Peak Season Rates
An additional of PhP1,000.00 per person will be charged for every 2-night package, regardless of package and type of accomodation and an additional charge of PhP500.00 per person will be added per additional night. This rate will apply during the following periods:
Christmas/ New Year - December 17 to January 10, 2001
Chinese New Year - January 17-31, 2001
Holy Week/Easter - April 6-16, 2001
Chinese New Year - January 17-31, 2001
Holy Week/Easter - April 6-16, 2001
Regular Package
Valid from November 1, 2000 up to October 31, 2001
Valid from November 1, 2000 up to October 31, 2001
| PER PERSON IN PHILIPPINE PESOS | BAY COTTAGE | EXTRA NIGHT | GARDEN COTTAGE | EXTRA NIGHT |
| ADULT SHARING | 9,000 | 4,250 | 7,000 | 3,250 |
| 3RD / 4THADULT | 6,000 | 2,750 | 6,000 | 2,750 |
| CHILD SHARING WITH 2 ADULTS | 4,500 | 2,000 | 4,500 | 2,000 |
| SINGLE ADULT IN ROOM | 12,000 | 5,750 | 10,000 |
- Rates are per person in Philippine Pesos
- Rates are inclusive of 10% Service Charge
- Child Rate for ages 3-12 years old
- The Package Rate includes:
Welcome drink
Two (2) nights accomodation as indicated
Six (6) meals (2 breakfast, 2 lunch, 2 dinner)
Use of land recreational facilities
Round-trip transfers, airport/pier to resort and vice versa
Two (2) nights accomodation as indicated
Six (6) meals (2 breakfast, 2 lunch, 2 dinner)
Use of land recreational facilities
Round-trip transfers, airport/pier to resort and vice versa
- Extra Night rate also includes three (3) meals
- Rates do not include laundry, drinks, and other incidental expenses
- Rates do not include use of marine sports equipment
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April 22 2001, Manila Bulletin, Dos Palmas Arreceffi Island Resort: Palawan's new ecotourism destination.
Aug 27, 2009, Malaya, ASG bandit in Dos Palmas kidnap nabbed.
.May 28 2001, Malaya, New sick area for Americans.
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May 8, 2001, Bernama, Malaysia Begins Efforts to Secure Release of Hostage Roland,
May 16, 2001, Bernama, Philippines to Confer with OIC on Misuari's Ouster,
May 27, 2001, ITN, Philippines Gunmen Seize 20 Hostages From Tourist Resort on Palawan Island,
May 28 2001, Malaya, p.1+6., 20 tourists snatched in Palawan : 3 Americans among victims,
May 29, 2001, Birmingham Evening Mail, Hostage threat, 167 words
May 29, 2001, Birmingham Evening Mail, Hostages death threat.(ROP), 190 words
May 29, 2001, Daily Mail (London) Star Wars 'Blockade' Kidnap Alert for Tourists, 636 words
May 29, 2001, The Cincinnati Post, Rebels Threaten to Kill Hostages,
May 29, 2001, New Straits Times, Alert in Sabah waters,
May 29, 2001, Borneo Bulletin, Borneo: Fears loom as Abu Sayyaf rears again,
May 29, 2001, Bernama, Philippines Rules Out Paying Ransom,
June 1, 2001, The Columbian (Vancouver) Military Clashes with Kidnappers, by Jim Gomez,
June 1, 2001, Washington Post, Military, Hostage-Takers Clash; 2 Captives Hit by Gunfire in Philippines,
June 1, 2001, The Columbian (Vancouver) Military Clashes with Kidnappers, by Jim Gomez,
June 2, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Troops Clash with Sayyaf; 4 Feared Dead; 2 Hostages Killed, Says Spokesman,
June 2, 2001, Telegraph-Herald, Military, kidnappers clash; 4 hostages escape; Separatists: Leader claims to have 200 new hostages,
June 3, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Church, Hospitals Seized, by Aris R. Ilagan, 700+ words
June 3, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Troops Rescue 4 Sayyaf Hostages; 2 Others Escape; Big Rebel Group Cornered in Lamitan, Basilan,
June 3, 2001, Albany Times Union, Up to 9 Hostages Flee Extremist Stronghold,
June 5, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Martial Law in Basilan, Jolo Sought, by Roy C. Sinfuego, 545 words
June 5, 2001, New Straits Times, Fighting Abu Sayyaf,
June 6, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Gov't Working on Permanent Solution - Arroyo, by Isabel C.De Leon,
June 6, 2001, The Christian Science Monitor, Kidnappings a blow to Philippine image: President's attempt to free hostages, including three Americans, has meant both human and peso losses,
June 7, 2001, Filipino Reporter, Captors of U.S., Filipino hostages elude sea dragnet,
May 28, 2001, The Birmingham Post (England) Filipino kidnappers flee with US tourists.
May 28, 2001, The Independent, Gunmen Take Tourists Hostage in Philippines, by Richard Lloyd Parry,
May 28, 2001, The Washington Post, Gunmen Seize Tourists At Philippine Resort, Rajiv Chandrasekaran,
May 28, 2001, The Herald News - Joliet (IL) Hostages Seized
May 28, 2001, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Hunt is on for Abductors of 3 Americans, Others
May 28, 2001, AP / Cincinnati Post, Hostage Crisis Grips Philippines; Three Americans Among Captured
May 28, 2001, Charleston Daily Mail, Raid came as a surprise: ; Americans among those kidnapped at luxury resort,
May 28, 2001, Telegraph - Herald, Gunmen take 3 Americans, 17 others; Philippines unrest: Speculation falls on group that took 10 hostages a year ago,
May 28, 2001, Chicago Sun-Times, 3 U.S. hostages taken in Philippines, 228 words,
May 28, 2001, The Columbian (Vancouver) 20 Hostages Taken From Resort, by Paul Alexander, 700+
May 28, 2001, The Beacon News [Aurora, IL] News Flash: Hostages Seized, 78 words
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippine military took to the air and sea in search of two-dozen gunmen who raided an upscale resort wearing ski masks Sunday and then fled by boat with about 20 hostages, including three American tourists.
As darkness fell, the airplanes were recalled and fears were growing of a repeat of the prolonged hostage crisis last year that received worldwide attention and battered the Philippines' international image.
After storming the Dos Palmas Island Resort at dawn, the kidnappers headed south, either toward islands that are home to Muslim extremists who seized hostages 13 months ago or toward Mal- aysia, which offered its cooperation in the matter.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo dispatched her military chief of staff, Diomedio Villanueva, to direct the search-and-rescue effort from Palawan Island, a short boat ride from the resort, and ships and planes fanned out over the Mindanao Sea.
Speculation has focused on Abu Sayyef, the Islamic rebel group that raided a Malaysian tourist resort and took 10 foreign tourists hostage on April 23, 2000. All those hostages have since been freed, some reportedly for large ransoms paid by Libya.
Arroyo ordered "all-out war" on Abu Sayyaf in early April, but military officials said the separatist organization has regrouped in the last two weeks. Still, Tourism Secretary Richard Gordon tried to downplay suggestions that the Abu Sayyef was responsible for Sunday's raid.
Vowing no negotiations or ransom, he said the attackers seem to have taken advantage of the widespread deployment of police and troops to stem violence related to May 14 elections. Final results have not been released as vote totals slowly filter in from far- flung parts of the country.
The kidnappings took place at the Dos Palmas resort at Honda Bay in Palawan province, about 375 miles southwest of Manila.
Military officials said two- dozen men in ski masks took guests and resort staffers at gunpoint in a raid that lasted about 15 minutes. The guests were believed to include 13 Chinese Filipinos, three Americans and at least one child.
Two of the Americans were identified as Martin and Gracia Burnham, missionaries from Wichita, Kan., who have lived in the Philippines since 1986 and have been working for the New Tribes Mission of Sanford, Fla., said Tim Grossman, who was at the organization's Manila office Sunday.
The couple flew to the resort on Saturday for their 18th wedding anniversary. Their three children - Jeffrey, 14, Melinda, 11, and Zachary, 10 - also are in the Philippines.
The other American was identified as Guillermo Sobero, of Corona, Calif., who was to mark his 40th birthday on Tuesday.
The U.S. Embassy in Manila issued a travel warning to Americans in the Philippines.
Before Sunday, the last American to be taken hostage in the Philippines was Jeffrey Schilling of Oakland, Calif. Schilling was held by Abu Sayyef for eight months until government troops rescued him last month.
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May 28, 2001, The Columbian (Vancouver) 20 Hostages Taken From Resort, by Paul Alexander, 700+
MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippine military took to the air and sea in search of two dozen gunmen who raided an upscale resort wearing ski masks Sunday and then fled by boat with about 20 hostages, including three American tourists.
As darkness fell, the airplanes were recalled and fears were growing of a repeat of the prolonged hostage crisis last year that received worldwide attention and battered the Philippines' international image.
After storming the Dos Palmas Island Resort at dawn, the kidnappers headed south, either toward islands that are home to Muslim extremists who seized foreigners 13 months ago or toward Malaysia, which offered the Philippines its cooperation in the matter.
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo dispatched her military chief of staff, Diomedio Villanueva, to direct the search- and-rescue effort from Palawan Island, a short boat ride from the resort, and ships and planes fanned out over the Mindanao Sea.
Villanueva said officials believed they knew who the kidnappers were, but he would not identify them.
Speculation has focused on Abu Sayyaf, the Islamic rebel group that raided a Malaysian tourist resort and took 10 foreign tourists hostage on April 23, 2000. All those hostages have since been freed, some reportedly for large ransoms paid by Libya.
Arroyo ordered "all-out war" on Abu Sayyaf in early April, but military officials said the separatist organization has regrouped in the last two weeks. Still, Tourism Secretary Richard Gordon tried to downplay suggestions that the Abu Sayyaf was responsible for Sunday's raid.
There were concerns for the hostages' safety if a showdown developed, said Arroyo's spokesman, Rigoberto Tiglao. He vowed there would be no negotiations or ransom.
The kidnappings took place at the Dos Palmas resort at Honda Bay in Palawan province, about 375 miles southwest of Manila.
Military officials said two dozen men in ski masks took guests and resort staffers at gunpoint in a raid that lasted about 15 minutes. The guests were believed to include 13 Chinese Filipinos, three Americans and at least one child.
Two of the Americans were identified as Martin and Gracia Burnham, missionaries from Wichita, Kan., who have lived in the Philippines since 1986 and have been working for the New Tribes Mission of Sanford, Fla., said Tim Grossman, who was at the organization's Manila office Sunday.
The couple flew to the resort on Saturday for their 18th wedding anniversary. Their three children Jeffrey, 14, Melinda, 11, and Zachary, 10 also are in the Philippines.
Martin Burnham's mother said from Rose Hill, Kan., that she does not believe a ransom should be paid because that could encourage more kidnappings.
"You could go to Wichita or New York and get mugged, or something like that. We don't feel at all in danger, and our children feel the same way," Oreta Burnham said.
The other American was identified as Guillermo Sobero, of Corona, Calif., who was to mark his 40th birthday Tuesday.
