Friday, June 17, 2005 (Philippines)

The perennial problem of children and even adults afflicted with water-borne diseases due to inaccessibility of clean water is now a thing of the past following the water system project by Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project (GGP) in Ampatuan, Maguindanao. (Contributed photo/PBSP) INDONESIAN lawmaker Junus Effendi Habibie reiterated Indonesia's stand against terrorists even as he vowed there will be no mercy in the hunt for the Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiya, which is blamed for the series of bombings in Jakarta and the Philippines. He said Indonesian authorities continue to hunt down members of the terrorist group, implicated in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed over 200 mostly tourists. The JI was also tagged as behind the 2001 Manila bombing of a passenger train, killing and wounding scores of civilians. [full story]