ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Abu Sayyaf Group has released a businesswoman, but kept her relative captive in the jungles of Sulu, a security official said yesterday.
Col Jose Joriel Cenabre, commander of the Joint Task Force Sulu and 2nd Marine Brigade, said that kidnap victim Nancy Gonato, 39, was freed by the bandits at around 4:30pm Thursday in downtown of Jolo, the capital town of Sulu.
Cenabre could not immediately confirm whether ransom was paid in exchange for the release of Gonato. He said Gonato’s business partner and relative Ronnie Sandagon, a former municipal councillor of Naga town, Zamboanga Sibugay, remains in the bandit group’s captivity. The police and the military believe that Sandagon is still alive.
Police zero in on shooters
MANILA: The Makati City Police is zeroing in on three suspects in the fatal shooting of a security guard at the Burgundy Corporate Tower in Makati on Thursday.
Makati police chief Senior Superintendent Manuel Lukban said they took into custody 126 security guards hired by the old and new board of directors of the 38-storey condominium. Lukban said they have released 80 of the security guards after they were questioned and their firearms confiscated for ballistic exams.
Jimmy Lagunsad, an employee of the Sidekick security agency (not Spectrum as earlier reported), was shot dead in the chest with a shotgun during a confrontation between members of the Swag security agency guarding the building and security guards of the Sidekick and Spectrum security agencies.
Hunt begins for 13 prisoners
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Police units across northern Mindanao have been placed on red alert as authorities hunt down 13 of the 21 inmates who bolted the Valencia City jail in Bukidnon last Tuesday afternoon.
The regional office of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology is coordinating with the police and Army for the recapture of the 13 escapees who are armed with shotguns and pistols. agencies
