The Philippine military on Wednesday expressed optimism that the abduction of four United Nations peacekeepers in Syria will be “resolved without any untoward incident,” just the same as the incident in March.
Kidnapped Australian national Richard Warren Rodwell remained in captivity as of 10:30 p.m. Thursday, the military claimed.
The UN pressed on with negotiations on Thursday to secure the release of 21 peacekeepers abducted in Syria as regime warplanes pounded the northern city of Raqa after it fell into rebel hands.
The Department of Foreign Affairs is still verifying whether Filipinos were among foreign nationals abducted by militants at a natural gas field in Algeria.
The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) said it sent emissaries on Monday to negotiate the release of foreign and Filipino hostages being held by al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf gunmen on southern Jolo island.
Jordanian journalist Baker Abdulla Atyani and two Filipino television crew members who were allegedly abducted by the Abu Sayyaf were seen roaming around rebel camps in Sulu, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said Tuesday.
BIÑAN, Laguna, Philippines—An 8-year-old son of a Burma (Myanmar) national was abducted by four armed men while the boy was on board a school service van on Friday in Biñan City, according to a flash police report sent via SMS by Laguna police director Senior Superintendent Gilbert Cruz. Cruz, citing a report from the Biñan [...]
The Filipino wife of kidnapped Australian national Richard Warren Rodwell said she was being left in the dark by the authorities as to the fate of her husband.
Two European bird watchers who were abducted by Abu Sayyaf members in Tawi-tawi in February have been moved to Sulu, according to Tawi-Tawi Gov. Sadikul Sahali.
The Supreme Court has ordered the Court of Appeals to conduct a special summary hearing on the case of Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas, who charged that she was abducted and tortured by military agents in Tarlac three years ago.
Police and local government officials remain clueless about the location of the Europeans who were kidnapped in Tawi-Tawi on February 1.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines deployed a naval force in Tawi-Tawi as part of security measures and effort to rescue two European bird watchers who were abducted by still unidentified “lawless elements” late Wednesday, a military spokesman said Thursday.
