Tag: kidnap-for-ransom

Following arrest of policeman allegedly involved in kidnap-for-ransom activities, Eleazar relieves entire anti-illegal drugs unit of Pasay police station

(Eagle News)—-National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar on Wednesday, March 6, relieved all members of the drug enforcement unit of a Pasay police station following the arrest of a policeman allegedly involved in kidnap-for-ransom activities. Relieved after the arrest of Police Corporal Anwar Encarnacion Nasser by the Counter-Intelligence Task Force in an entrapment operation early in the day, around 4 a.m., were members of the Pasay police station 1 drug unit. Nasser’s three […]

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196 bagong recruit para sa SCAA, isinailalim sa basic military training

  ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Para lalo pa umanong mapaigting ng hukbo ng Naval Forces Western Mindanao ang pagbabantay sa karagatang sakop ng Zambasulta (Zamboanga-Basilan-Sulu-Tawitawi) ay nagsanay sila ng higit 100 na bagong recruit na mga indibidwal para sa bagong batch ng Special Cafgu Active Auxiliary. Sumailalim ang 196 sa sampung araw na basic military training upang magkaroon ng kasanayan sa pagtatanggol ng buhay mula sa banta ng mga teroristang nag-ooperate sa mga karagatang […]

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Three Vietnamese rescued from Abu Sayyaf in Tawi-Tawi

(Agence France Presse) — Three Vietnamese sailors held for eight months by Islamist gunmen have been rescued by soldiers, the army said Saturday, in the latest operation against the kidnap-for-ransom militants. The sailors were found in the southernmost island group of Tawi-Tawi on Friday, along with the body of another Vietnamese seaman who had died in captivity from an illness, regional military commander Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez said. “He was already dead when the troops […]

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2 Indian nationals na umano’y miyembro ng kidnap-for-ransom group, napatay sa Cavite

(Eagle News) — Dead-on-the-spot ang dalawang Indian national na umano’y miyembro ng kidnap-for-ransom group matapos makaengkwentro ng mga operatiba ng Philippine National Police-Anti-Kidnapping Group (PNP-AKG) sa Imus, Cavite. Kinilala ang dalawang suspek na sina Honey Singh at Kumar Pardeep. 2 napatay na kidnap suspects, nambiktima ng kapwa Indian national; humingi ng P20-million ransom Sa report ni PNP AKG director, PSSupt. Glen Dumlao, Sept 3 nang dukutin ng mga suspek sa Dasmarinas ang biktimang si Lalit […]

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Bodies of seven loggers abducted, beheaded by Abu Sayyaf recovered in Basilan

The bodies of seven loggers who were beheaded by members of the Abu Sayyaf Group have been found in Basilan. Local police chief John Cundo told AFP Nestor Divinagracia, 50; his son Ily, 25; Berto Lacastesantos, 48; Hernando Sally, 53; Renato Casiple Jr., 36; Rene Sanson, 28; and Mamerto Falcasantos, 55; who were abducted last July 20 at Lower Mahayahay, Maluso town, were found over the weekend in a mountainous village, in Barangay Switch Yakal, Lantawan. […]

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Abu Sayyaf kidnappings in the Philippines

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Islamic militants in the southern Philippines beheaded an elderly German yachtsman on Sunday after their ransom demands were not met, authorities said Monday. The murder of Jurgen Kantner was the latest attributed to the Abu Sayyaf, a kidnap-for-ransom gang that is believed to have earned millions of dollars through its grisly business since the 1990s. Here are five questions and answers about kidnappings in the southern Philippines: – Who is […]

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Diskusyon – Increased criminality nationwide alarms public (Part 2)

Indeed, the increase in number of crimes being committed in the country is a cause for alarm. An example is the rising occurrence of kidnap-for-ransom being posted in social media and text blasts. Even the Chinese-Filipino community is disturbed by these developments. According to the founder of Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order, Teresita Ang-See, just this January to August, 19 cases of kidnap-for-ransom were recorded in Metro Manila. Just last week, a retired […]

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Diskusyon – Increased criminality nationwide alarms public (Part 1)

Indeed, the increase in number of crimes being committed in the country is a cause for alarm. An example is the rising occurrence of kidnap-for-ransom being posted in social media and text blasts. Even the Chinese-Filipino community is disturbed by these developments. According to the founder of Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order, Teresita Ang-See, just this January to August, 19 cases of kidnap-for-ransom were recorded in Metro Manila. Just last week, a retired […]

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