The Abu Sayyaf group executed three of its remaining Vietnamese captives in a Sulu village. Troops recovered the bullet-riddled body of Tran Khac Dung, alias Tran Viet Van, in Buhanginan village, Patikul, Sulu on July 8. The Abu Sayyaf group on July 5 beheaded Vietnamese nationals Hoang Trung Thong and Hoang Va Hai in Barangay […]
Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order pledges its full support to the Anti-kidnapping Group in the nuisance habeas corpus case filed against them by kidnap-murder suspect, former Bulacan mayor and current barangay captain Apolinario Policarpio Marcelo Jr. of Angat. “We at MRPO will give our full support to the AKG officers and help them […]
Police filed criminal charges against two Chinese nationals for allegedly kidnapping Yan Hou, 28, at a casino in Parañaque City June 2. Chen Shi Quan, 42, and Hu Yong Jian, 38, were charged with kidnapping and serious illegal detention before the Department of Justice. Their Filipino bodyguards – Ric Baldecir, 39, and Noel Rodelas, 31 […]
Four Makati policemen who kidnapped a businessman and extorted P400,000 in exchange for his release would be dismissed from the police service, said National Capital Region Police Office Director Oscar Albayalde. Albayalde identified them as PO2s Harley Garcera and Clarence Maynes and PO1s Tim Galzote and Jeffrey Cañete. He also ordered the investigation of team […]
Two government workers were released by their Abu Sayyaf kidnappers in Sulu on April 30 amid relentless military operations against the bandit group. Driver Alidznur Halis and his helper Aljima Ahari, employees of the Department of Public Works and Highways first engineering district in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, were recovered by government troops […]
Kidnapped Filipino sailor Noel Besconde was beheaded after he became ill while in the custody of the Abu Sayyaf bandits, led by Hatib Sawadjaan. A crew member of the F/B Remona siezed in the Celebes Sea in December, Besconde’s execution in Patikul, Sulu was confirmed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines after it got […]
Police busted an Indian-led kidnap-for-ransom group after a group leader and three gang members were arrested. The arrests – made separately in Lupao and Rizal towns, Nueva Ecija – were made after the group took the P600,000 ransom payment from victim Indian businessman Handvinder Singh, says Director General Ronald dela Rosa, chief of the Philippine […]
A businessman was rescued after almost four months in captivity in Camarines Sur. Five of his alleged captors were arrested and P1.2 million in ransom was recovered in police operations. Suspects Gerry Mancera, chairman of Barangay Maninila; Jefferson Cuachin, 26; Prudencio Ruiz, 59; Cesar Garcia Jr. and Joven Ortiz, 34, of Camalig, Albay were arrested. […]
A young boy was released unharmed by the Abu Sayyaf group on Feb. 27 in Sulu, reportedly after a P3-million ransom was paid by the victim’s family, security sources revealed. Reports said 7-year-old Ricson Rumoc was freed in the vicinity of Barangay Anuling, Patikul town. He was taken captive along with his parents last August […]
Abu Sayyaf bandits have threatened to execute their German hostage if the P30-million ransom is not paid by Feb. 26. In a video released Feb. 14, the armed group presented 70-year-old German captive Jurgen Kantner at an undisclosed place, believed to be in either Sulu or Basilan. Kantner and his partner Sabine Merz were sailing […]