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Gunmen free 7 hostages on Basilan island |
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Authorities blame MILF rebels but apparently it
was a small criminal gang that carried it out
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Gunmen freed seven Filipino construction workers
after a weeklong captivity in the hinterlands of Basilan island,
officials said on Tuesday.
Officials said the hostages had been released
unharmed after a series of negotiations with Mayor Roderick Furigay
of Lamitan City. The seven had been freed in a village in Tuburan
town, said Lt. Steffani Cacho, spokesman of the Philippine military
command in Western Mindanao.
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Military
operations continue in Basilan Island
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BASILAN ISLAND: Military operations continued Tuesday in Basilan
island against the Abu Sayyaf group, blamed for the spate of attacks
and kidnappings in the southern Philippines.
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Gov. Ampatuan supports new efforts to reopen peace negotiations
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COTABATO CITY: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Regional
Governor Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan on Tuesday declared his full support
for President Gloria Arroyo’s new paradigm shift in the reopening
of peace negotiations with the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation
Front (MILF).
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Hanjin in Subic
launches 2 more ships
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SUBIC BAY Freeport: Despite the recent controversy hounding South
Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co.
(HHIC), it announced Monday that it had launched two new vessels
last week.
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