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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1410499 [Title] => Sayyaf hitman nabbed in Basilan [Summary] =>Army soldiers and policemen arrested a suspected leader of the hit squad of the Abu Sayyaf in a raid on his hideout in Sumisip, Basilan on Tuesday, according to a military commander.
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"They have 72 hours," said Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Asmad Alayuddin. "If the government does not allow Padilla to negotiate for the safe release of the hostages, we will invite reporters to witness the execution of the captives."
Alayuddin said two male hostages would be decapitated every day, and they would include Fr. Roel Gallardo, six teachers and two students. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87438 [Title] => Vigilantes give Sayyaf April 15 deadline [Summary] =>
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Armed vigilantes gave the Abu Sayyaf yesterday 12 days or until April 15 to release 33 hostages, threatening to execute by firing squad the relatives of the extremist group's leader whom they had snatched in a bizarre tit-for-tat move.
The Abu Sayyaf kidnapped 53 teachers, students and a Catholic priest after a failed attack on an Army post in Basilan last March 20.
They released 20 hostages in exchange for food and medicine, but warned they would kill the rest if the military launched an offensive. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1806203 [AuthorName] => Alvin Tarroza [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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