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Update (11/19/07):

• Abu Sayaf suspects confessed Akbar was the target

Update (11/15/07):

1. Suspects of the bombing died in a shootout with military and police
   
2. Stocks and peso-dollar closed slighly lower

This is the third blast, that affected greater Manila area, in two months. We have Glorietta 2, Sorrento Bacoor, and what transpired last night, the south wing of the Philippines House of Representatives. Per newspaper account, a Congressman from Mindanao, Wahab Akbar, was one of the 3 fatalities.

I hope explosions will not be a regular occurrence since this will not add value in any way in alleviating the social ills of ordinary people. I personally believed a statement was made with the latest blast. It can not be an accident nor caused by gas, rather it was intentional and what made it worse is it happened in one of the institutions of Government. It appears that security precaution will not be safe enough if perpetrators is determined to kill and create havoc.

It will also be interesting to watch how the Peso-Dollar trading, the Stock Market and the chambers of commerce will react to this incident .

You may want to check these news accounts:

1. List of dead and injured
2. Blast, Abu Sayaf’s owndoing?
   
3. Senate on red alert
4. NCR on red alert

Update: another blast victim died