Cebu ‘kidnapping threat’ being validated – Palace

THE government has stepped up security measures after the United States issued a travel alert to its citizens in the country over reported threats of kidnapping by terror groups, Malacañang said on Friday.

In a statement, presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella confirmed there was a police report about a plan to “stage kidnappings” in southern Cebu but that the report was “in the process of being validated.”