A/HRC/4/41 page 70 Philippines Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 594 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent under the urgent action the standard procedure procedure 4 Number of cases on which the Government has replied 0 3 0 Multiple replies on some cases General allegation Prompt intervention letter Working Group request for a visit a Cases clarified during the period under review by: Government Non-governmental sources N/A N/A N/A Yes 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 601a Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A Government response Government response Government response N/A N/A N/A One case was deleted after the seventy-seventh session. Urgent actions 334. The Working Group transmitted four cases under its urgent action procedure to the Government of the Philippines. All four cases concerned persons who reportedly disappeared from the Central Luzon region. Philip Limjoco allegedly disappeared near a bus terminal. Philip Dela Cruz was reportedly taken from the side of the road by an armed group. The two other urgent action cases concerned Tessie Abellera and her son Rodel Abellera, who were allegedly taken by soldiers from their home. Standard cases 335. The Working Group transmitted to the Government under its standard procedure the cases of three persons who reportedly disappeared together in June 2006 in the Bulacan District of the Philippines. The cases concerned Manuel Merino, Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan. Information from the Government 336. The Government of the Philippines sent two communications to the Working Group. On 22 August 2006, the Government reported on an investigation of the cases of four persons who disappeared in 2005. It reported that an investigation of the case had been conducted by the Commanding General of the Philippine Army, 4th Infantry Division. Initial reports revealed that the allegations against the 58th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army were unsubstantiated. 337. On 11 October 2006, the Government stated that the licence plate number attributed to the vehicle that had been used by soldiers to take a mother and son from their home (see paragraph 334) had been issued to a different vehicle and therefore had been purposely used to