Abus release kidnapped Zambo woman

PAGADIAN CITY – Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern Sulu province released a woman they kidnapped in August in Zamboanga del Norte.

The 64-year old Helen Roda was freed Friday after her family reportedly paid a still undetermined amount of ransom. Her husband, Rufo, 62, who was kidnapped along with her, had been released in October.

The woman took a ferry in Jolo town and travelled to Zamboanga where she was reunited with her husband.

The couple was kidnapped in August 31 after gunmen attacked and killed civilians - Amsid Maugag Callun, Absar Julkanain Gumba, Kabiran Saliuddin Ginsing, Saddam Baitulla Tahir, Jaayri Bairulla Lumihig and Muslimin Adan - in Piakan village in Sirawai town. A minor, Jering Carbi, was also wounded, in the assault.

The Western Mindanao Command and the local police authorities did not issue any statement on Roda’s safe release.

Last June 28, gunmen also kidnapped 6 people, including an infant, from a farm in San Nicolas village in Sirawai town. The victims, Feliciano Javier, 28; his wife Elsa, 28, and their five-month old baby Vincent; and Junior Javier, 22, and wife Rica, also 22-years old and their five-year old son Val, are keepers of farm owned by Valiente Tolo Felizarta, the town’s municipal engineer.

They were eventually released two weeks later in Gata village in Talipao town in Sulu in exchange for an unspecified amount of ransom and fetched by soldiers. (Mindanao Examiner)

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Troops recover 2 kidnap victims in Sulu

SULU – Troops operating in the Muslim province of Sulu recovered an elderly man and a girl kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in southern Philippines, reports said Friday.

It said Jose Duterte, who was seized by gunmen along with his wife Jessica, was recovered in Panamao town, but details of his release were unclear. His 52-year old wife was freed by the kidnappers in Basilan province in September last year after receiving an unspecified amount of ransom.

The couple - not related to President Rodrigo Duterte - was kidnapped in March 2017 in the coastal town of Santa Maria in Zamboanga del Norte province.

Soldiers also rescued a seven-year old daughter of a Muslim merchant kidnapped in June this year in Tandubas Island in Tawi-Tawi province. The victim, who was identified as Astah, was rescued during a ransom payoff in the capital town of Jolo.

Four Abu Sayyaf militants were captured during the daring rescue mission. The girl’s family was believed to have informed the military about the payoff that led to the recovery of the victim.

The girl was seized by gunmen - who arrived on motorboat in the village of Himba – following a gun fight with the victim’s father who tried to stop the kidnapping. During the fighting, the girl’s mother was shot and wounded by the gunmen who quickly escaped to the sea.

Tawi-Tawi, Basilan and Sulu are all part of the restive Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The Abu Sayyaf is still holding several kidnapped Filipinos and Asian sailors. (Mindanao Examiner)

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