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2 Sino traders abducted By AL JACINTO, Regional Editor-Zamboanga
ZAMBOANGA City––Filipino gunmen abducted two Chinese traders in Zamboanga Sibugay, bringing to three the number of foreigners seized in that southern Philippine province since last year, police and military said Tuesday. It said at least six men raided the apartment of Jamp ong L in-Yuankai, 38, and Jian Luo, 48, in the town of Kabasalan late Monday and seized
the duo at gunpoint and dragged them to a waiting van. “We are doing our best to locate the two victims. Police and military forces
are now tracking down the abductors and their hostages,” said Chief Superintendent Manuel Barcena, head of the Directorate for Integrated Police Operations for Western Mindanao. Policemen and soldiers pu r s u i ng t h e g u n m e n recovered the vehicle–– burned at a nearby coastal village––without any sign of the victims, who are nat ives of Gu angdong province. B ot h foreigners are
engaged in buying and selling of manganese and other minerals and have been living in the town since last year. No individual of group claimed responsibility for the latest abduction, according to Chief Superintendent Napoleon Estilles, the regional police commander. In December last year, gunmen disguised as policemen also kidnapped an Australian adventurer Warren Rodwell, 52, in the
neighbouring town of Ipil. The kidnappers originally demanded $2 million dollars, but lowered this to P20 million, in exchange for Rodwell, who is married to a Filipina, Miraflor Gutang, 27. Ro dwell is b elie ved being held in Basilan, one of five provinces under the Muslim autonomous region in Mindanao. Army Lieutenant Colonel R andolph Cabangbang, a spokesman for the Western Mindanao
Command, and said that they have difficulty in tracking down Rodwell and his captors since they continuously moved from one hideout to another. “Even the intelligence units have not come up wit h ne w infor mation about Rodwell,” he said. The kidnappers have released last month a new video and a set of photographs showing Rodwell holding a newspaper. A report from Al Jacinto with Mindanao Examiner
NPAs claim 18 guns seized in San Luis raid By PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor-Caraga
BusinessWeek Mindanao publisher Dante Sudaria and Mindanao Daily News Executive Editor Allan Mediante award the general managers of the VIP Hotel, Eillen San Juan, and Dynasty Court Hotel & Restaurant, Nelia Lee, for being chosen winners in the 2012 Mindanao Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs Awards held Saturday evening at the Pryce Plaza Hotel. The two awardees come from Cagayan de Oro. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit
WEATHER UPDATE AT 4:00 a.m. yesterday, Typhoon “AMBO” was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 740 km northeast of Basco, Batanes (24.8°N, 128.8°E) with maximum sustained winds of 130 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 160 kph. It is forecast to move northeast at 24 kph. Meanwhile, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 450 km east of Mindanao (7.0°N, 130.0°E). Mindanao will be mostly cloudy with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northwest to west will prevail over Extreme Northern Luzon and coming from the southwest over the rest of the country. The coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be moderate to rough. SOURCE : PAGASA
BUTUAN City––The New People’s Army has owned up to the May 30 raid on the Philippine Army’s 23rd Infantry Battalion patrol base in Barangay Binicalan, San Luis, Agusan del Sur claiming that the raiders took 18 guns before they withdrew. In a press statement, the Cesar Cayon Command of the NPA’s Front 4A, North Central Mindanao, said 18 guns were seized consisting of an M16, three M14, a Carbine, and 12 Garand rifles and a .9mm pistol. Caraga police reported that an undetermined number of communist rebels staged the attack at around 3 a.m. resulting in the wounding of Paulino Asalan, 58, Melina Leganio, 41, Emma Diol, 28, and old boy. The report said the firefight lasted for an hour before the attackers withdrew
but did not say about the weapons they took from the Caraga police director Chief Supt. Reynaldo Rafal condemned the rebels for harming the civilians saying they “should be more prudent not to risk the safety of the populace.” Cesar Cayon Command spokesperson Ka Omar Ibarra said that aside from the three civilians, a soldier was wounded and allegedly ran as his alleged live-in partner took his rifle. The raiders allegedly administered first aid to the wounded before they withdrew, Ibarra said. I b ar r a a c c u s e d t he military for violating the Comprehensive Agreement on the Respect of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) for allowing civilians to stay and live inside the detachment.
Gunmen torch Basilan truck Z AMB OANGA City–– Gunmen flagged down and burned a cargo truck owned by the Basilan provincial government after its driver failed to pay extortion money, Filipino authorities said Monday. It said the gunmen
stopped the truck in the hinterland village of Baiwas in Sumisip town over the weekend and demanded money from the driver and his helper. When the gunmen failed to get any money, they torched the truck. Both the driver and his
helper were left unharmed by the armed gang which fled towards the mountainous area of the village. Authorities suspect the gunmen were members of the militant group Abu Sayyaf or Moro rebels, blamed TRUCK/PAGE 7
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