MINDANAO REGION
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Military authorities have shifted their focus from identifying the remains of Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khadaffy Janjalani to determining who should receive the $5-million reward for his killing.

Officials said they have to identify the people entitled to the reward to be given by the US government, which is in addition to P10 million from the Philippine government. Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) spokesman Maj. Eugene Batara said the military has yet to identify the people and the unit that turned in Janjalani, whose death was confirmed Saturday through DNA test results. According to Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public information office chief Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro, the soldiers involved in the encounter are not eligible for the cash rewards from the US government since it is their job to run after the terrorists. He said the US reward system provides that the bounty would go to any civilian who could provide information that would neutralize the target.