In Corona, a woman who identified herself as his wife, Fanny Sobero, said she learned about the kidnappings from a reporter's phone call.
The couple is in the midst of a divorce.
Fanny Sobero said she last saw her husband Wednesday and that he told her he was going to Lake Havasu, Ariz., to celebrate his birthday with his brother and sister.
She said her husband is an avid diver who has visited Manila several times and has a girlfriend there.
The State Department on Sunday cautioned Americans that travel in certain areas of the Philippines was unsafe.
Violence during recent political demonstrations, kidnappings of foreigners and bombing incidents call for Americans to exert extreme caution throughout the country, the department said.
Before Sunday, the last American to be taken hostage in the Philippines was Jeffrey Schilling of Oakland, Calif.
Schilling was held by Abu Sayyaf for eight months until government troops rescued him last month.
May 28, 2001, The Beacon News [Aurora, IL] News Flash: Hostages Seized, 78 words
The Philippine military took to the air and sea in search of two dozen gunmen who raided a resort wearing ski masks Sunday and then fled by boat with about 20 hostages, including three Americans.
Two of the Americans were identified as Martin and Gracia Burnham, missionaries from Wichita, Kan., who have lived in the Philippines since 1986. The other American taken from the Dos Palmas Island Resort was identified as Guillermo Sobero, of Corona, Calif.
May 28, 2001, Charleston Daily Mail, Raid came as a surprise: ; Americans among those kidnapped at luxury resort, 697 words
ARRECIFFE ISLAND, Philippines - The swift raid hardly disturbed the dawn quiet at the luxury resort: only the hum of the approaching boat, the crash of a toppled flowerpot as the attackers climbed the dock, the clatter of guns as guards put up their hands. Within a half-hour, 20 captives were whisked away, starting another Philippine hostage saga.
Witnesses said surprise and efficiency were the hallmarks of Sunday's raid on the plush Dos Palmas Tourist Resort off Palawan Island.
"I didn't even think there was a problem," said George Cervencia, a resort pilot who vaguely recalls awakening to some stirrings and glancing toward the noise. "I thought it was a visit from some soldiers."
The Muslim separatist Abu Sayyaf movement today claimed responsibility for the kidnapping and said it had eluded a massive cordon to reach two islands in the southern Philippines where they held their captives, including three Americans.
The 24 sea-borne raiders, disguised as troops, drifted to the resort's dock to a welcome by two unsuspecting guards. Other armed security men, watching from a treetop lookout 200 yards away, saw nothing unusual as the raiders surreptitiously pointed rifles and whispered threats, evoking the guards' silent surrender.
The men swiftly moved into position outside most of the 10 cottages on stilts where tourists slept over the bay's azure waters. Resort manager Allan Fabian said they chose only the units with air- conditioners running, a sign they were occupied.
A volley of booted kicks bashed open the doors. A rifle butt shattered a window. The vacationers inside, still sleeping off a day of snorkeling, paddling and fishing, awoke to hushed commands at gunpoint.
Less than 25 minutes after their stealthy landing, the attackers had rounded up 23 tourists and resort staffers and bundled them aboard a covered speedboat. Fabian said some were roughed up a little if they resisted.
Worried about their sagging waterline, the gunmen shoved three resort cooks back on shore, turned on one of their engines and headed south with their captives. They included three Americans and two children, whose mother was not taken and awaited news anxiously today at the resort.
Fabian, who has interviewed all of the guests and staffers who remained, said the resort's accountant, who hid in her beach hut as the attackers smashed her window for a glance inside, sounded the alarm as the sound of engine faded into the distance.
Within 20 minutes, the police and military were scrambling to put helicopters and reconnaissance planes into the air. The tropical sun already had illuminated the dozens of palm-fringed islands, coral reefs, sandbars, fishing boats and ferries in the Mindanao Sea.
Fabian said the attackers used maps and compasses to reach the vicinity of the island, then abducted two fishermen and forced them to serve as guides to the resort. The fishermen were forced off at Dos Palmas to make room for the hostages.
The Abu Sayyaf guerrilla group kidnapped 10 foreign tourists and 11 workers from a Malaysian resort 13 months ago.
Today, only 39 of the resort's 113 guests remained. Police in brown fatigues, wielding assault rifles from the shadows of the coconut palms, watched as a few children splashed around in brightly colored plastic canoes above a group of black-tipped sharks.
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Muslim Leaders Condemn Kidnaping
Manila Bulletin; May 30, 2001; Usman, Edd K.; 700+ words ...yesterday condemned the criminal activities of the bandit group Abu Sayyaf who abducted 20 people in Palawan's Dos Palmas Beach Resort, stressing that kidnaping is un-Islamic that will only bring suffering to their communities. "The Abu Sayyaf...
Death threat on hostages; Muslim extremists kidnap 20 people.(World News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); May 30, 2001; 462 words ...people, including three Americans, from an island resort in the Philippines threatened yesterday to kill all...Gunmen snatched the hostages on Sunday morning from the Dos Palmas resort off Palawan Island in the southwestern Philippines...
THREAT MADE TO KILL HOSTAGES
The Columbian (Vancouver, WA); May 30, 2001; PAUL ALEXANDER, Associated Press writer; 580 words ...including the abduction of tourists from a Malaysian resort. The Abu Sayyaf has killed hostages in the past...responsibility for kidnapping the 20 hostages from the Dos PalmasIsland Resort off Palawan Island early Sunday. Sabaya said he had...
24-hour patrols off Sabah to continue
New Straits Times; May 30, 2001; Tony Emmanuel Jaswinder Kaur; 676 words ...kidnappers pulled off the dawn raid-cum-abduction on a resort in southern Philippines, taking 20 captives overall...Americans. (The 20 heavily-armed men who raided the Dos Palmas Island Resort at Honda Bay are believed to be members of the Abu...
US Gov't Offers to Help Rescue 20 Sayyaf Hostages; Satellite Information Welcomed
Manila Bulletin; May 31, 2001; De Leon, Isabel C.; 700+ words ...hostages taken by Abu Sayyaf from a resort in Palawan last Sunday. "The US...three of them Americans, from the Dos Palmas Resort. He commended the President...kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan last Sunday. They...
FILIPINOS SPOT HOSTAGES IN BOAT NEAR ISLAND
The Columbian (Vancouver, WA); May 31, 2001; ADAM BROWN, Associated Press writer; 584 words ...snatched from an idyllic beach resortSunday. DZBB radio, quoting local...after raiding a western Philippine resortSunday. "What we need now is...kidnapping foreigners, raided the DosPalmas resort before dawn Sunday, taking 17...
MILITARY CLASHES WITH KIDNAPPERS
The Columbian (Vancouver, WA); June 1, 2001; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press writer; 530 words ...the military had spotted the hostages. Sabaya said that in addition to the 20 hostages taken Sunday from the Dos Palmas beachresort in the southwestern Philippines, his group also had seized 10 fisherman. On Thursday, the military threw 5...
Military, Hostage-Takers Clash; 2 Captives Hit by Gunfire in Philippines, Rebel Leader Says
The Washington Post; June 1, 2001; 576 words ...in addition to the 20 hostages taken Sunday from the Dos Palmas beach resort in the southwestern Philippines, his group also had...them. Abu Sayyaf gunmen seized the tourists from the resort off Palawan Island, on the western edge of the Sulu...
FIRST IN FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE HAVE HARDER TIME
The Columbian (Vancouver, WA); June 1, 2001; ARLENE LEVINSON, Associated Press; 700+ words ...the military had spotted the hostages. Sabaya said that in addition to the 20 hostages taken Sunday from the DosPalmas beach resort in the southwestern Philippines, his group also had seized 10 fisherman. On Thursday, the military threw 5...
Troops Clash with Sayyaf; 4 Feared Dead; 2 Hostages Killed, Says Spokesman
Manila Bulletin; June 2, 2001; Ilagan, Aris R. Lacson, Nonoy E.; 700+ words ...claimed that aside from the 20 hostages taken from Dos Palmas BeachResort in Puerto Princesa City, there were at least 10 other...province only the other night from a long trip from the Dos Palmas Island Beach Resort in Palawan where they took their...
Military, kidnappers clash; 4 hostages escape; Separatists: Leader claims to have 200 new hostages
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); June 2, 2001; ASSOCIATED PRESS; 513 words ...the 17 Filipino hostages taken from a luxury beach resort Sunday fled during the battle. At least one was injured...army fought to rescue the hostages seized from the Dos Palmas beach resort in the western Philippines Sunday. Teresa Ganzon...
Filipino hostages caught in gun battle
The Independent (London, England); June 3, 2001; 420 words ...20 hostages they seized at the Dos Palmas beach resort in the south-western Philippines...17 Filipino hostages from the resort, including an eight-year...three Americans snatched from the resort were unclear. General Edilberto...
Church, Hospitals Seized
Manila Bulletin; June 3, 2001; Ilagan, Aris R.; 700+ words ...action and 28 wounded. (ARI) More hostages LAMITAN, Basilan - Close to 100 Abu Sayyaf men with some of their Dos Palmas Island Beach Resort captives occupied the town's Catholic Church and a hospital here shortly after midnight and took hostage...
Troops Rescue 4 Sayyaf Hostages; 2 Others Escape; Big Rebel Group Cornered in Lamitan, Basilan
Manila Bulletin; June 3, 2001; Lacson, Nonoy E. Abarico, Gil M.; 700+ words ...kidnaped by the Abu Sayyaf from the Dos Palmas Island BeachResort in Palawan last Sunday in a gun...a security guard of the Dos PalmasIsland Beach Resort off Puerto...afternoon the four rescued Dos PalmasIsland Beach Resort hostages...
UP TO 9 HOSTAGES FLEE EXTREMIST STRONGHOLD.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); June 3, 2001; 319 words ...many as nine hostages seized from a Philippine beach resort a week ago escaped their Muslim extremist captors by...many as 12 of the original 20 hostages taken from the Dos Palmas Island Resort remained unaccounted for, and officials said the Abu...
Troops Rescue 5 More Hostages, 10 Fishermen
Manila Bulletin; June 4, 2001; Ilagan, Aris R. Arevalo, Vic Lacson, Nonoy; 700+ words ...shields, including those from Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan and undetermined number...Bayona, both guards of the Dos PalmasResort. The two were beheaded...were among those taken from Dos PalmasResort in Puerto Princesa last...
Pope, Dos Palmas Appeal for Hostages
Manila Bulletin; June 4, 2001; 700+ words Officials of the Dos PalmasArreceffi Island Resort said yesterday they were praying...last May 27. In a statement, Dos Palmas officials said they, together...hands of their kidnapers.Dos Palmas condemned the attack on their resort...
More Troops Sent after Abu Sayyaf
Manila Bulletin; June 5, 2001; Ilagan, Aris R.; 700+ words ...with them nine hostages from the Dos Palmas Resort and 11 hospital staff. "We are...nine remaining hostages from Dos Palmas Resort include Americans Martin...who were all taken hostage in Dos Palmas Resort; and Catholic priests Fr...
