Two alleged sub-leaders of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) who were involved in the abduction and beheading of various foreigners and local victims as well as bombing incidents have surrendered to authorities in Jolo, Sulu. (Photo courtesy of Joint Task Force Sulu) Maj. Gen. Ignatius...
Kusug Tausug Party-list. Shernee Tan-Tambut slammed on Friday, June 3 investigative journalist's Raissa Robles’s recent Twitter post wherein the latter sarcastically said that plans to open up Mindanao to tourism would increase local bandits' prospects for kidnapping. Kusug Tausug Party-list Rep....
Police arrested a businessman who allegedly tried to kidnap his former live-in partner in Parañaque City on Wednesday afternoon, April 13. The suspect, identified as Franklin John Abanilla, 37, a resident of San Pedro, Laguna, was nabbed by members of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team...
TACLOBAN CITY - Following the alleged disappearance and kidnapping attempt circulating on social media, the Leyte Police Provincial Office (LPPO) warned against peddlers of disinformation and misinformation. "Spreading false information, unverified reports, and other forms of disinformation that...
Three Chinese nationals, who allegedly kidnapped two fellow citizens, were killed during a police rescue operation in Parañaque City on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 27. Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, Southern Police District (SPD) director, said the suspects were killed in a shootout with members of the...
Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg, Southern Police District (SPD) director, ordered an investigation into the rising number of kidnapping incidents involving Chinese nationals in the southern part of Metro Manila. Macaraeg issued his directive to SPD investigators after three Chinese were arrested for...
The Paranaque City police arrested five Chinese nationals and their Filipino cohort in an entrapment operation for the release of their kidnap victim, Monday, Jan. 3, in Paranaque City. Police identified the suspects as Hu Yang, 34; Zhang Jie, 28; Cen Sha Lu, 28, all billeted at the City of Dreams,...
Police rescued two Chinese nationals and their Filipino companion from six alleged members of a kidnap-for-ransom group in Las Pinas City on Tuesday night. Southern Police District (SPD) director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg identified the victims as HuanXiao Long, 31; Liang Bo Da, 35, both Chinese;...
When a Grab driver was accompanied by police anti-kidnapping operatives for a case conference over the kidnap-slay of a female online seller from Cavite, he accidentally glanced at a group picture of policemen that was posted at the Sta. Rosa Municipal Police Station in Nueva Ecija. The Grab...
Police rescued on Friday a Chinese man from his eight abductors, including his girlfriend, who detained and robbed him inside a spa in Quezon City. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said the abductors—Jaypee Mangalindan, 22; Ralph Garma, 29; Rustom Laurencio, 22; Realan Labto, 33; Glenn...
