebu and operating in Central Visayas, are responsible for the flooding of smuggled cars in Cebu, Bohol and Oriental Negros. [full story]