Saboteurs cut RP telephones

Saboteurs cut RP telephones

MANILA (AP): Saboteurs have damaged telephone equipment in two
areas of metropolitan Manila, cutting off phone service to a
hospital, businesses and a police headquarters, officials said
yesterday.

An official of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. said
it was investigating whether the incident was connected to an
ongoing strike at PLDT, the country's largest telecommunications
company.

Horace Lavidez, a PLDT spokesman, said the saboteurs forced
open 10 telephone wiring boxes located on sidewalks and destroyed
the equipment inside Saturday night in the cities of Pasig and
Mandaluyong, disconnecting about 2,500 telephone lines, mostly to
business offices.

Lavidez said repair crews were trying to restore the lines
yesterday. A union official denied any involvement in the damage.