MANILA –Despite the Abu Sayyaf Group’s (ASG) threat to behead its German captive Juergen Kantner if their PHP30 million ransom is not paid Sunday, the military...
MANILA –The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is strongly discouraging the payment of ransom to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) as videos of 70-year-old German...
MANILA, Philippines — Abu Sayyaf pocketed at least 353 million pesos ($7.3 million) from ransom kidnappings in the first six months of the year and have...
MANILA, Philippines – Muslim militants have brought a Chinese tourist and a Filipino hotel receptionist to their jungle stronghold in the southern Philippines after kidnapping the...