Martial Law in Basilan, Jolo Sought
Manila Bulletin; June 5, 2001; Sinfuego, Roy C.; 545 words ...against the terrorist Abu Sayyaf who are holding Filipino and American hostages they had earlier kidnaped from the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan. At the Kapihan sa Manila Hotel, Enrile said declaring martial law on the two islands, which are perceived...
June 5, 2001, New Straits Times, Fighting Abu Sayyaf,
.three Americans from the Dos Palmas island resort near Palawan...It is difficult for a resort-type tourism industry...The attack on the Dos Palmas resort and the kidnapping of...from staying in such resorts in the area if the Abu...
June 6, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Gov't Working on Permanent Solution - Arroyo, by Isabel C. De Leon,
June 6, 2001, The Christian Science Monitor, Kidnappings a blow to Philippine image: President's attempt to free hostages, including three Americans, has meant both human and peso losses,
June 7, 2001, Filipino Reporter, Captors of U.S., Filipino hostages elude sea dragnet,
...Abu Sayyaf rebels who abducted 20 tourists and resort workersfrom Dos Palmas in Palawan have breached a Navy blockade and landed...remote string of dozens of islands after raidingthe Dos Palmas resort."What we need now is any assistan
June 9, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Rescued Hostage Talks of Ordeal, near Death,
; 700+ words Eldrin Morales, a Dos PalmasResort guard, has come back from the dead...nangyari nung nagsimula kami sa Dos Palmas, nakuha kami doon, pumasok sila...Tawi-Tawi (We were taken from Dos Palmas - the kidnapers entered at 5:15...
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June 10, 2001, The Filipino Express, Focus: RP tourism braces for tough years
; 638 words ...alluring blue sky andtheDos Palmas resort had never been safer...Filipinos at thisisland resort on Sunday. Tourism operators...includes agents, airlines, resorts and hotels, heldan impromptu...raided a Malaysian island resort andabducted 10 foreign...
IRAN: IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT IN PHILIPPINES KIDNAPPING DENIED.(Brief Article)
Info-Prod Research (Middle East); June 11, 2001; 273 words ...another Iranian, and a Lebanese male were the only guests not kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf group when it raided the Dos Palmas Resort and captured 20 people, Manila's "Philippine Daily Inquirer" reported on 5 June. Criminal Investigation and...
June 12, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Abu Sayyaf Raid Coco Plantation, Take More Hostages, by Nonoy E. Lacson, Aris R. Ilagan,
June 13, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Fighting the Cowards, by Girlie Linao Agentur,
June 13, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Beheading Assailed; AFP Still Verifying, by Isabel C. De Leon,
June 14, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Sayyaf Beheading of 2 Muslim Negotiators Bared, by Vic P Arevalo,
Philippines at bay
Filipino Reporter; June 14, 2001; 524 words ...has taken onlocal tourism, which is just slowly growing. When the Abu bandits spiritedaway local tourists from Dos Palmas resort in Palawan on May 27, that senta signal that other popular destinations by Filipino natives such asBoracay, for...
Amanpulo original Abu Sayyaf target
Filipino Reporter; June 14, 2001; 443 words ...and most beautiful --resort in the country."We...know why they ended up in Dos Palmas instead," a top governmentofficial...and 17 Filipinos fromDos Palmas on May 27, the bandits...actually ableto enter the resort to spy.The source said...
BOTTOMLINE: New kidnapping in Palawan a huge blow to R.P. tourism
Filipino Reporter; June 14, 2001; Cecilio, Teddy B.; 700+ words ...Filipinos and three Americans --from the upscale island-resort of Dos Palmas in Palawan has been thebiggest blow dealt so far to...the most recent abduction of tourists in the Palawan resort would certainlyturn away visitors from our islands paradise...
Rebels in Philippines release three hostages
Charleston Daily Mail; June 16, 2001; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS; 626 words ...despite a massive military pounding. Arroyo is to visit the southern command in Zamboanga on Monday after touring the Dos Palmas resortwhere the Abu Sayyaf snatched 20 people May 27. Since then, nine of the hostages have escaped and two have been...
3 More Hostages in Basilan Freed by Abu Sayyaf; Including 2 from Dos Palmas
Manila Bulletin; June 17, 2001; Ilagan, Aris R. Arevalo, Vic P.; 700+ words ...tourists originally abducted at the Dos Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa City, were...the two kidnap victims from Dos Palmas -- Francis Ganzon, 50, a former...mother were also among the Dos Palmas hostages but they managed escape...
Arroyo Visits Basilan and Palawan Today; to Assess Campaign against Abu Sayyaf
Manila Bulletin; June 18, 2001; Maglalang, Ferdie J. Ilagan, Aris R.; 700+ words ...hostages of the Abu Sayyaf, which includes three Americans and other Filipino-Chinese tourists, were taken from the Dos Palmas resort in Puerto Princesa City last May 27. Since then, 11 of the original 20 hostages have either escaped or released...
No Suspension of Anti-Sayyaf Drive - Arroyo; Vows No Backing Down despite 'Tremendous Pressure'
Manila Bulletin; June 19, 2001; Arevalo, Vic P. Lacson, Nonoy E.; 700+ words ...police. "The people and the internationl community are on our side," she said. More than half of the original Dos Palmas Beach Resort hostages have been accounted for, Mrs. Arroyo said. "These demonstrate the effectiveness of the continued...
US Hostage Sobero Feared Dead - AFP
Manila Bulletin; June 19, 2001; Ilagan, Aris T. Sinfuego, Roy; 700+ words ...forcibly taken by the Abu Sayyaf led by Abu Sabaya at the Dos PalmasBeach Resort in Puerto Princesa City along with 18 other foreign...the Abu Sayyaf custody last June 1 and 2. Six other Dos Palmas hostages remain in the custody of the Abu Sayyaf...
PPC Congressmen Meet on Speakership; JdV Leader Cites Support of 144 Solons
Manila Bulletin; June 23, 2001; Villa, Rod L.; 700+ words ...reason bandits and pirates have struck with virtual impunity, such as their abduction of several tourists from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan," said Sandoval. He said the arms and communications facilities of the Abu Sayyaf are far more modern...
Qaddafi Assails Terrorism, Vows RP Gov't Support; Gov't, MILF OK Ceasefire Agreement
Manila Bulletin; June 23, 2001; Usman, Edd K.; 700+ words ...received millions of pesos in ransom money from freed captives whom they abducted on May 29 in a raid in Palawan's Dos Palmas beach resort. Colonel Qaddafi also voiced his oppositon to secressionism among Muslim minorities in sovereign states as he...
Sobero kin tie yellow ribbons on palm trees
The Filipino Express; June 24, 2001; 700+ words ...were among the 20 hostages taken by the bandits fromthe Dos Palmas resort in Palawan on May 27.Sobero, an avid diver, was at the resort on a scuba-diving trip. The couplewere there to celebrate...
Arroyo Condemns Sayyaf Beheading
Manila Bulletin; June 25, 2001; Maglalang, Ferdie Arevalo, Vic; 700+ words ...bandits. Authorities identified the two other beheaded hostages as Sonny Dacquer and Armando Bayona, workers of the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. The Abu Sayyaf bandits have continued to threaten the government that they will behead the remaining...
Priest Warns against Arming Civilians
National Catholic Reporter; June 29, 2001; Donovan, Gill; 516 words ...businessman Francis Ganzon, 50, and 13year-old Kimberly Jao Uy, among 20 tourists and resort staff abducted May 27 from Dos Palmas, a Palawan island resort in the western Philippines. Freed with Ganzon and Uy was Ustadz Muhaymin Sahi Latip...
Tourism takes another blow as Zambales tourists panic
The Filipino Express; July 1, 2001; 417 words ...least fivebeach resorts to leave. "We...dialogue with the resort owners yesterday...waiting for the resortowners to filea...negativefall-out of the Dos Palmas hostage-taking...down the walls of resorts andresidences in...the Maligayabeach resort. The Sapphire...
Abu Sayyaf Frees 2 More Hostages
Manila Bulletin; July 4, 2001; Ilagan, Aris; 700+ words ...among those they abducted from the Dos Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa City in Palawan...four kidnap victims from the Dos Palmas Resort remain in the hands of the...elation over the release of two Dos Palmas hostages by the Abu Sayyaf, presidential...
Family of American hostage suffers amid uncertainty.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); July 4, 2001; 700+ words ...were seized from a Philippines resort, Aimee said her family has been...scuba diving. He first visited the Dos Palmas resort in the western Philippines in January...returned in May. "He said that (the resort) was paradise and the Philippine...
Attack at Dos Palmas
MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippine military took to the air and sea in search of two dozen gunmen who raided an upscale resort wearing ski masks Sunday and then fled by boat with about 20 hostages, including three American tourists.
As darkness fell, the airplanes were recalled and fears were growing of a repeat of the prolonged hostage crisis last year that received worldwide attention and battered the Philippines' international image.
After storming the Dos Palmas Island Resort at dawn, the kidnappers headed south, either toward islands that are home to Muslim extremists who seized foreigners 13 months ago or toward Malaysia, which offered the Philippines its cooperation in the matter.
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo dispatched her military chief of staff, Diomedio Villanueva, to direct the search- and-rescue effort from Palawan Island, a short boat ride from the resort, and ships and planes fanned out over the Mindanao Sea.
Villanueva said officials believed they knew who the kidnappers were, but he would not identify them.
Speculation has focused on Abu Sayyaf, the Islamic rebel group that raided a Malaysian tourist resort and took 10 foreign tourists hostage on April 23, 2000. All those hostages have since been freed, some reportedly for large ransoms paid by Libya.
Arroyo ordered "all-out war" on Abu Sayyaf in early April, but military officials said the separatist organization has regrouped in the last two weeks. Still, Tourism Secretary Richard Gordon tried to downplay suggestions that the Abu Sayyaf was responsible for Sunday's raid.
There were concerns for the hostages' safety if a showdown developed, said Arroyo's spokesman, Rigoberto Tiglao. He vowed there would be no negotiations or ransom.
The kidnappings took place at the Dos Palmas resort at Honda Bay in Palawan province, about 375 miles southwest of Manila.
Military officials said two dozen men in ski masks took guests and resort staffers at gunpoint in a raid that lasted about 15 minutes. The guests were believed to include 13 Chinese Filipinos, three Americans and at least one child.
Two of the Americans were identified as Martin and Gracia Burnham, missionaries from Wichita, Kan., who have lived in the Philippines since 1986 and have been working for the New Tribes Mission of Sanford, Fla., said Tim Grossman, who was at the organization's Manila office Sunday.
The couple flew to the resort on Saturday for their 18th wedding anniversary. Their three children Jeffrey, 14, Melinda, 11, and Zachary, 10 also are in the Philippines.
Martin Burnham's mother said from Rose Hill, Kan., that she does not believe a ransom should be paid because that could encourage more kidnappings.
"You could go to Wichita or New York and get mugged, or something like that. We don't feel at all in danger, and our children feel the same way," Oreta Burnham said.
