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                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Rich rewards
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See what ransom payments do: Abu Sayyaf bandits, in a video released yesterday, are demanding $21 million or about P1 billion each in exchange for two Canadians and a Norwegian kidnapped on Sept. 21 in a resort on Samal Island in Davao del Norte.

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If the government doesn’t want to revive ransom kidnapping as the No. 1 industry in Sulu and neighboring areas, it should make sure any ransom paid for a German couple is recovered and the perpetrators caught and punished.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1311628 [Title] => EDITORIAL- Making crime pay [Summary] =>

The kidnappers reportedly want the ransom paid in Philippine currency, so they must be Filipinos. Malaysian authorities said the kidnappers have demanded 36.4 million ringgit but wanted it paid in its Philippine equivalent of P500 million for Chinese tourist Gao Hua Yan, who was seized by gunmen from the Singamata Reef Resort in Sabah on Friday last week.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20140412/opinion-editorial.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 923656 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Lucrative business [Summary] =>

The Australian government has a no-ransom policy, but no one could stop the family of Australian teacher Warren Rodwell from paying ransom to the Abu Sayyaf for his release.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img402/3623/startoonnor.gif ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 773866 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Consolidation [Summary] =>

Three of the most wanted terrorists together with 12 of their followers were killed in a military airstrike in Sulu the other day, according to the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/391/startoonthumbz.gif ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 726188 [Title] => Abu Sayyaf leader killed [Summary] =>

An Abu Sayyaf leader allegedly involved in the Sipadan kidnapping 11 years ago, was killed during an encounter with government troops in Sulu.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 665670 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Missing ransom [Summary] =>

There could be a reasonable explanation for the disappearance of five Manila policemen following the arrest last March 7 of the kidnappers of a Malaysian businessman.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://208.184.76.177/newphilstar/www/image/20110314/startoonthumb.gif ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 646974 [Title] => Muslim community mokooperar [Summary] =>

Gipahibalo sa spokesperson sa United Muslim Federation of Cebu nga si Najeeb Andang nga motambayayong sila sa kapulisan ug sa kagamhanan sa siyudad sa Sugbo sa pag-monitor sa kahusay ug kalinaw sa umaabot nga Sinulog 2011 karong Enero 16.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097641 [AuthorName] => Sanden Anadia [SectionName] => Banat Balita [SectionUrl] => balita [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 646454 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Thriving industry [Summary] =>

In Somalia, the most profitable industry reflects the depth of the breakdown of peace and order.

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No suspects have yet been arrested in the Christmas Day bombing of a Catholic chapel in Sulu.

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