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                    [Title] => No ransom demand for kidnapped Japanese
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Gunmen believed to be linked with the Abu Sayyaf militants that kidnapped a Japanese citizen last Friday, have not yet made any ransom demand even as government troops intensified search and rescue operations in Sulu, police officials said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262204 [Title] => Tugboat skipper killed; 6 men rescued off Sulu [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Malaysian captain of a tugboat was killed and six of his crew were rescued after the vessel’s tow cable snapped while they were off Pangutaran Island in Sulu, the Navy said yesterday.

The cable snapped and struck and killed the unidentified captain of the tugboat Vestgut five days ago, Navy Lt. Nancy Pastor said.

The Vestgut, which had been towing a barge, then suffered engine trouble and was spotted drifting by Filipino fishermen who informed the Navy.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 240879 [Title] => 102 ferry passengers rescued [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Navy personnel rescued 102 passengers of a ferry that encountered mechanical trouble off Pangutaran Island in Sulu yesterday morning.

Commodore George Uy, chief of the Naval Forces in Western Mindanao, said his men responded to a distress call from the officers of M/L Mora, which had drifted for more than a day.

The ferry, which also carried 2,500 sacks of copra, was en route to this city from Mapun Island in Malaysia.— Roel Pareño [DatePublished] => 2004-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 189389 [Title] => 10 fishers feared dead [Summary] => Ten fishermen were feared to have drowned after heavily armed men believed to be pirates opened fire on a vessel off Pangutaran Island near Sulu last Monday, a belated Coast Guard report said.

However, three fishermen also on board F/B Prince Warren were rescued on Wednesday, the report said. The vessel sank after it was fired upon.

Search operations continue, the report said. — Jose Aravilla [DatePublished] => 2002-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 149424 [Title] => 9 saved from sunken ship [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Navy rescued nine passengers of a sunken cargo vessel yesterday morning after they drifted for days in the Sulu Sea, officials said, adding that search and rescue operations were continuing for dozens of others.

The survivors were among some 70 people who went missing when the wooden-hulled vessel ML Sugar Diane-Z sank Jan. 28 off Pangutaran Island, 50 nautical miles northwest of Sulu, when its engine failed amid rough weather.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 105271 [Title] => Boat sinks; 11 missing [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Eleven crew members of a cargo motorlaunch have been missing for three days now and are feared dead when the boat was battered by big waves and sank in shark-infested waters off Pangutaran Island in Sulu, official said.

Basilan provincial spokesman Alton Angeles disclosed that the victims left Sunday night aboard Guinea III in Maluso wharf bound for Sulu when strong winds brought about by a weather depression lashed the southermost parts of Mindanao.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 123969 [Title] => Motor boat lumubog; 11 crew nawawala [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Labing-isang crew ng isang bangkang de-motor ang iniulat na tatlong araw nang nawawala at pinaniniwalaang patay na matapos na pataubin ng higanteng alon ang kanilang sinasakyan sa karagatan ng Pangutaran Island sa Sulu.

Ayon kay Basilan provincial spokesman Alton Angeles na ang mga biktima ay iniulat na pumalaot noong Linggo ng gabi lulan ng Guinea III buhat sa Maluso wharf patungong Sulu nang masalubong ang malalaking alon sa gitna ng karagatan sanhi naman ng nananalantang low depression sa ilang bahagi ng Mindanao.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 594301
                    [Title] => No ransom demand for kidnapped Japanese
                    [Summary] => 

Gunmen believed to be linked with the Abu Sayyaf militants that kidnapped a Japanese citizen last Friday, have not yet made any ransom demand even as government troops intensified search and rescue operations in Sulu, police officials said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262204 [Title] => Tugboat skipper killed; 6 men rescued off Sulu [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Malaysian captain of a tugboat was killed and six of his crew were rescued after the vessel’s tow cable snapped while they were off Pangutaran Island in Sulu, the Navy said yesterday.

The cable snapped and struck and killed the unidentified captain of the tugboat Vestgut five days ago, Navy Lt. Nancy Pastor said.

The Vestgut, which had been towing a barge, then suffered engine trouble and was spotted drifting by Filipino fishermen who informed the Navy.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 240879 [Title] => 102 ferry passengers rescued [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Navy personnel rescued 102 passengers of a ferry that encountered mechanical trouble off Pangutaran Island in Sulu yesterday morning.

Commodore George Uy, chief of the Naval Forces in Western Mindanao, said his men responded to a distress call from the officers of M/L Mora, which had drifted for more than a day.

The ferry, which also carried 2,500 sacks of copra, was en route to this city from Mapun Island in Malaysia.— Roel Pareño [DatePublished] => 2004-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 189389 [Title] => 10 fishers feared dead [Summary] => Ten fishermen were feared to have drowned after heavily armed men believed to be pirates opened fire on a vessel off Pangutaran Island near Sulu last Monday, a belated Coast Guard report said.

However, three fishermen also on board F/B Prince Warren were rescued on Wednesday, the report said. The vessel sank after it was fired upon.

Search operations continue, the report said. — Jose Aravilla [DatePublished] => 2002-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 149424 [Title] => 9 saved from sunken ship [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Navy rescued nine passengers of a sunken cargo vessel yesterday morning after they drifted for days in the Sulu Sea, officials said, adding that search and rescue operations were continuing for dozens of others.

The survivors were among some 70 people who went missing when the wooden-hulled vessel ML Sugar Diane-Z sank Jan. 28 off Pangutaran Island, 50 nautical miles northwest of Sulu, when its engine failed amid rough weather.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 105271 [Title] => Boat sinks; 11 missing [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Eleven crew members of a cargo motorlaunch have been missing for three days now and are feared dead when the boat was battered by big waves and sank in shark-infested waters off Pangutaran Island in Sulu, official said.

Basilan provincial spokesman Alton Angeles disclosed that the victims left Sunday night aboard Guinea III in Maluso wharf bound for Sulu when strong winds brought about by a weather depression lashed the southermost parts of Mindanao.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 123969 [Title] => Motor boat lumubog; 11 crew nawawala [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Labing-isang crew ng isang bangkang de-motor ang iniulat na tatlong araw nang nawawala at pinaniniwalaang patay na matapos na pataubin ng higanteng alon ang kanilang sinasakyan sa karagatan ng Pangutaran Island sa Sulu.

Ayon kay Basilan provincial spokesman Alton Angeles na ang mga biktima ay iniulat na pumalaot noong Linggo ng gabi lulan ng Guinea III buhat sa Maluso wharf patungong Sulu nang masalubong ang malalaking alon sa gitna ng karagatan sanhi naman ng nananalantang low depression sa ilang bahagi ng Mindanao.
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) ) )
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