The other American was identified as Guillermo Sobero, of Corona, Calif., who was to mark his 40th birthday Tuesday.
In Corona, a woman who identified herself as his wife, Fanny Sobero, said she learned about the kidnappings from a reporter's phone call.
The couple is in the midst of a divorce.
Fanny Sobero said she last saw her husband Wednesday and that he told her he was going to Lake Havasu, Ariz., to celebrate his birthday with his brother and sister.
She said her husband is an avid diver who has visited Manila several times and has a girlfriend there.
The State Department on Sunday cautioned Americans that travel in certain areas of the Philippines was unsafe.
Violence during recent political demonstrations, kidnappings of foreigners and bombing incidents call for Americans to exert extreme caution throughout the country, the department said.
Before Sunday, the last American to be taken hostage in the Philippines was Jeffrey Schilling of Oakland, Calif.
Schilling was held by Abu Sayyaf for eight months until government troops rescued him last month.
May 28, 2001, The Beacon News [Aurora, IL] News Flash: Hostages Seized, 78 words
The Philippine military took to the air and sea in search of two dozen gunmen who raided a resort wearing ski masks Sunday and then fled by boat with about 20 hostages, including three Americans.
Two of the Americans were identified as Martin and Gracia Burnham, missionaries from Wichita, Kan., who have lived in the Philippines since 1986. The other American taken from the Dos Palmas Island Resort was identified as Guillermo Sobero, of Corona, Calif.
May 28, 2001, Charleston Daily Mail, Raid came as a surprise: ; Americans among those kidnapped at luxury resort, 697 words
ARRECIFFE ISLAND, Philippines - The swift raid hardly disturbed the dawn quiet at the luxury resort: only the hum of the approaching boat, the crash of a toppled flowerpot as the attackers climbed the dock, the clatter of guns as guards put up their hands. Within a half-hour, 20 captives were whisked away, starting another Philippine hostage saga.
Witnesses said surprise and efficiency were the hallmarks of Sunday's raid on the plush Dos Palmas Tourist Resort off Palawan Island.
"I didn't even think there was a problem," said George Cervencia, a resort pilot who vaguely recalls awakening to some stirrings and glancing toward the noise. "I thought it was a visit from some soldiers."
The Muslim separatist Abu Sayyaf movement today claimed responsibility for the kidnapping and said it had eluded a massive cordon to reach two islands in the southern Philippines where they held their captives, including three Americans.
The 24 sea-borne raiders, disguised as troops, drifted to the resort's dock to a welcome by two unsuspecting guards. Other armed security men, watching from a treetop lookout 200 yards away, saw nothing unusual as the raiders surreptitiously pointed rifles and whispered threats, evoking the guards' silent surrender.
The men swiftly moved into position outside most of the 10 cottages on stilts where tourists slept over the bay's azure waters. Resort manager Allan Fabian said they chose only the units with air- conditioners running, a sign they were occupied.
A volley of booted kicks bashed open the doors. A rifle butt shattered a window. The vacationers inside, still sleeping off a day of snorkeling, paddling and fishing, awoke to hushed commands at gunpoint.
Less than 25 minutes after their stealthy landing, the attackers had rounded up 23 tourists and resort staffers and bundled them aboard a covered speedboat. Fabian said some were roughed up a little if they resisted.
Worried about their sagging waterline, the gunmen shoved three resort cooks back on shore, turned on one of their engines and headed south with their captives. They included three Americans and two children, whose mother was not taken and awaited news anxiously today at the resort.
Fabian, who has interviewed all of the guests and staffers who remained, said the resort's accountant, who hid in her beach hut as the attackers smashed her window for a glance inside, sounded the alarm as the sound of engine faded into the distance.
Within 20 minutes, the police and military were scrambling to put helicopters and reconnaissance planes into the air. The tropical sun already had illuminated the dozens of palm-fringed islands, coral reefs, sandbars, fishing boats and ferries in the Mindanao Sea.
Fabian said the attackers used maps and compasses to reach the vicinity of the island, then abducted two fishermen and forced them to serve as guides to the resort. The fishermen were forced off at Dos Palmas to make room for the hostages.
The Abu Sayyaf guerrilla group kidnapped 10 foreign tourists and 11 workers from a Malaysian resort 13 months ago.
Today, only 39 of the resort's 113 guests remained. Police in brown fatigues, wielding assault rifles from the shadows of the coconut palms, watched as a few children splashed around in brightly colored plastic canoes above a group of black-tipped sharks.
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Muslim Leaders Condemn Kidnaping
Manila Bulletin; May 30, 2001; Usman, Edd K.; 700+ words ...yesterday condemned the criminal activities of the bandit group Abu Sayyaf who abducted 20 people in Palawan's Dos Palmas Beach Resort, stressing that kidnaping is un-Islamic that will only bring suffering to their communities. "The Abu Sayyaf...
Death threat on hostages; Muslim extremists kidnap 20 people.(World News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); May 30, 2001; 462 words ...people, including three Americans, from an island resort in the Philippines threatened yesterday to kill all...Gunmen snatched the hostages on Sunday morning from the Dos Palmas resort off Palawan Island in the southwestern Philippines...
THREAT MADE TO KILL HOSTAGES
The Columbian (Vancouver, WA); May 30, 2001; PAUL ALEXANDER, Associated Press writer; 580 words ...including the abduction of tourists from a Malaysian resort. The Abu Sayyaf has killed hostages in the past...responsibility for kidnapping the 20 hostages from the Dos PalmasIsland Resort off Palawan Island early Sunday. Sabaya said he had...
24-hour patrols off Sabah to continue
New Straits Times; May 30, 2001; Tony Emmanuel Jaswinder Kaur; 676 words ...kidnappers pulled off the dawn raid-cum-abduction on a resort in southern Philippines, taking 20 captives overall...Americans. (The 20 heavily-armed men who raided the Dos Palmas Island Resort at Honda Bay are believed to be members of the Abu...
US Gov't Offers to Help Rescue 20 Sayyaf Hostages; Satellite Information Welcomed
Manila Bulletin; May 31, 2001; De Leon, Isabel C.; 700+ words ...hostages taken by Abu Sayyaf from a resort in Palawan last Sunday. "The US...three of them Americans, from the Dos Palmas Resort. He commended the President...kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan last Sunday. They...
FILIPINOS SPOT HOSTAGES IN BOAT NEAR ISLAND
The Columbian (Vancouver, WA); May 31, 2001; ADAM BROWN, Associated Press writer; 584 words ...snatched from an idyllic beach resortSunday. DZBB radio, quoting local...after raiding a western Philippine resortSunday. "What we need now is...kidnapping foreigners, raided the DosPalmas resort before dawn Sunday, taking 17...
MILITARY CLASHES WITH KIDNAPPERS
The Columbian (Vancouver, WA); June 1, 2001; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press writer; 530 words ...the military had spotted the hostages. Sabaya said that in addition to the 20 hostages taken Sunday from the Dos Palmas beachresort in the southwestern Philippines, his group also had seized 10 fisherman. On Thursday, the military threw 5...
Military, Hostage-Takers Clash; 2 Captives Hit by Gunfire in Philippines, Rebel Leader Says
The Washington Post; June 1, 2001; 576 words ...in addition to the 20 hostages taken Sunday from the Dos Palmas beach resort in the southwestern Philippines, his group also had...them. Abu Sayyaf gunmen seized the tourists from the resort off Palawan Island, on the western edge of the Sulu...
FIRST IN FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE HAVE HARDER TIME
The Columbian (Vancouver, WA); June 1, 2001; ARLENE LEVINSON, Associated Press; 700+ words ...the military had spotted the hostages. Sabaya said that in addition to the 20 hostages taken Sunday from the DosPalmas beach resort in the southwestern Philippines, his group also had seized 10 fisherman. On Thursday, the military threw 5...
Troops Clash with Sayyaf; 4 Feared Dead; 2 Hostages Killed, Says Spokesman
Manila Bulletin; June 2, 2001; Ilagan, Aris R. Lacson, Nonoy E.; 700+ words ...claimed that aside from the 20 hostages taken from Dos Palmas BeachResort in Puerto Princesa City, there were at least 10 other...province only the other night from a long trip from the Dos Palmas Island Beach Resort in Palawan where they took their...
Military, kidnappers clash; 4 hostages escape; Separatists: Leader claims to have 200 new hostages
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); June 2, 2001; ASSOCIATED PRESS; 513 words ...the 17 Filipino hostages taken from a luxury beach resort Sunday fled during the battle. At least one was injured...army fought to rescue the hostages seized from the Dos Palmas beach resort in the western Philippines Sunday. Teresa Ganzon...
Filipino hostages caught in gun battle
The Independent (London, England); June 3, 2001; 420 words ...20 hostages they seized at the Dos Palmas beach resort in the south-western Philippines...17 Filipino hostages from the resort, including an eight-year...three Americans snatched from the resort were unclear. General Edilberto...
Church, Hospitals Seized
Manila Bulletin; June 3, 2001; Ilagan, Aris R.; 700+ words ...action and 28 wounded. (ARI) More hostages LAMITAN, Basilan - Close to 100 Abu Sayyaf men with some of their Dos Palmas Island Beach Resort captives occupied the town's Catholic Church and a hospital here shortly after midnight and took hostage...
Troops Rescue 4 Sayyaf Hostages; 2 Others Escape; Big Rebel Group Cornered in Lamitan, Basilan
Manila Bulletin; June 3, 2001; Lacson, Nonoy E. Abarico, Gil M.; 700+ words ...kidnaped by the Abu Sayyaf from the Dos Palmas Island BeachResort in Palawan last Sunday in a gun...a security guard of the Dos PalmasIsland Beach Resort off Puerto...afternoon the four rescued Dos PalmasIsland Beach Resort hostages...
UP TO 9 HOSTAGES FLEE EXTREMIST STRONGHOLD.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); June 3, 2001; 319 words ...many as nine hostages seized from a Philippine beach resort a week ago escaped their Muslim extremist captors by...many as 12 of the original 20 hostages taken from the Dos Palmas Island Resort remained unaccounted for, and officials said the Abu...
Troops Rescue 5 More Hostages, 10 Fishermen
Manila Bulletin; June 4, 2001; Ilagan, Aris R. Arevalo, Vic Lacson, Nonoy; 700+ words ...shields, including those from Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan and undetermined number...Bayona, both guards of the Dos PalmasResort. The two were beheaded...were among those taken from Dos PalmasResort in Puerto Princesa last...
Pope, Dos Palmas Appeal for Hostages
Manila Bulletin; June 4, 2001; 700+ words Officials of the Dos PalmasArreceffi Island Resort said yesterday they were praying...last May 27. In a statement, Dos Palmas officials said they, together...hands of their kidnapers.Dos Palmas condemned the attack on their resort...
More Troops Sent after Abu Sayyaf
Manila Bulletin; June 5, 2001; Ilagan, Aris R.; 700+ words ...with them nine hostages from the Dos Palmas Resort and 11 hospital staff. "We are...nine remaining hostages from Dos Palmas Resort include Americans Martin...who were all taken hostage in Dos Palmas Resort; and Catholic priests Fr...
