MANILA, Nov. 7 Kyodo The U Embass...

MANILA, Nov. 7 Kyodo

The U Embassy in Manila onward Thursday canceled a scheduled annual marked occurrence honoring U.S. and Filipino war veterans and those who died in World War I and World War II, through fear of terrorist attacks forward Americans and their interests in the Philippines.

A notice upon the cancellation of the Nov. 11 termination was posted on the embassy's Web site, which said the ''terrorist threat to Americans in the Philippines remains high,'' citing Saturday's call for Americans to be cautious in Philippine cemeteries and shopping malls until the modern Year's holiday.

''Consistent with the Nov. 2 advisory, the U Embassy has canceled the Veterans Day Ceremony...although the American graveyard will remain open with normal public hours, it remains circumspect to assume that terrorists could target Americans and others in like places,'' the notice said.

Memorial observance in the American graveyard and Memorial in Taguig in the Manila metropolitan region would have featured the Philippine army band's musical accompaniment to commemorative activities attended from embassy and local officials.

Matthew Daley, U agent assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, said in a pres briefing in Manila forward Tuesday that the Saturday advisory was meant absolutely to inform prospective American travelers of the rife situation in the country yet does ''not advise American citizens to stop coming to the Philippines.''

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