First, we don't feel that the problem is severe in the Philippines. Second, we are conducting a process of proper evaluation and consultation with the commercial group industry, looking at the economic impact of what the findings will bring. Diarrhea Down 700 Persons in Zamboanga City More than 700 people, mostly children, have been hospitalized because of a diarrhea outbreak in Zamboanga City allegedly because the water supply had been poisoned. Officials quickly deployed troops to guard the city's reservoir from the Abu Sayyaf, which has threatened to poison the water supply. More than 100 people are still confined to hospitals in the city since the outbreak last Sunday.
Patients complain of severe stomach pain and vomiting.
No deaths have been reported. Authorities are still analyzing water samples and the people were asked to boil their drinking water. Villagers reported that public health centers have run out of oral rehydration tablets. The outbreak occurred barely two days after the rumor spread that the Abu Sayyaf had poisoned the reservoir. The rumor came after the spread of a report saying that the military is planning to seize the houses and other properties of the leaders of the Abu Sayyaf, which the bandits acquired using the millions of pesos in ransom that they have amassed.