Martial Law in Basilan, Jolo Sought
Manila Bulletin; June 5, 2001; Sinfuego, Roy C.; 545 words ...against the terrorist Abu Sayyaf who are holding Filipino and American hostages they had earlier kidnaped from the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan. At the Kapihan sa Manila Hotel, Enrile said declaring martial law on the two islands, which are perceived...
June 5, 2001, New Straits Times, Fighting Abu Sayyaf,
.three Americans from the Dos Palmas island resort near Palawan...It is difficult for a resort-type tourism industry...The attack on the Dos Palmas resort and the kidnapping of...from staying in such resorts in the area if the Abu...
June 6, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Gov't Working on Permanent Solution - Arroyo, by Isabel C. De Leon,
June 6, 2001, The Christian Science Monitor, Kidnappings a blow to Philippine image: President's attempt to free hostages, including three Americans, has meant both human and peso losses,
June 7, 2001, Filipino Reporter, Captors of U.S., Filipino hostages elude sea dragnet,
...Abu Sayyaf rebels who abducted 20 tourists and resort workersfrom Dos Palmas in Palawan have breached a Navy blockade and landed...remote string of dozens of islands after raidingthe Dos Palmas resort."What we need now is any assistan
June 9, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Rescued Hostage Talks of Ordeal, near Death,
; 700+ words Eldrin Morales, a Dos PalmasResort guard, has come back from the dead...nangyari nung nagsimula kami sa Dos Palmas, nakuha kami doon, pumasok sila...Tawi-Tawi (We were taken from Dos Palmas - the kidnapers entered at 5:15...
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June 10, 2001, The Filipino Express, Focus: RP tourism braces for tough years
; 638 words ...alluring blue sky andtheDos Palmas resort had never been safer...Filipinos at thisisland resort on Sunday. Tourism operators...includes agents, airlines, resorts and hotels, heldan impromptu...raided a Malaysian island resort andabducted 10 foreign...
IRAN: IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT IN PHILIPPINES KIDNAPPING DENIED.(Brief Article)
Info-Prod Research (Middle East); June 11, 2001; 273 words ...another Iranian, and a Lebanese male were the only guests not kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf group when it raided the Dos Palmas Resort and captured 20 people, Manila's "Philippine Daily Inquirer" reported on 5 June. Criminal Investigation and...
June 12, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Abu Sayyaf Raid Coco Plantation, Take More Hostages, by Nonoy E. Lacson, Aris R. Ilagan,
June 13, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Fighting the Cowards, by Girlie Linao Agentur,
June 13, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Beheading Assailed; AFP Still Verifying, by Isabel C. De Leon,
June 14, 2001, Manila Bulletin, Sayyaf Beheading of 2 Muslim Negotiators Bared, by Vic P Arevalo,
Philippines at bay
Filipino Reporter; June 14, 2001; 524 words ...has taken onlocal tourism, which is just slowly growing. When the Abu bandits spiritedaway local tourists from Dos Palmas resort in Palawan on May 27, that senta signal that other popular destinations by Filipino natives such asBoracay, for...
Amanpulo original Abu Sayyaf target
Filipino Reporter; June 14, 2001; 443 words ...and most beautiful --resort in the country."We...know why they ended up in Dos Palmas instead," a top governmentofficial...and 17 Filipinos fromDos Palmas on May 27, the bandits...actually ableto enter the resort to spy.The source said...
BOTTOMLINE: New kidnapping in Palawan a huge blow to R.P. tourism
Filipino Reporter; June 14, 2001; Cecilio, Teddy B.; 700+ words ...Filipinos and three Americans --from the upscale island-resort of Dos Palmas in Palawan has been thebiggest blow dealt so far to...the most recent abduction of tourists in the Palawan resort would certainlyturn away visitors from our islands paradise...
Rebels in Philippines release three hostages
Charleston Daily Mail; June 16, 2001; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS; 626 words ...despite a massive military pounding. Arroyo is to visit the southern command in Zamboanga on Monday after touring the Dos Palmas resortwhere the Abu Sayyaf snatched 20 people May 27. Since then, nine of the hostages have escaped and two have been...
3 More Hostages in Basilan Freed by Abu Sayyaf; Including 2 from Dos Palmas
Manila Bulletin; June 17, 2001; Ilagan, Aris R. Arevalo, Vic P.; 700+ words ...tourists originally abducted at the Dos Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa City, were...the two kidnap victims from Dos Palmas -- Francis Ganzon, 50, a former...mother were also among the Dos Palmas hostages but they managed escape...
Arroyo Visits Basilan and Palawan Today; to Assess Campaign against Abu Sayyaf
Manila Bulletin; June 18, 2001; Maglalang, Ferdie J. Ilagan, Aris R.; 700+ words ...hostages of the Abu Sayyaf, which includes three Americans and other Filipino-Chinese tourists, were taken from the Dos Palmas resort in Puerto Princesa City last May 27. Since then, 11 of the original 20 hostages have either escaped or released...
No Suspension of Anti-Sayyaf Drive - Arroyo; Vows No Backing Down despite 'Tremendous Pressure'
Manila Bulletin; June 19, 2001; Arevalo, Vic P. Lacson, Nonoy E.; 700+ words ...police. "The people and the internationl community are on our side," she said. More than half of the original Dos Palmas Beach Resort hostages have been accounted for, Mrs. Arroyo said. "These demonstrate the effectiveness of the continued...
US Hostage Sobero Feared Dead - AFP
Manila Bulletin; June 19, 2001; Ilagan, Aris T. Sinfuego, Roy; 700+ words ...forcibly taken by the Abu Sayyaf led by Abu Sabaya at the Dos PalmasBeach Resort in Puerto Princesa City along with 18 other foreign...the Abu Sayyaf custody last June 1 and 2. Six other Dos Palmas hostages remain in the custody of the Abu Sayyaf...
PPC Congressmen Meet on Speakership; JdV Leader Cites Support of 144 Solons
Manila Bulletin; June 23, 2001; Villa, Rod L.; 700+ words ...reason bandits and pirates have struck with virtual impunity, such as their abduction of several tourists from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan," said Sandoval. He said the arms and communications facilities of the Abu Sayyaf are far more modern...
Qaddafi Assails Terrorism, Vows RP Gov't Support; Gov't, MILF OK Ceasefire Agreement
Manila Bulletin; June 23, 2001; Usman, Edd K.; 700+ words ...received millions of pesos in ransom money from freed captives whom they abducted on May 29 in a raid in Palawan's Dos Palmas beach resort. Colonel Qaddafi also voiced his oppositon to secressionism among Muslim minorities in sovereign states as he...
Sobero kin tie yellow ribbons on palm trees
The Filipino Express; June 24, 2001; 700+ words ...were among the 20 hostages taken by the bandits fromthe Dos Palmas resort in Palawan on May 27.Sobero, an avid diver, was at the resort on a scuba-diving trip. The couplewere there to celebrate...
Arroyo Condemns Sayyaf Beheading
Manila Bulletin; June 25, 2001; Maglalang, Ferdie Arevalo, Vic; 700+ words ...bandits. Authorities identified the two other beheaded hostages as Sonny Dacquer and Armando Bayona, workers of the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. The Abu Sayyaf bandits have continued to threaten the government that they will behead the remaining...
Priest Warns against Arming Civilians
National Catholic Reporter; June 29, 2001; Donovan, Gill; 516 words ...businessman Francis Ganzon, 50, and 13year-old Kimberly Jao Uy, among 20 tourists and resort staff abducted May 27 from Dos Palmas, a Palawan island resort in the western Philippines. Freed with Ganzon and Uy was Ustadz Muhaymin Sahi Latip...
Tourism takes another blow as Zambales tourists panic
The Filipino Express; July 1, 2001; 417 words ...least fivebeach resorts to leave. "We...dialogue with the resort owners yesterday...waiting for the resortowners to filea...negativefall-out of the Dos Palmas hostage-taking...down the walls of resorts andresidences in...the Maligayabeach resort. The Sapphire...
Abu Sayyaf Frees 2 More Hostages
Manila Bulletin; July 4, 2001; Ilagan, Aris; 700+ words ...among those they abducted from the Dos Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa City in Palawan...four kidnap victims from the Dos Palmas Resort remain in the hands of the...elation over the release of two Dos Palmas hostages by the Abu Sayyaf, presidential...
Family of American hostage suffers amid uncertainty.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); July 4, 2001; 700+ words ...were seized from a Philippines resort, Aimee said her family has been...scuba diving. He first visited the Dos Palmas resort in the western Philippines in January...returned in May. "He said that (the resort) was paradise and the Philippine...
Attack at Dos Palmas
Filipino Reporter; July 5, 2001; Arquiza, Jasmin D.; 700+ words ...05-2001 Attack at Dos PalmasLike most managers of island resorts in Palawan, 25-year...privacy a lot. DOS Palmas, the upscale beach resort to whichhe has devoted...by open seas, Dos Palmas and otherposh resorts in Palawan are vulnerable...
Escalating terror
The Filipino Express; July 8, 2001; 700+ words ...beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf sinceMay 27 when it raided the Dos Palmas Resort and seized 20 hostages. Therecould be an eighth victim...first to be decapitated, workedas a security guard in Dos Palmas. The last two victims of beheading werePrimitivo Falcasantos...
Gov't to Abus: No deal, no ransom
Filipino Reporter; July 12, 2001; 700+ words ...Abu Sayyaf terrorists in Lamitan town. Nine ofthe 20 DOS Palmas hostages were either rescued or escaped from their...resortworkers, were seized on May 27 from the posh DOSPalmas resort by more than20 heavily armed Abu Sayyaf gunmen.President...
Abu Sayyaf frees 2 more hostages
Filipino Reporter; July 12, 2001; 377 words ...on Tuesday that the AbuSayyaf bandits have released two more hostages who were among those theyabducted from the DOS Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa City in Palawan morethan a month ago.Reports reaching AFP chief of staff Gen. Diomedio Villanueva...
52 Now Held by Gov't in Abu Sayyaf Drive
Manila Bulletin; July 17, 2001; Ilagan, Aris R.; 700+ words ...foreign and local tourists at the Sipadan Beach Resort in Malaysia in April last year and inDos Palmas Beach Resort in Puerto Princesa City in May...indicated that the four remaining hostages from Dos Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa City, including...
Brown Bag
Filipinas; July 31, 2001; 700+ words ...Abu Sayyaf bandits from the DosPalmas Arreceffi Island Resort in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan...As of this writing, nine Dos Palmas hostages have escaped after...a military cordon. Two Dos Palmas hostages were earlier killed...
Four killed, 16 taken hostage in Lamitan
New Straits Times; August 4, 2001; Tony Emmanuel Al Jacinto in Manila; 580 words ...captive, three of them US nationals, on the southern island of Basilan. They had earlier been abducted at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan province on May 27. Speaking at a Press conference in Malacanang Palace, Philippines President Gloria...
