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                    [Title] => ‘ Pentagon’ founder nabbed in Kudarat
                    [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — A suspected leader and founder of the "Pentagon" kidnapping gang is now detained at the provincial jail here following his arrest earlier this month in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao.


Alleged Pentagon financier Ibrahim Sacandal, alias engineer Jun Yap and Jun Sarat, was arrested April 2 on the strength of a warrant issued by acting Judge Francisco Rabang Jr. of the Cotabato City Regional Trial Court.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157001 [Title] => Editoryal - Hiwaga ng paglaya ni Fr. Pierantoni [Summary] => NANG iharap ang kinidnap na Italian priest kay President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo noong Lunes, walang makitang pagkagimbal sa kanyang paglaya mula sa Pentagon gang. Sa tingin namin, inaasahan na niya iyon. Ito marahil ang dahilan kaya sinabi ni Pierantoni na isang "himala" ang kanyang paglaya. [DatePublished] => 2002-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 156841 [Title] => Pierantoni clams up on release [Summary] => Apparently fed up with the controversy accompanying his release by his kidnappers, Italian priest Giuseppe Pierantoni clammed up yesterday, refusing to talk to reporters.

A colleague at the Sacred Heart Congregation in Parañaque City identified only as Fr. John quoted Pierantoni as saying he got wind of negotiations for his release as early as three weeks ago, but admitted he did not see any money changing hands.

Pierantoni also reportedly revealed that he was forced by his captors to write a ransom note.
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[DatePublished] => 2002-04-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 156563 [Title] => Italian priest recovered [Summary] => For several months he thought he was living like a monkey, subsisting on root crops, snake meat and monitor lizards. In between he dodged bullets, forced to regard his captors as his partners on the run. [DatePublished] => 2002-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 156570 [Title] => ‘It was a miracle of prayer’ [Summary] => Italian priest Giuseppe Pierantoni, who was released under mysterious circumstances by his kidnappers before dawn yesterday in a remote village in Zamboanga del Sur, attributed his new-found freedom to the "miracle of prayer."

"They prayed for what happened to me," a tired and frail Pierantoni said when presented to President Arroyo at Malacañang a few hours after he was found by government troops.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 156577 [Title] => GMA: Get kidnappers first, worry about victims later [Summary] => Amid persistent speculation that ransom paved the way for the release of a kidnapped Italian priest, President Arroyo ordered government troops yesterday to henceforth focus on getting kidnappers first and worrying about the victims later.

The President unveiled the new policy during her weekly radio program after she was informed that Italian priest Giuseppe Pierantoni had been released unharmed by his Pentagon Gang abductors in Zamboanga del Sur before dawn yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 156611 [Title] => US also hoping for safe recovery of Burnhams [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY – The United States military expressed hope yesterday that the three hostages being held by Abu Sayyaf terrorists in Western Mindanao would also be released like Italian priest Fr. Guiseppe Pierantoni.

US army Maj. Cynthia Teramae, spokeswoman for the US forces participating in the ongoing joint RP-US military exercises, said Pierantoni’s release from the custody of the Pentagon based in Central Mindanao was a good sign.
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                    [Title] => ‘ Pentagon’ founder nabbed in Kudarat
                    [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — A suspected leader and founder of the "Pentagon" kidnapping gang is now detained at the provincial jail here following his arrest earlier this month in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao.


Alleged Pentagon financier Ibrahim Sacandal, alias engineer Jun Yap and Jun Sarat, was arrested April 2 on the strength of a warrant issued by acting Judge Francisco Rabang Jr. of the Cotabato City Regional Trial Court.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157001 [Title] => Editoryal - Hiwaga ng paglaya ni Fr. Pierantoni [Summary] => NANG iharap ang kinidnap na Italian priest kay President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo noong Lunes, walang makitang pagkagimbal sa kanyang paglaya mula sa Pentagon gang. Sa tingin namin, inaasahan na niya iyon. Ito marahil ang dahilan kaya sinabi ni Pierantoni na isang "himala" ang kanyang paglaya. [DatePublished] => 2002-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 156841 [Title] => Pierantoni clams up on release [Summary] => Apparently fed up with the controversy accompanying his release by his kidnappers, Italian priest Giuseppe Pierantoni clammed up yesterday, refusing to talk to reporters.

A colleague at the Sacred Heart Congregation in Parañaque City identified only as Fr. John quoted Pierantoni as saying he got wind of negotiations for his release as early as three weeks ago, but admitted he did not see any money changing hands.

Pierantoni also reportedly revealed that he was forced by his captors to write a ransom note.
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"They prayed for what happened to me," a tired and frail Pierantoni said when presented to President Arroyo at Malacañang a few hours after he was found by government troops.
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The President unveiled the new policy during her weekly radio program after she was informed that Italian priest Giuseppe Pierantoni had been released unharmed by his Pentagon Gang abductors in Zamboanga del Sur before dawn yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 156611 [Title] => US also hoping for safe recovery of Burnhams [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY – The United States military expressed hope yesterday that the three hostages being held by Abu Sayyaf terrorists in Western Mindanao would also be released like Italian priest Fr. Guiseppe Pierantoni.

US army Maj. Cynthia Teramae, spokeswoman for the US forces participating in the ongoing joint RP-US military exercises, said Pierantoni’s release from the custody of the Pentagon based in Central Mindanao was a good sign.
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