Zamboanga - Bad weather delayed the expected release of foreign hostages taken by Muslim rebels, but officials were confident all 16 captives would be freed from a southern Philippine island this week.
The chief hostage negotiator, Mr Robert Aventajado, said bad weather had hampered his flight to the rugged and remote island of Jolo, 960 km south of Manila, to pick up a dozen European and South African hostages as planned.