Troops Rescue 3 More Abu Sayyaf Hostages
Bulletin; August 12, 2001; Ilagan, Aris R. Arevalo, Vic P.; 700+ words ...victims, including American nationals Martin and Gracia Burnham who were both abducted along with 18 other tourists in Dos Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa City. Immediately after undergoing medical check up, the Perillos were immediately allowed to...
Resignation of 2 Officials Sought
Manila Bulletin; August 15, 2001; Casayuran, Mario B.; 700+ words ...grown stronger since it kidnapped 20 hostages from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan three months ago. In a privilege speech...Ople said referring to the three-month kidnapping at Dos Palmas which included three Americans but several hostages...
Malacanang Rejects Ople Call
Manila Bulletin; August 16, 2001; 624 words ...with the Abu Sayyaf . Tiglao explained that since the Abu Sayyaf bandits had abducted the original 20 hostages in Dos Palmas resort in Palawan island last May 2, only four or five hostages remain in captivity with the bandit group. "If you compare...
3 Sayyaf bandits slain in Sulu clash.(Main News)
Manila Bulletin; August 20, 2001; Arevalo, Vic; 451 words ...reinforce their beleaguered comrades in Basilan who are holding 19 hostages. Among the captives are the remaining Dos Palmas resort hostages including American couple Martin and Gracia Burnham, Angie Montealegre and Maria Fe Rosadeno, five hospital...
Muslims Oppose Taguig Abu Trial
Manila Bulletin; August 22, 2001; Catapusan, James I.; 700+ words ...an attache case after the "great escape" of the kidnapers. The Abu Sayyaf and their hostages from the Palawan Dos Palmas resort were trapped by soldiers and policemen at the Don Jose Maria Torres Memorial Hospital but the bandits and their hostages...
There: Philippines
Filipinas; August 31, 2001; 700+ words ...the NGO community and increasingly so around the nation. Shortly after the Abu Sayyaf bandits struck the island resort of Dos Palmas, Palawan, Soliman and her staff immediately did the right thing--they flew in experts to conduct post-trauma...
General denies letting Abu Sayyaf bandits flee
Filipino Reporter; September 6, 2001; 696 words ...Filipinos seized May 27 whenthe Abu Sayyaf raided the DOS Palmas, beach resort in Palawan.Wichita, Kansas missionaries Martin...More witnesses, including rescued hostages of the DOS Palmas kidnapping,are expected to be summoned for the...
Arroyo Raring for Japan Visit
Manila Bulletin; September 10, 2001; Maglalang, Ferdie J.; 700+ words ...bandit group is still holding an American couple and other local tourists and residents it has abducted from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan island more than three months now. Pimentel proposed court martial proceedings against military officials...
President Clears Villanueva
Manila Bulletin; September 11, 2001; Maglalang, Ferdie J.; 506 words ...carrying out President Arroyo's order to decimate the Abu Sayyaf and secure the freedom of the hostages taken from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. Since the President ordered an all-out war against the bandits and declared a state of emergency in...
Gov't Grants US Request to Land, Refuel, Fly over RP
Manila Bulletin; September 23, 2001; Kabiling, Genalyn D.; 700+ words ...involving ransom payments have been ongoing for the release of Martin and Gracia Burnham, who were abducted from the Dos Palmas island resort in Palawan on May 27. "The standing policy would still be no negotiations for ransom. We cannot allow ransom...
U.S. Withdraws From Philippines
AP Online; October 6, 2001; 457 words ...of three Americans and 17 Filipinos from an upscale resort on May 27 by the Muslim extremist Abu Sayyaf group and...Corona, Calif., one of the Americans abducted at the Dos Palmas resortin Palawan province. The group is still holding U...
Troops Rescue 4 More Abu Sayyaf Hostages
Manila Bulletin; October 15, 2001; Arevalo, Vic P.; 587 words ...can never hide for always." The Abu Sayyaf is still holding 10 more hostages, including four who were seized at Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan last May 27. They are Angie Montealegre, Maria Fe Rosadeno and the American couple Martin and Gracia...
We'll behead 2 U.S. hostages - Abu Sayyaf
Filipino Reporter; October 25, 2001; 602 words ...Burnhams, along with Peruvian-American Guillermo Sobero and 17Filipinos, were taken hostage from the upscale Dos Palmas resort island offPalawan on May 27. Skeletal remains of Sobero were found more than a weekago in Basilan. Article copyright...
Danish Student Wins 1st Miss Earth Title
Manila Bulletin; October 30, 2001; Barawid, Rachel Castro; 700+ words ...environmental causes in schools in Metro Manila, and touring the country's top tourist attractions, including the Dos Palmas Resort in Honda Bay, Palawan. These trips were sponsored by the Department of Tourism and Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes. The...
Misuari Categorically Rejects Abu Sayyaf
Manila Bulletin; November 7, 2001; Usman, Edd K. Macabalang, Ali G.; 561 words ...as well from the Sipadan island resort off Sabah, Malaysia. In May this...own kidnaping when it raided the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan and seized three American...and local visitors of the upscale resort. Both factions defied international...
Tourists safe, PNP assures.(Main News)
Manila Bulletin; November 13, 2001; Sinfuego, Roy; 416 words ...world-class private resorts in the country after the Dos Palmas kidnaping incident...Hotel. After the Dos Palmas kidnaping staged by...tightened security in resortsfrequented by foreign...forces hired by tourist resort operators in Palawan...
AFP recovers 7 Sayyaf captives.(Main News)
Manila Bulletin; November 16, 2001; Lacson, Nonoy E.; 448 words ...Southcom under Lt. Gen. Roy Cimatu. Alegre and Rosadeno were among those captured by the ASG in a raid at the Dos Palmas Beach Resort off Puerto Princesa in Palawan last May 27. Cimatu expressed optimism that the military in the province would...
US Reiterates Confidence in RP
Manila Bulletin; November 28, 2001; Usman, Edd K.; 700+ words ...saddened about their plight," Tiglao said. The Burnham couple is the last two hostages taken by the ASG from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan May last year. "She assures them that our troops are every day inching in towards really pinpointing...
Lacson Airs Fears on Sayyaf Hostage Talks
Manila Bulletin; December 8, 2001; 695 words ...country. "You know when we have Dos Palmas, that was Sipadan 2. And if we...the Abu Sayyaf Group in a Sipadan resort in Malaysia in April last year...abducted a group of foreign tourists in Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. Again, ransom...
New Era for Peace, Growth Loom in M'danao
Manila Bulletin; December 10, 2001; 700+ words ...missionaries along with 19 other tourists from the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan last May. "There is no need for negotiation...kidnappings by the Abu Sayyaf group in the country's resorts off Sabah state last year. Inspector-General of...
Abadilla Slay Suspect Held
Manila Bulletin; January 28, 2002; 700+ words ...troops to rescue American couple Martin and Gracia Burnham from the Abu Sayyaf terrorists who kidnaped them from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in 2001. Padilla said the Arroyo government must stop misleading the public on the real intention of...
Rural Filipinos Welcome U.S. Troops; Special Forces Deployment on Southern Island Is First Since World War II
The Washington Post; January 28, 2002; Philip P. Pan; 700+ words ...killed since May 27, when the rebels attacked the beach resort of Dos Palmas off the western island of Palawan and snatched 20 hostages...Guillermo Sobero, of Corona, Calif., was killed. From Dos Palmas, the Abu Sayyaf used speedboats to travel to Basilan...
Philippine hostages endure many hardships in saga; 8 months: Philippines' tourism reputation is taking a beating
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); January 28, 2002; ASSOCIATED PRESS; 700+ words ...on the white sands of a ritzy resort, Martin and Gracia Burnham retired...Macapagal Arroyo. The attack on the Dos Palmas islandresort in May was not the Abu Sayyaf...the rebels stormed a Malaysianresort, snatching 21 people, both foreigners...
WHO WANTS TO BE A Survivor?
Filipinas; January 31, 2002; N, Marites; 700+ words ...rash of violent events at home and abroad made "Edsa Dos," the country's top story, seem like several...Abu Sayyaf bandits seized 20 tourists and workers in Dos Palmas, an upscale resort in Palawan. Ten more local victims were taken by...
Tourism industry in the Philippines faces tough times.
Australasian Business Intelligence; February 7, 2002; 420 words ...been introduced into such resorts as the Dos Palmas Arreceffi Island Resort, which is located off...recorded in 2001. DOS PALMAS ARRECEFFI ISLAND RESORT: CEBU PACIFIC AIR: PHILIPPINE...AIRLINES - PHILIPPINESRESORTS - PHILIPPINES TERRORISTS...
News in Brief
Manila Bulletin; February 18, 2002; 700+ words ...well as cutting down on bureaucratic red tape. Dos Palmas reopens Mar. 8 Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan is set to reopen its door on March...Dennis Socrates leading the opening rites. Dos Palmas said in a statement that it has redone some of...
US Envoy Seeks Safe Rescue of All Hostages; Ambassador Presents Credential
Manila Bulletin; February 21, 2002; 700+ words ...dimension, a real maturing of the relationship." The Burnhams were among the 20 people earlier abducted from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. Intense military operations against the bandits resulted in the release or escape of the hostages...
Arroyo Vows to Wipe out Sayyaf; MILF Movements Watched
Manila Bulletin; February 23, 2002; 700+ words ...relatives of beheaded victims and former hostages from Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. She interviewed them during her program...guests Jovelyn Dacquer, whose husband, a cook at Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan, was killed by the Abu Sayyaf for...
Video of Abu Sayyaf Beheading Raises Ire
The Washington Times (Washington, DC); February 23, 2002; 700+ words ...agency reported.] In June, Abu Sayyaf rebels beheaded Californian Guillermo Sobero, who was taken hostage from the Dos Palmas resort on May 27, 2001. Two other Americans, Gracia and Martin Burnham, missionaries from Kansas, also were taken hostage...
Philippine president wages high-profile campaign against Muslim extremist rebels
AP Worldstream; February 23, 2002; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...along with 18 other vacationers and staffers from the DosPalmas resort and taken to Basilan, about 880 kilometers (545 miles...beheadings reminded him of his brother, a guard at the Dos Palmasresort who was abducted then beheaded by the rebels...
A 'Second Front' in the Philippines : AMERICA CALLED ON ITS FORMER COLONY TO FILL THE BILL FOR A SEQUEL TO AL QAEDA
The Nation; March 18, 2002; Bello, Walden; 700+ words ...millions of dollars in ransom money after it hit the resort island of Sipadan two years ago and made off with a...snatched more than a dozen guests and workers from the Dos Palmas resort on the island of Palawan last May and ferried them in...
Abu leader: No retreat, no surrender
Filipino Reporter; March 21, 2002; 700+ words ...Americans were seized by Abu Sayyaf from the upscale Dos Palmas island resort off Palawan last May 27 while Yap...people dead, as well as the raid on Palawan's Dos Palmas last May where 20 guests and resort staff were abducted.The intelligence reports...
