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                    [ArticleID] => 585521
                    [Title] => Senior citizens becoming kidnappers' 'soft targets,' says rescued businessman
                    [Summary] => 

An elderly Swiss-born Filipino who was rescued early this week after 71 days in captivity expressed concern that helpless senior citizens are now becoming the “soft targets” of kidnappers, as a 60-year-old fish cage operator was seized last Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/8689/nat1thumb.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 584617 [Title] => 'It was a very trying and hard experience' [Summary] =>

Freed kidnapping victim Charlie Rieth described his ordeal of more than two months as a “very trying and hard experience.”

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 581048 [Title] => Ransom for Swiss-born Pinoy down to P20 million [Summary] =>

The kidnappers of a Swiss-born Filipino have reduced their ransom demand but threatened to harm him by cutting off his fingers if the sum is not paid next week, Mayor Celso Lobregat said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 580436 [Title] => Captors of Swiss-born Pinoy send proof of life [Summary] =>

The kidnappers of a 71-year-old Swiss-born Filipino have sent a proof of life and demanded P30-million ransom in exchange for his release, the local crisis management committee revealed yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 568539 [Title] => Artist's sketches of Zambo kidnappers released [Summary] =>

The city’s crisis management committee has released the artist’s sketches of three of the kidnappers of a Swiss-born Filipino who has been in captivity for almost three weeks now.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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