MEMORABLE QUOTES

• “They were attacked because they were sleeping sincerely last night.”Retired General Roy Kyamko, former Southern Command chief responding to journalists’ query why Siocon was attacked last May 4, 2003 leaving 34 dead civilians and cops.

• “We are offering this token to Police Chief Supt. Servando Hizon for his mysterious achievements as Regional Police Director for Western Mindanao,” says an EMCEE during a turn-over of command two years ago Camp Abendan in Mercedes, Zamboanga City.

• “I am happy to see ah John Hamburger (Linborg) of USED (USAID) and other officers that are very presence here….” says Maimbung town (Sulu) mayor Najib Maldisa in one of the soft launching of USAID projects in Sulu.

• "Minabuti kong dalhin dito sa hospital, you know, after three days ordeal, kailangan medyo konting un-stress," says Lt. General Eugenio Cedo, Western Mindanao Command chief last October 21, 2006 when he was asked by a journalist why confine the four released or escaped kidnapped victims.