Matinee Idol Rico Yan Dead at 25
Manila Bulletin; March 29, 2002; 700+ words ...yesterday morning inside a room of the Dos Palmas Resort in Honda Bay, Palawan, after...caused by heart complications. Dos Palmas Resort, which is located in Arrecceffi...year ago. Two hostages from Dos Palmas, American missionaries Martin...
Throngs mourn Rico
Filipino Reporter; April 11, 2002; 700+ words ...Rico's alma mater) where his remains laid in state for a week. Rico died in his sleep on Good Friday at theDOS Palmas Resort in Palawan,where he and some friends, including fellow actors Dominic Ochoa and Janna Victoria had gone for the...
DATELINE MANILA: How to avoid being kidnapped in Manila
Filipino Reporter; April 11, 2002; Alejandro, Ronnie; 700+ words ...Center?And the embarrassing kidnap-for-ransom at DOS Palmas Resort where "the government has had to call in the US Special Forces to rescue Americans kidnapped from an upscale resort in one of the most popular touristdestinations in this...
Sayyaf funding bin Laden
Filipino Reporter; April 11, 2002; 620 words ...two military officers facilitated the payment of ransom so the Abu Sayyaf would free hostages it seized last year from the DOS Palmas resort off Palawan.But businessman Reghis Romero II said no ransom was paid and that he was able to escape from the Abu...
Negotiations under way to win release of American missionaries held hostage by Philippine rebels
AP Worldstream; April 12, 2002; CHRISTOPHER NEWTON, Associated Press Writer; 688 words ...other concessions. It advised corporations with kidnapped employees to do the same. Abu Sayyaf gunmen raided the DosPalmas resort last May 27 and abducted three Americans and 17 Filipinos. All of the hostages were taken to Abu Sayyaf strongholds...
U.S. monitoring negotiations on winning release of missionaries held in Philippines
AP Worldstream; April 12, 2002; CHRISTOPHER NEWTON, Associated Press Writer; 595 words ...other concessions. It advised corporations with kidnapped employees to do the same. Abu Sayyaf gunmen raided the Dos Palmas resort last May 27 and abducted three Americans and 17 Filipinos. All of the hostages were taken to Abu Sayyaf strongholds...
Philippine military says it's closing in on Muslim extremist group holding U.S. hostages
AP Worldstream; April 17, 2002; TINI TRAN, Associated Press Writer; 527 words ...than 10 months ago from an exclusive resort as part of a kidnapping spree by the...kidnapping 20 people from a Malaysian resort two years ago or the abduction of...including the Burnhams _ from the Dos Palmas resort last year.
Rico's sudden death uproar
Filipino Reporter; April 18, 2002; 700+ words ...If that were the case however, there was little Dr. Pangilinan or anyspecialist could do to help Rico in remote DOS Palmas Resort. "He needed tobe airlifted immediately to Manila or the nearest hospital with an ICUequipped to handle such cases...
Did Claudine only shed crocodile tears for Rico?
Filipino Reporter; April 25, 2002; Tidalgo, Raoul C.; 699 words ...mail, on that fateful Holy Weekthat Rico died in Las Palmas Resort, Palawan, Claudine was several hundredmiles away in...unidentified female. Rico was to do some soulsearching in DOS Palmas and hoped to come to a decision about his shakyrelationship...
It's the Economy, Madam President
Filipinas; April 30, 2002; Andres, San; 700+ words ...only 118,483 visitors arrived in the Philippines, down 24.4 percent from 2000. The Abu Sayyaf raid at the Dos Palmas Beach Resort in Palawan, the kidnapping of foreign nationals by the Pentagon Group and the May 1 riots tarnished the country...
Missionaries struggling in pain, misery, Filipino witnesses say.(The Dallas Morning News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; May 6, 2002; Jones, Gregg; 700+ words ...Bible. This is what life has become for the Wichita, Kan., couple since they were seized almost a year ago from Dos Palmas, a resort in the southern Philippines, while celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary. They live in jungle camps where...
More Patience Asked in Case of Hostages
Manila Bulletin; May 26, 2002; 700+ words ...managed to stump the bandits out of their Basilan lairs. The Burnham couple was abducted on May 27 last year from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. Also being held by the Abu Sayyaf is Filipino nurse Ediborah Yap, who was taken from a hospital in...
Concern on Ransom Report Aired
Manila Bulletin; May 27, 2002; 700+ words ...cash was reportedly raised by the family, friends, and sympathizers of the Burnham couple who were kidnapped at Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in May last year. It was reportedly turned over by the US International Police (Interpol) section to...
US Offers $5-M for Sayyaf Chiefs; Similar to Bounty for Bin Laden
Manila Bulletin; May 29, 2002; 700+ words ...for any or all of the five Abu Sayyaf leaders, including the man accused of masterminding a raid last year on the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan during which the group kidnaped three Americans, including Sobero who was later beheaded, and 17 Filipinos...
Friends regret continued captivity of 2 missionaries
Filipino Reporter; June 6, 2002; 531 words ...were abducted along with 18 others in aPalawan Island resort on May 27, 2001. Abu Sayyaf Muslim guerrillas stillhold...were abducted while vacationing on the islandresort of DosPalmas to mark their 18th wedding anniversary. Their threechildren...
U.S. offers $5-M bounty for 5 Abus
Filipino Reporter; June 6, 2002; 700+ words ...Burnhams hostage for exactly one yearand five days today. The couple was abducted from the Dos Palmasresort inPalawan, along with several other guests and resort employees."We are taking this step in support of and following, a similar program...
Hostage Burnham, Nurse Yap Slain; Mrs. Burnham Wounded; Pursuing Troops Kill 4 Abu Sayyaf Men
Manila Bulletin; June 7, 2002; 700+ words ...with another American and Filipino holiday makers at Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan on May 30, 2001. Cimatu American hostage...kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf last May 21, 2001, in the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan, while Yap was among a group of...
Arroyo Vows to Crush Terror Group
Manila Bulletin; June 7, 2002; 700+ words ...Burnhams for more than a year. The Christian missionaries were taken hostage by Abu Sayyaf Muslim guerrillas from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in May 27 last year. The Burnhams and Yap were the last of dozens of hostages seized by the gunmen in...
U.S. missionary killed in rescue attempt.(The Dallas Morning News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; June 7, 2002; Jones, Gregg; 700+ words ...celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary at a beach resort in the southern Philippines. They were among 20 hostages seized from the DosPalmas resort off Palawan island. The only other American, Guillermo...
Year of death and terror for Kansas couple started with wedding anniversary splurge
AP Worldstream; June 8, 2002; ADAM BROWN, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...wedding anniversary and travel to an exclusive islandresort in the southern Philippines. A year later, Martin...including Guillermo Sobero of Corona, California _ from the Dos Palmas resort May 27 last year in a pre-dawn raid by seaborne extremists...
1 More Battalion to Reinforce Troops Pursuing Sayyaf Bandits
Manila Bulletin; June 9, 2002; 530 words ...The Burnham couple and Yap were among the 21 foreign and Filipino hostages abducted by the Abu Sayyaf from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan last May 27, 2001. Another American hostage, Guillermo Sobrero, was beheaded by the terrorists in...
Gracia Burnham Thanks Rescuers, Flies Home to US
Manila Bulletin; June 10, 2002; 700+ words ...foreign and local hostages seized by the Abu Sayyaf in Dos Palmas resort in Palawan on May 27, 2001. They were held in captivity...They were celebrating their wedding anniversary at the Dos Palmas resort when the Abu Sayayf abducted them and several...
Leaflets Offering Reward for Sayyaf Leaders Distributed
Manila Bulletin; June 15, 2002; 700+ words ...Christian missionaries, were abducted by Muslim rebel force Abu Sayyaf while vacationing on the western island resort of Dos Palmas to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary. Gracia Burnham, confined to a wheelchair due to a leg injury suffered...
In Philippines jungle, American hostages survived gunfights, harsh life for a year before bloody rescue
AP Worldstream; June 16, 2002; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...splurged on a weekend at an island resort. The idyllic getaway ended just...foreign tourists from a Malaysian resort, releasing them for millions of...took the guards by surprise at the Dos Palmas resort just off the southwestern Philippine...
YEARLONG ORDEAL IN TROPICAL HELL.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); June 16, 2002; 700+ words ...splurged on a weekend at an island resort. The idyllic getaway ended just...foreign tourists from a Malaysian resort, releasing them for millions of...took the guards by surprise at the Dos Palmas resort just off the southwestern Philippine...
'A pillar of strength,' says Bush of Gracia
Filipino Reporter; June 20, 2002; 388 words ...Philippines for thepast 15 years, were abducted on May 27 last year along with 18 others while vacationing at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary.They were then taken by boat to Basilan, where the rebels...
Kansas mourns slain missionary-pilot
Filipino Reporter; June 27, 2002; 401 words ...both Christian missionaries, wereabducted by Muslim rebel force Abu Sayyaf while vacationing on the westernisland resort of Dos Palmas to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary.Gracia, confined to a wheelchair due to a leg injury suffered during...
"My family was kidnapped by terrorists": Gracia and Martin Burnham just wanted to help others. But that didn't stop a band of Islamic militants from taking them hostage. Now, as the weeks have turned into months, Gracia's sister can only pray that a rescue will come in time. (real lives).
Good Housekeeping; July 1, 2002; Patel, Roxanne; 700+ words ...planned a weekend at a luxurious resort. It was a getaway any couple might...missionary. Then they flew to the Dos Palmas island resort, where their lovely...into a waiting boat with 18 other Dos Palmas visitors. And then they were spirited...
Can Hollywood tinsel kill terrorist image?
China Daily; July 8, 2002; 700+ words ...The manager at the Dos Palmasresort on Palawan island, where...was damaging," Dos Palmas general manager Ivan...that security around the resort had since been tightened...around other popular resorts as part of Manila's...
LARRY THOMPSON DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL LARRY THOMPSON HOLDS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING
Washington Transcript Service; July 23, 2002; 700+ words ...three U.S. citizens -- Martin Burnham, Gracia Burnham and a Mr. Guillermo Sobero -- from the Dos Palmas island resort, which is a dive resort located in the island of Palawan in the Philippines. The Abu Sayyaf Group again threatened to kill...
Philippine military commander guarantees no more raids on resorts by Abu Sayyaf guerrillas
AP Worldstream; July 28, 2002; OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer; 566 words ...another raid on an island resort as the Muslim extremists...17 Filipinos from the Dos Palmas resort off the western...Sayyaf, where the Dos Palmas victims were taken. Some...wedding anniversary atDos Palmas, and Basilan nurse Ediborah...
Abu Sayyaf on the run after U.S. training in Philippines, but fight not over
AP Worldstream; July 29, 2002; OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...spree beginning with a May 27, 2001, raid on the DosPalmas island resort where the Americans were celebrating their 18th wedding...killing of Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Sabaya _ who led the resortraid, killed some hostages and taunted his pursuers...
Military trains villagers to respond to Muslim extremist attacks, emergencies at beach resorts
AP Worldstream; September 3, 2002; 506 words ...attacks on beach resortsfollowing a yearlong...Philippine beach resort, 44 villagers completed...last year at the Dos Palmas island resort...seized from that resort, 400 kilometers...troops to beach resorts to calm apprehensive...added that theDos Palmas attack ...
