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                    [Title] => Sinnott to fellow priests: Be fearless
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Irish missionary Fr. Michael Sinnott, who was held captive by the Abu Sayyaf for about a month in 2009, flew back to Ireland, his homeland, last night.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 829168 [Title] => Priest, ex-Sayyaf captive, leaving Phl [Summary] =>

After spending most of his priestly life in Mindanao, Columban missionary Fr. Michael Sinnott, who was seized by the Abu Sayyaf in 2009, is now leaving the country to retire in his native land, Ireland.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 541031 [Title] => Ex-hostage Irish priest wants to resume work [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An 80-year-old Irish priest who was kidnapped and held hostage for a month in the southern Philippines has returned to the country and says he wants to resume his missionary work.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-16 20:00:49 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 528929 [Title] => Sinnott takes vacation in Ireland [Summary] =>

Irish priest Michael Sinnott, who was kidnapped and held captive by armed men for 31 days in Pagadian City, left the country early yesterday morning to take a five-week vacation in his native Ireland.

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In case anyone has forgotten, a peace agreement is already in place with Islamic secessionists, and an autonomous Muslim region created, as approved in a plebiscite, to address rebel aspirations for a Bangsamoro homeland.

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Catholic priest Michael Sinnott has identified two Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members who handed him over to authorities last week as two of the four kidnappers that guarded him.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 523425 [Title] => Fr. Sinnott, pinalaya dahil kay Pacman [Summary] =>

Dahil kay Pambansang Kamao Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao at hindi dahil sa pagdating ni US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton kung kaya agad na pinalaya ng mga kidnappers ang Irish priest na si Fr. Michael Sinnott.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 523142 [Title] => Sinnott: My kidnappers wanted to watch fight, too [Summary] =>

Irish Columban priest Michael Sinnott said his kidnappers released him because they wanted to watch the boxing match between people’s champ Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 522964 [Title] => Suspects in priest kidnapping charged [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA  (AP) — Philippine police have filed charges against three suspected Muslim separatist rebels accused of kidnapping an Irish missionary priest who was freed unharmed after being held for a month in the country's volatile south, the national police chief said Saturday. [DatePublished] => 2009-11-14 18:45:36 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 522804 [Title] => All's well that ends well [Summary] =>

We were happy to read that the kidnapping of Irish missionary Fr. Michael “Mick” Sinnott was settled with his safe release. Above all, it is good to see that the situation was settled with no known casualties.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Sinnott to fellow priests: Be fearless
                    [Summary] => 

Irish missionary Fr. Michael Sinnott, who was held captive by the Abu Sayyaf for about a month in 2009, flew back to Ireland, his homeland, last night.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 829168 [Title] => Priest, ex-Sayyaf captive, leaving Phl [Summary] =>

After spending most of his priestly life in Mindanao, Columban missionary Fr. Michael Sinnott, who was seized by the Abu Sayyaf in 2009, is now leaving the country to retire in his native land, Ireland.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 541031 [Title] => Ex-hostage Irish priest wants to resume work [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An 80-year-old Irish priest who was kidnapped and held hostage for a month in the southern Philippines has returned to the country and says he wants to resume his missionary work.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-16 20:00:49 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 528929 [Title] => Sinnott takes vacation in Ireland [Summary] =>

Irish priest Michael Sinnott, who was kidnapped and held captive by armed men for 31 days in Pagadian City, left the country early yesterday morning to take a five-week vacation in his native Ireland.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 524018 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Beyond peace agreements [Summary] =>

In case anyone has forgotten, a peace agreement is already in place with Islamic secessionists, and an autonomous Muslim region created, as approved in a plebiscite, to address rebel aspirations for a Bangsamoro homeland.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8049/startoonthumbr.gif ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 524144 [Title] => 'Sinnott identified two MILF kidnappers' [Summary] =>

Catholic priest Michael Sinnott has identified two Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members who handed him over to authorities last week as two of the four kidnappers that guarded him.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 523425 [Title] => Fr. Sinnott, pinalaya dahil kay Pacman [Summary] =>

Dahil kay Pambansang Kamao Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao at hindi dahil sa pagdating ni US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton kung kaya agad na pinalaya ng mga kidnappers ang Irish priest na si Fr. Michael Sinnott.

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Irish Columban priest Michael Sinnott said his kidnappers released him because they wanted to watch the boxing match between people’s champ Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 522964 [Title] => Suspects in priest kidnapping charged [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA  (AP) — Philippine police have filed charges against three suspected Muslim separatist rebels accused of kidnapping an Irish missionary priest who was freed unharmed after being held for a month in the country's volatile south, the national police chief said Saturday. [DatePublished] => 2009-11-14 18:45:36 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 522804 [Title] => All's well that ends well [Summary] =>

We were happy to read that the kidnapping of Irish missionary Fr. Michael “Mick” Sinnott was settled with his safe release. Above all, it is good to see that the situation was settled with no known casualties.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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