GMA condoles with Indon leader

President Arroyo called up Monday night Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri to express the Filipino people’s sympathy to the Indonesian nation for the terrorist bombing on the island of Bali.

Nearly 200 people were killed and 300 wounded in the massive explosion near two nightclubs in the tourist resort late Saturday.

Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said Mrs. Arroyo told Megawati in their 10-minute telephone conversation that the Philippines will send a four-member medical team to Bali to help Indonesian doctors treat bombing victims.

Bunye said Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit had already talked with the minister of health of Indonesia on the Philippine medical mission, which leaves for Bali today.

Members of the medical mission are:consultant Dr. Hector Santos and nurse Derek Demiar of the Burn Unit, East Avenue Medical Center; and plastic surgeon Dr. Placido Calimag and nurse Teresita Fernandez of the Quirino Memorial Medical Center. – Marichu Villanueva