Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Gov’t will accept any help to trace Samal Island kidnappers --Coloma

From the Philippine News Agency (Sep 29): Gov’t will accept any help to trace Samal Island kidnappers --Coloma
 
Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio B. Coloma Jr. said on Tuesday the government will accept help from any organization or individual who can trace the Samal Island kidnappers.

Coloma made the reaction to the reports that the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) has offered assistance to capture the kidnappers of three foreign nationals and a Filipino women in Samal Island, Davao del Norte.

”The government will accept the assistance from organizations or individuals to solve the crime,” Coloma said in a text message to the Malacanang Press Corps.

The PCOO chief said it is important to trace the locations of the Samal kidnappers as well as their victims.

A week ago, a group of armed men abducted Canadians John Ridsel and Robert Hall and resort operations manager Kjartan Sekkingstad from Norway as well as Hall’s Filipino girlfriend identified as Tess in Samal Island.

According to news reports, the kidnappers initially took six people, but a Canadian identified as Steven and his Japanese wife, Kazuka, were able to escape by jumping from the kidnappers’ boat.

President Benigno Aquino III has already assured that the government authorities will not stop from tracking down the kidnappers.

Over the weekend, Senator Vicente C. Sotto III challenged the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to show their control in Mindanao by helping the government find the kidnappers who were believed to have fled to the province of Sulu.

Two years ago, the MILF and the Philippine government forged two agreements – the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) and the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) that resulted to the drafting of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).

The BBL is now being tackled both in the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The Aquino administration is hoping for its passage before President Aquino steps down in June next year.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=809419

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