A Filipina trader who was kidnapped along with her boyfriend in Zamboanga City has been freed in the southern Philippine town of Talipao, police said on Friday.

Police said Nancy Gonato, 38, was released on Thursday afternoon, but the fate of Ronnie San Diego, 50, remains unknown. The couple was kidnapped in April 7 inside a private wharf in the coastal village of Baliwasan where the duo runs a buying station for lobsters and other marine products.

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