A/HRC/10/9 page 64 Philippines Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 615 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the standard the urgent action procedure procedure 2 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 5 4 Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources 2 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit No Yes Yes Yes 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 619 Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 Government response Government response Government response No No None Urgent actions 314. The Working Group sent two cases under its urgent action procedure to the Government. The first case concerned Flavio Arante, last seen at a military detachment in Negros Oriental in January 2008. The second concerned James Balao, disappeared in Baguio City in September 2008. Standard cases 315. The Working Group transmitted four newly-reported cases to the Government. They concerned Gloria Soco, Celina Palma, Ariel Beloy and Prudencio Calubid, members of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines Negotiating Panel, stopped on a highway in Quezon Province and allegedly taken away by military officers in June 2006. Information from the Government 316. The Working Group received two communications from the Government, dated 19 November 2007 and 15 October 2008, concerning five outstanding cases. The first communication indicated that investigations on four cases were closed. In the second communication, the Government informed that an amparo petition had been dismissed by the Court of Appeals for lack of factual basis and for failure to substantiate the allegations, but that the investigation was ongoing. The information was insufficient to clarify the outstanding cases. Information from sources 317. Information was received from the source concerning 12 outstanding cases. The source indicated that 10 habeas corpus petitions had been requested, and 6 had been denied. Clarification 318. Following the expiration of the six-month rule, the Working Group decided to clarify two cases.