[EX.-99.906CERT]

                                                                  Exhibit (b)(2)

                           SECTION 906 CERTIFICATIONS

     In connection with this report on Form N-CSR for the Registrant as
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), the undersigned hereby certifies, pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as applicable; and

     (2)the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.


                                        By: /s/ Christopher O. Blunt
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Christopher O. Blunt
                                            President

                                        Date: January 6, 2006


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                           SECTION 906 CERTIFICATIONS

     In connection with this report on Form N-CSR for the Registrant as
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), the undersigned hereby certifies, pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as applicable; and

     (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Registrant.


                                        By: /s/ Arphiela Arizmendi
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Arphiela Arizmendi
                                            Treasurer and Principal Financial
                                            and Accounting Officer

                                        Date: January 6, 2006


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