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AFP: No conspiracy with Abu Sayyaf
The Armed Forces says in a statement commanders on the ground are in full control of our troops and are focused on their primary mission of getting these criminals and saving the hostages
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Aquino apologizes to Trudeau for death of Canadian hostages
UPDATED President Benigno Aquino III says he has also talked with Norway s Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Tuesday night on government operations to rescue the remaining hostages one of them a Norwegian
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau calls Duterte
Duterte says they talked about human rights and the death of Canadian John Ridsdel at the hands of the Abu Sayyaf
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Time to stop kidnap for ransom in Sulu
Clearly the strategy the Philippine government has adopted with regard to the ASG is not working It is time to take more aggressive measures
Grace Poe open to ‘foreign intervention’ in battling terrorism in Mindanao
Poe makes the statement a day after the beheading of Canadian national John Ridsdel at the hands of the Abu Sayyaf
Canada PM Trudeau says no to ransoms
Prime Minister Trudeau vows instead to hunt down and prosecute hostage takers
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Philippines condemns 'inhuman' beheading of Canadian
2ND UDPATE The Philippines also extends its deepest sympathies to the family of Mr John Ridsdel the Canadian national beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf
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Waiting to be freed: 22 foreign hostages in Sulu
They include 14 Indonesians and 4 Malaysians
Abu Sayyaf kills Canadian hostage; Trudeau outraged
3rd UPDATE Police and military forces vow to bring the criminals to justice following the beheading of one of two Canadians kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf in September 2015
Aquino orders rescue of foreign hostages
President Aquino orders the AFP and PNP to rescue the 4 hostages after the Abu Sayyaf announced the possible beheading of one of the kidnap victims
PH gov't reiterates 'no ransom' policy amid Abu Sayyaf threat
Malacañang stands firm on its policy two days after the Abu Sayyaf set a one month deadline on its ransom payment demand for the release of 3 foreigners
Abu Sayyaf set ransom deadline for held foreigners
Canadian tourists John Ridsdel and Robert Hall Norwegian resort manager Kjartan Sekkingstad and Filipina Marites Flor are seized from yachts at a marina in the southern Philippines in September
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Abu Sayyaf demands billions for foreign hostages
The captors who identify themselves as members of the Abu Sayyaf are demanding P1 billion 21 million in ransom for each of the 3 foreign hostages
Kidnapped foreigners in the Philippines appear in video
The 3 foreigners – Canadian and Norwegian nationals – who were kidnapped from a resort in Mindanao appear in a video posted online asking that assaults against the Islamic militant captors be stopped
Samal resort owners urged: Boost security, let police in
The resistance of resort owners to give access to police remains a problem but this time authorities will do what needs to be done says PNP Region 11 director Chief Superintendent Wendy Rosario
Philippine gunmen haul hostages into remote mountain region
The gunmen seize two Canadian tourists a Norwegian employee and a Filipina from a luxury island resort
