Posts Under Kidnapping Category
Gunmen free 2 of 3 people abducted in Lanao Norte
By Mindanews on June 10 2011 7:48 am
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/09 June) – Two of the three kidnap victims were freed an hour after gunmen abducted them Wednesday in Lanao del Norte, a military official disclosed Thursday. Freed… »
Kidnapped grocery owner freed
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on April 10 2011 10:25 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/10 April) — A grocery owner abducted here on April 1 was freed early Sunday morning in Barangay Balanaken, Datu Piang, Maguindanao. Jinkee Lim Yap, 38, was freed… »
Kidnapped? American reported missing
By Violeta M. Gloria on February 24 2011 6:45 am
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/23 February)—An American national was reported missing and believed kidnapped by unknown persons but police and military authorities said they were baffled by the circumstances surrounding his disappearance.… »
Sema denies allegations he’s behind trader’s abduction
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 6 2011 12:03 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/05 February) – Cotabato City Vice Mayor Muslimin Sema has denied allegations he was behind the January 8 kidnapping of a Filipino-Chinese trader there. The victim, 54-year-old Adin… »
Police link Cotabato City V. Mayor Sema, councilor to kidnappings
By Bong S. Sarmiento on February 5 2011 12:08 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/04 February)— Former Cotabato City mayor and now Vice Mayor Muslimin G. Sema and a councilor are allegedly involved in the series of kidnappings in the locality,… »
Evidence on kidnapping of Surigao City banker spoiled: CIDG
By Roel Catoto on January 25 2011 12:01 am
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/24 January) – Shoddy investigation work and even questionable actions of the police have spoiled and contaminated the pieces of evidence in the kidnapping of a Surigao City… »
7 kidnappers nabbed in GenSan
By Allen V. Estabillo on January 12 2011 6:01 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 Jan) – Police operatives arrested at least seven suspected members of an alleged kidnap-for-ransom gang while they were reportedly plotting a kidnapping operation here Monday afternoon.… »
Yu’s kidnappers demand ransom
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on January 11 2011 1:29 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/10 January) – Kidnappers who seized a businessman at gunpoint Saturday night at the roadside parking area of the city’s premier hotel are demanding “some amount” for his… »
Charges filed vs kidnappers of 8-year old girl
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on December 19 2010 12:00 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/18 Dec) – Four suspects in Thursday’s kidnapping of an eight-year old girl and the killing of her father in Pigcawayn, North Cotabato, have been charged by the… »
Pa killed, daughter abducted in Pigkawayan
By Bong S. Sarmiento on December 17 2010 8:14 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/16 December) — Kidnappers snatched early morning today a businessman’s daughter in Pigkawayan town in North Cotabato, police officials said. Chief Insp. Jomar Alexis Yap, regional Philippine National Police spokesperson, said the three unidentified kidnappers also shot dead 8-year-old victim’s father, Allan Tamayo, when he resisted them.
2 students of MSU-Marawi kidnapped
By Violeta M. Gloria on December 10 2010 12:06 am
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/09 December) — Mindanao State University President Dr. Macapado Abaton Muslim has started negotiations for the release of two students who were kidnapped Tuesday inside the school campus… »
Fil-Chinese community lauds swift rescue of kidnapped businessman in GenSan
By Allen V. Estabillo on November 27 2010 1:14 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/26 November) -The Filipino-Chinese business community here and in nearby South Cotabato province lauded local government officials, police and Army units based in the area for the… »
SouthCot businesswoman released 5 days after abduction
By Mindanews on November 21 2010 12:57 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/19 Nov) – Kidnappers released unharmed Friday a wealthy businesswoman from South Cotabato province five days after she was abducted by armed men. Chief Supt. Gil Menses,… »
Kidnappers demand P10-M ransom for Sto. Nino trader
By Allen V. Estabillo on November 18 2010 6:25 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/17 November) – Kidnappers of a businesswoman from Sto. Nino town in South Cotabato have demanded a P10-million ransom in exchange for the safe release of the… »
Kidnapped gas station owner in Datu Piang freed
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on November 18 2010 6:23 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/17 November) – A gas station owner in Datu Piang town in Maguindanao who was kidnapped Sunday noon has been reunited with his family after his abductors released… »
Trader, gas station owner abducted in Sto. Nino, Datu Piang
By Mindanews on November 16 2010 7:11 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 November) — Kidnappers struck anew in different parts of Southwestern Mindanao, snatching two victims from the business community and killing one person and wounding another late… »
Kidnapped businessman rescued in GenSan
By Allen V. Estabillo on November 6 2010 10:09 am
Cotabato City kidnap victim freed in Maguindanao
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on October 16 2010 9:08 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/16 October) — Kidnappers freed Friday dawn 73-year hardware trader Conchita Tan of Cotabato City in a marshy area in Maguindanao. Tan, owner of the LCT Hardware in… »
Business leader says amen to bishop's proposal to declare ML in Cotabato City
By Mindanews on October 13 2010 1:03 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/12 October)—The head of a business group in Cotabato City has endorsed the proposal of a senior Catholic Church official to place the city under martial law in… »
Surigao Norte police to probe deeper into banker's abduction
By Roel Catoto on September 29 2010 9:13 pm
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/29 September) — The new provincial police director of Surigao del Norte promised he will soon review and dig deeper into the case of kidnapped banker Johnson Cuiting.… »
Kidnap victims in Marawi, Maguindanao freed
By Mindanews on September 25 2010 3:03 pm
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews/25 September) – A driver abducted September 14 at the GMA terminal here was freed Friday afternoon without ransom, as five Maranaw victims kidnapped Wednesday in Maguindanao were… »
Kidnap victim’s kin in Matanog turn desperate; resort to kidnapping to get even
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on September 25 2010 1:00 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/24 September) – Family members of an Iranun kidnap victim resorted to kidnapping too after failing to locate their relative, police reports said. According to the regional police… »
Kidnapped Marawi trader released after paying ransom
By Mindanews on September 16 2010 12:01 am
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews/15 Sept) — A Maranao trader kidnapped over two weeks ago was released before dawn today allegedly after paying “board and lodging” money amounting to P350,000 to his… »
Kidnapper nabbed in Maguindanao
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on September 8 2010 8:45 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/8 Sept) — Police operatives in Cotabato City arrested on Tuesday a kidnapper who was also among the inmates who escaped from the North Cotabato Provincial Jail more… »
