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                    [Title] => Yearender: ‘No ransom, no release of hostages’
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Hundreds of troopers have to spend another Christmas chasing Abu Sayyaf bandits holding about 10 captives, including foreigners, in the jungles of Sulu.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-22 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/pilipino-star-ngayon/probinsya/20150923/3-Foreign-Kidnap1.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1521136 [Title] => Military identifies Abu Sayyaf captors of Samal hostages [Summary] =>

Government troops have identified some of the Abu Sayyaf members holding captive three foreigners and a Filipina, according to official.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-12 00:24:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151015/Samar-Hostage-19.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1518511 [Title] => Abus demand P3-B ransom for 3 foreign hostages [Summary] =>

The Abu Sayyaf is demanding P3 billion for the release of three foreigners it kidnapped at a resort in Samal Island in September.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-04 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151105/4-Hostage-of-Abu-Sayyaf-1.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1518312 [Title] => Iriberri: No ransom for Samal kidnap victims [Summary] =>

Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Hernando Iriberri reminded ground military forces in Sulu to strictly adhere to no-ransom policy and to keep the Abu Sayyaf group on the run.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-04 00:23:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20151104/iriberri-hernando.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1508040 [Title] => 2 men linked to Samal kidnapping arrested [Summary] =>

Two men linked to the kidnapping of three foreigners and a Filipina from the Holiday Ocean View Marina in Barangay Camudmud, Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte last month have been arrested.

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Malacañang accepted on Tuesday the offer of the Moro National Liberation Front to help rescue the three foreigners and Filipina who were kidnapped by an unidentified group in Samal Island last week.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-29 00:23:06 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473499 [AuthorName] => Louis Bacani [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150923/Sama-Resort-Kidnapped-2.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1503124 [Title] => PNoy: New group may be behind Samal abduction [Summary] =>

A new armed group may be behind the abduction of three foreigners and a Filipino woman from an island resort off Davao City, President Benigno S. Aquino III said Wednesday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-23 03:20:55 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473499 [AuthorName] => Louis Bacani [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20140912/kidnapped-victim-2.jpg ) ) )
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