The World - News from Sept. 23, 1988

Philippine President Corazon Aquino announced she was postponing nationwide community elections set for November because of Communist rebel activities. “Our armed forces report that in many areas, the insurgents are bent on controlling the electoral process, resorting to force and violence, if necessary, and that many lives will again be lost,” she told reporters in delaying the voting until May. More than 100 people died in provincial elections in January, and the military blamed much of the violence on insurgents.