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                    [Title] => Headless body of Sulu kidnap victim found
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ZAMBOANGA CITY — The headless body of a 28-year-old Sulu resident, who was abducted together with his mother by suspected Abu Sayyaf men last month, was found dumped near a mosque in Jolo yesterday, the military said.


While the torso of Jeffrey Silbin was discovered near the mosque in Barangay Tulay, his head was found in the vicinity of the Sulu Provincial Hospital in Barangay Asturias, said Col. Mohammad Nur Askalani, spokesman and acting chief of staff of the Armed Forces Southern Command.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 352586 [Title] => Headless body of Sulu kidnap victim found [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The headless body of a 28-year-old Sulu resident, who was abducted together with his mother by suspected Abu Sayyaf men last month, was found dumped near a mosque in Jolo yesterday, the military said.

While the torso of Jeffrey Silbin was discovered near the mosque in Barangay Tulay, his head was found in the vicinity of the Sulu Provincial Hospital in Barangay Asturias, said Col. Mohammad Nur Askalani, spokesman and acting chief of staff of the Armed Forces Southern Command.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 349896 [Title] => Mother, son seized in Jolo [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — A mother and son, who run a bakeshop and a pawnshop in downtown Jolo, capital of Sulu, were abducted last Thursday, the military said.

Maj. Gen. Gabriel Habacon, chief of the Armed Forces Southern Command, identified the kidnap victims as Jackylyn Sildin, 58, and her son, Jeffrey, 29.

Habacon said mother and son were on their way to their bakeshop at about 6 a.m. Thursday when unidentified men seized and dragged them to a red van.

The kidnappers have reportedly demanded P10-million ransom in exchange for their release.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 334050 [Title] => Pharmacy owner freed by captors [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Kidnappers believed to have links with the Abu Sayyaf freed a 70-year-old businesswoman last Wednesday, or two weeks after she and her son were seized in Jolo, Sulu, the military said.

Brig. Gen. Alexander Aleo, head of the anti-terror Task Force Comet, said Caridad Vergara, whose family runs a pharmacy in Jolo, was freed shortly before midnight Wednesday.

However, Aleo said the fate of Vergara’s son, Beltran, 41, remains unknown.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 331986 [Title] => Kidnappers demand P2 M for 2 hostages in Sulu [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Police and military authorities confirmed reports that the group suspected to have links with the Abu Sayyaf group demanded P2 million in exchange for the release of two hostages in Sulu province, an official said here.

Sulu Police provincial director Senior Superintendent Ahirun Ajirim disclosed that the unidentified group of kidnappers has reportedly relayed their demands to the family of hostages Caridad Vergara, 70, and son Bertran Vergara.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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