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==(Update) Manhunt operations vs. Zambo Norte town mayor abductors continue== | |||
*Source: http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/45899-Update-Manhunt-operations-vs.-Zambo-Norte-town-mayor-abductors-continue.html | |||
*Wednesday, April 4. 2012 | |||
:By (PNA) | |||
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ZAMBOANGA CITY — Search and rescue operations have been going on for Salug town mayor Jeffrey Tan Lim, 37, who was abducted Monday night by 10 unidentified armed men at the bus terminal of Salug municipality, Zamboanga del Norte. | |||
Lim and his wife were taking supper in an eatery at the bus terminal compound at around 7 p.m. Monday when a yellow van suddenly arrived. | |||
A passenger wearing camouflage green pants and T-shirt with “PULIS” marking alighted from the vehicle and said he was looking for the mayor to purportedly serve a warrant of arrest. | |||
Then, another four also disembarked from the van and forcibly took the mayor into the vehicle and drove away from the marketplace. | |||
Witnesses said the getaway vehicle headed toward Barangay Caracol, a coastal village going north. | |||
Police Senior Superintendent Jose Malayo said policemen pursuing the abductors found the getaway vehicle already burned and abandoned at Barangay Caracol where the perpetrators escaped aboard two white pump boats. | |||
No one has yet claimed ownership of the yellow van. | |||
Malayo who is spokesman for Task Force Zambas said police and military personnel belonging to the Municipal Police Station, Regional Police Safety Battalion (RPSB)-1st Mobile Group, Police Public Safety Company (PPSC) and 10th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (PA) are presently conducting manhunt operations. | |||
This task force is mandated to coordinate anti crime activities in the Zamboanga Peninsula and Basilan provinces. | |||
Mayor Lim was the second victim of kidnapping in the province five months after the abduction of businessman Franc Oliver Lim at his poultry farm in Gulayon, Dipolog City on October 27, 2011. The poultry magnate was released last February 22 in Pagadian City. | |||
The town chief’s abduction happened a few hours after the turnover of command of the Zamboanga del Norte Police Provincial Office (ZNPPO) from P/SSupt. Ulpiano Collado Lopez, who just retired from the service, to P/SSupt. Ramon Martinez Ochotorena. | |||
The authorities are hesitant in naming the group responsible for the abduction. | |||
At the same time, Malayo said that investigators are checking on the bodyguards of the abducted mayor but declined to give additional details on this probe. | |||
Investigators are still checking on the possible motive for the abduction. | |||
In a related development, Supt Malayo said the three foreigners kidnapped in the region are still alive although their exact whereabouts are still unknown. | |||
The kidnapped foreigners are Warren Rodwell, an Australian kidnapped in Ipil town, Zamboanga Sibugay province on December 5 and Eword Horn and Lorenzo Vincegueere, European birdwatchers kidnapped in Tawi Tawi last February 1. | |||
Horn, 52, a Dutch national, and Lorenzo Vinciguerra, 47, of Switzerland, were documenting bird species in Panglima Sugala municipality in Tawi Tawi when armed men took them by force. | |||
Aside from saying that the reports they received indicate that the three foreign kidnap victims are still alive, Malayo declined to comment on details because of operations being conducted for their rescue. | |||
==Corn farmers, women’s group join “exposure trip” to strengthen corn production== | ==Corn farmers, women’s group join “exposure trip” to strengthen corn production== | ||
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=1401333433507 | *Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=1401333433507 | ||
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Representative from the Province of Zamboanga Sibugay, Rene Rosales who was also present during the exposure trip said “ we will give you our 101% service.” | Representative from the Province of Zamboanga Sibugay, Rene Rosales who was also present during the exposure trip said “ we will give you our 101% service.” | ||
For his part, Felizardo Salomes, Corn program coordinator promised the participants of an all-out support of the department. “We put things in place that we may start right and end up successful,” he assured. (JPA/ytavellaneda/DA9/PIA-9 ZBST) | For his part, Felizardo Salomes, Corn program coordinator promised the participants of an all-out support of the department. “We put things in place that we may start right and end up successful,” he assured. (JPA/ytavellaneda/DA9/PIA-9 ZBST) | ||
==Zambo City police chief sacked over killings== | ==Zambo City police chief sacked over killings== | ||