Dad arrested for holding family hostage in Cebu City

Futch Anthony Inso 04/22/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 42-year-old father was arrested for allegedly holding his own family hostage on Monday, April 22, 2024 in Sitio Caduloy, Brgy. Tisa in Cebu City at around 6:10 a.m. The suspect was a…

Filipino held hostage by Hamas finally arrives home

Charie Abarca - @inquirerdotnet 12/19/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Thirty-three-year-old Jimmy Pacheco, one of the two Filipinos previously held hostage by Palestinian group Hamas, has finally arrived in the Philippines. The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and its attached agencies welcomed Pacheco on…

Freed Filipino hostage: ‘Alive because of the Lord’

Julie M. Aurelio, Kathleen de Villa - @inquirerdotnet 11/26/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino was among the hostages released by Hamas en masse from the Gaza Strip under a ceasefire agreement, seven weeks into the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group. With this development,…

The longest-held hostage

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 10/14/2022

Let me get this out before all else: Hear ye! While I do not wish it, a curse may befall those who intentionally delay the legal processes to block the release of former senator Leila de Lima…

De Lima says she’s safe, apart from knife mark; asks for prayers for injured cop

Stephanie M. Florida - Reporter / @stephfloridaINQ 10/09/2022

MANILA, Philippines — After being taken hostage right inside Camp Crame, former Senator Leila de Lima assured the public that she is now safe and sound as she also urged the public to pray for the recovery…

Cops nab driver who held hostage Negros Oriental town mayor’s family

Karlowe Brier 08/29/2022

DUMAGUETE CITY — Policemen took into custody the driver of Mayor Galic Truita of Dauin town, Negros Oriental after he allegedly held hostage the local chief executive’s wife and three family members on Saturday, August 27. Col.…

‘Drug dealer’ uses son as shield, fires at cops, escapes by jumping off cliff

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 07/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A suspected drug dealer used his six-year-old son as a shield as he fired at policemen during a buy-bust operation on Thursday night in Talisay City, and jumped off a cliff to make…

Mandaue shootout: Cops kill armed man who took kid hostage

Alven Marie A. Timtim and Paul Lauro 04/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An armed man, who tried to evade a checkpoint by taking a boy hostage, was killed in a running shootout with policemen in Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City at past 1 p.m. of April…

One dead, one wounded in Bulacao hostage taking incident

Benjie B. Talisic 06/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An armed man, who held hostage his cousin and his cousin’s friend inside his house, was killed in a shootout with police officers. Benjie Dela Rosa died after he sustained gunshot wounds in…

Hostages rescued in a 4-hour hostage drama in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City

Benjie B. Talisic 11/17/2018

After four hours of negotiation, the hostage-taking incident in Sitio Caduloy Riverside, Barangay Tisa, Cebu City ended peacefully with the arrest of the suspect. The four hostages – the mother, wife and two sons of hostage taker…

Jail visits limited after hostage threat

Benjie B. Talisic, Fe Marie D. Dumaboc, Futch Anthony Inso 08/24/2017

OFFICIALS of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology limited jail visitors at the Cebu City Jail after receiving a phone call at around 4 a.m. that inmates planned to take hostage visitors yesterday, a scheduled “dalaw”…

Holding people hostage

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 07/20/2017

The bomb scares that victimized students of seven schools in Cebu City reminded me of that 2002 movie “Phone Booth” in which the film’s central character, a smarmy and arrogant publicist named Stuart Shepard, was held hostage…

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