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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

 

Abu militants behead hostage

Victim’s severed head found in Mangalot village in Akbar town, while his body remains missing

By Al Jacinto Correspondent and Sammy Martin, Reporter

ZAMBOANGA CITY: A farm owner kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in Zamboanga City  was beheaded after his family failed to pay ransom, police said Monday.

Police said the severed head of Doroteo Gonzales, 61, was recovered late Sunday in Mangalot village in Akbar town in Basilan province, several nautical miles south of Zamboanga City.

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ANGELES CITY, Pampanga: Mounting complaints against allegedly “exorbitant, unjustified” power rates being charged by this city’s power provider could lead to a “consumers’ revolt.”

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