Gunmen free 2 of 3 people abducted in Lanao Norte

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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… »

Cotabato City kidnap victim freed in Maguindanao

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

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

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

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

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

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

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… »

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