Perceptions of Corruption and Injustice
Manila Bulletin; September 9, 2002; 700+ words ...hot issues and controversies that have a foreign component, such as, the Burnhams in the Abu Sayyaf raid on the Dos Palmas resort, or the German Fraport investments in NAIA-3, the PIATCO fiasco, or isolated killingswith-robbery of Korean
One of Abu Sayyaf's top leaders captured
AP Worldstream; October 19, 2002; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 636 words ...Western tourists from a Malaysian resort two years ago, officials said...Filipino workers from the Sipadan dive resort in April 2000. All except for...Americans and 17 Filipinos from the Dos Palmas resortin Palawan province. There has...
Island Bets Big on Tourism with Resort, Golf Course.
The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL); November 11, 2002; 700+ words ...Continental Cayo Largo Resort stand out. Golfers...the 313-room resort, which will open...into building resorts on the island...Conquistador andPalmas del Mar resorts already there...his 450-room Dos Mares resort, which will be...
Top suspect in southern Philippine bombings arrested
AP Worldstream; November 14, 2002; 525 words ...He also allegedly participated in the raid on the Dos Palmas resort in May last year in which the Abu Sayyaf seized three...Hamsiraji Salih, who is wanted in connection with the Dos Palmas raid, said Basilan army commander Col. Bonifacio...
Philippines Nabs al-Qaida Suspect
AP Online; November 14, 2002; OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...October of last year, killing six people and injuring 50 others. He also allegedly participated in the raid on the Dos Palmas resort in May, 2001, when the Abu Sayyaf seized three Americans and 17 Filipinos at the start of a yearlong kidnapping...
Police arrest suspect who planned to bomb embassies and other targets in Philippines
AP Worldstream; November 14, 2002; OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...He also allegedly participated in the raid on the DosPalmas resort in May last year in which the Abu Sayyaf seized three...Hamsiraji Salih, who is wanted in connection with the Dos Palmasraid, said Basilan army commander Col. Bonifacio...
Police arrest suspect in plan to bomb embassies and other targets in Philippines
AP Worldstream; November 14, 2002; OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...He also allegedly participated in the raid on the DosPalmas resort in which the Abu Sayyaf seized three Americans and...Hamsiraji Salih, who is wanted in connection with the Dos Palmas raid, said Basilan army commander Col. Bonifacio...
Abu Sayyaf planned to bomb overpass to hit Catholic, economic symbols
AP Worldstream; November 18, 2002; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 699 words ...Zamboanga in October 2001, killing six people and injuring 50 others. He also allegedly participated in the raid on the DosPalmas resort in which the Abu Sayyaf seized three Americans and 17 Filipinos in May 2001. It was the start of a yearlong kidnapping...
Philippine Militants Planned Attacks
AP Online; November 18, 2002; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 616 words ...October 2001, that killed six people and injuring 50 others. He also allegedly participated in the raid on the Dos Palmas resort in which the Abu Sayyaf seized three Americans and 17 Filipinos in May 2001. Meanwhile, an Abu Sayyaf leader wanted...
Batang Pinoy Kicks Off
Manila Bulletin; December 1, 2002; 684 words ...4th Batang Pinoy action with the same intensity in its drive to erase the stigma of the Abu Sayyaf kidnapping in Dos Palmas resort almost two years ago. Joining hand with Hagedorn in welcoming those who are brave enough to come here are Palawan...
Philippine Troops Nab Suspected Abductor
AP Online; December 7, 2002; 432 words ...participating in the raid on theDos Palmas resort in May 2001, when the Abu Sayyaf...jungle four months later. The resort raid was the start of a yearlong...hospital while tagging along with the resort hostages, Ramos said. The resort...
Soldiers capture suspected Abu Sayyaf member involved in killing American hostage
AP Worldstream; December 7, 2002; 417 words ...taking part in the raid on the Dos Palmas resort in May 2001 when the Abu Sayyaf...jungle four months later. The resort raid was the start of a yearlong...and about 18 were killed. The resort raid prompted the United States...
Philippine Soldiers Capture Extremist
AP Online; December 7, 2002; 432 words ...participating in the raid on theDos Palmas resort in May 2001, when the Abu Sayyaf...jungle four months later. The resort raid was the start of a yearlong...hospital while tagging along with the resort hostages, Ramos said. The resort...
Ex-U.S. soldier perishes
Filipino Reporter; March 13, 2003; 700+ words ...when close friends Martin and Gracia Burnham of the New TribesMission were abducted by Abu Sayyaf bandits from the DOS Palmas Resort inPalawan in 2001.Martin was later killed during a military rescue operation in Sirawai,Zamboanga del Norte...
Travel
The Beacon News - Aurora (IL); April 6, 2003; Thom Gabrukiewicz; 700+ words ...who were staying in the most opulent of all-inclusive resorts, and budget travelers on their honeymoon. Of the 16...air-conditioned van to the Yucatan Indian village of Dos Palmas and Rancho Cenote, with a traditional lunch of chicken...
Abu Sayyaf Suspect in Palawan Kidnaping Nabbed in Intramuros
Manila Bulletin; June 24, 2003; 700+ words ...the kidnaping of 21 tourists inDos Palmas Resort in Palawan, AFP chief of staff...kidnapping of 21 tourists in Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan in May, 2000...arrest, Abaya said two former Dos Palmas kidnap victims positively identified...
Suspected Abu Sayyaf Member Arrested
AP Online; June 25, 2003; 314 words ...al-Qaida. Abaya said he alleged purchased weapons for the group. He said Hakim was involved in a raid on theDos Palmas resort in which the rebels seized three Americans and 17 Filipinos. The group killed one American captive. The other Americans...
How Dos Palmas Can Regain Lost Tourists
Manila Bulletin; June 29, 2003; 625 words ...JEROME BAYHON DosPalmas, a five-star beach resort in Arreceffi island...or Boracay Dos Palmasoffers a unique...suspects that the Dos Palmas security...megaphones. DosPalmas has to shape up...in the island resort are creating a...
The Pull of Palawan and Dos Palmas
Manila Bulletin; July 2, 2003; 700+ words ...Paradise, Lagen, Miniloc andDos Palmas to name a few. Of late, Palawans...vacationists and three workers of Dos Palmas Resort last May 28, 2001 and the Holy...Yan died in the facility, Dos Palmas occupancy went down 15 to 20 percent...
Grandeur of Arreceffi Isle
Manila Bulletin; July 6, 2003; 598 words ...and 40 garden cottages in theresort known as Dos Palmas. But Dos Palmas has been through a series of...himself and no one from the resort staff attended to him. The...my boss said. All in all, Dos Palmas is a paradise on earth. You...
Cities and Municipalities
Manila Bulletin; August 5, 2003; 700+ words ...kidnaping of 15 Golden Harvest Plantation workers, Dos Palmas Beach Resort kidnaping, Lamitan siege and Balobo massacre and has...group. Abu Dats participated in the Sipadan Beach Resort kidnaping. He has standing warrant for his arrest...
Tourism
Manila Bulletin; October 2, 2003; 700+ words ...spectacular. Nor do they have to be plush beach resorts like Boracay or Dos Palmas on Palawan. There are a thousand other attractions...also lay their eggs in many places. The Duka Bay resort in Medina, Misamis Oriental had hundreds of small..
'Jessica Soho Reports': Year Two
Manila Bulletin; October 9, 2003; 700+ words ...just finished her morning swim when the shocking news reached her : popular actor Rico Yan, who was staying at the Dos Palmas Resort, was found dead in his room. True to form, veteran broadcast journalist Jessica Soho wasted no time. Still wearing...
Abu Sayyaf kidnapper of Western tourists killed
AP Worldstream; November 12, 2003; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 548 words ...tourists and workers from a Malaysian resort three years ago was shot dead in...workers from Malaysia's Sipadan resort in April 2000.The hostages were...Americans and 17 Filipinos from the Dos Palmasresort in the Philippines' Palawan province...
Roundup
Manila Bulletin; March 15, 2004; 700+ words ...Lamitan when the extremist rebels swooped down on the compound dragging with them 21 hostages seized from the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan on May 27 of the same year. Masbud, the police said, is also linked to the massacre of civilians in...
Philippine president says terror attack averted with arrest of four Abu Sayyaf members
AP Worldstream; March 30, 2004; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 587 words ...Arroyo said.Sobero was among 20 people _ including three Americans _ who were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf from the DosPalmas resort on Palawan island, southwest of Manila, in May 2001.Police officials identified the suspects as Alhamser Manatad...
'Madrid-level attack' reportedly thwarted in Philippines
Chicago Sun-Times; March 30, 2004; 382 words ...said. Sobero was among 20 people -- including three Americans -- who were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf from the Dos Palmas resort on Palawan island, southwest of Manila, in May 2001. The suspects were not immediately identified, but Arroyo...
Terror Attack Said Averted in Philippines
AP Online; March 30, 2004; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...Arroyo said. Sobero was among 20 people _ including three Americans _ who were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf from the DosPalmas resort on Palawan island, southwest of Manila, in May 2001. Police officials identified the suspects as Alhamser Manatad...
Philippines Arrests 4, Seizes Explosives
AP Online; March 30, 2004; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...Arroyo said. Sobero was among 20 people _ including three Americans _ who were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf from the DosPalmas resort on Palawan island, southwest of Manila, in May 2001. Police identified the suspects as Alhamser Manatad Limbong...
Gov't Foils Metro Attack; 4 Abus Arrested; Super Ferry Passenger Arrested, Yields Shabu at North Harbor
Manila Bulletin; March 31, 2004; 700+ words ...behind Abu Sayyafs much publicized kidnappings that include Americans Jeffrey Schilling and Guillermo Sobero at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan in 2001, European nationals on Sipadan Island in Malaysia in 2002, and the abduction of Jehovahs Witnesses...
Former Philippine hostages angrily confront their alleged Abu Sayyaf captors
AP Worldstream; April 6, 2004; OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer; 700 words ...meeting with police. She was among 17 Filipinos and three Americans seized by the al-Qaida-linked group from the Dos Palmasresort in Palawan province in May 2001.The kidnappers beheaded several hostages, including American Guillermo Sobero...
Former hostages recall final days of American beheaded by Philippine Muslim extremists
AP Worldstream; April 10, 2004; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...from their bungalows by the Abu Sayyaf at the upscaleDos Palmas resort on Palawan island at dawn on May 27, 2001, and taken...Westerners and Malaysians snatched from a Malaysian dive resorthad earned the group millions of dollars in ransoms...
AFP Relieved as Major Abu Leaders Are Killed in Clashes; Kidnap-for-Ransom Gang Weaker Now?
Manila Bulletin; April 14, 2004; 588 words ...key men of the terrorist group who was responsible for the kidnapping of 20 people, including three Americans at Dos Palmas resort in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, more than a couple of years ago. He was also tagged as leading an urban terrorist...
Troops Hot on Trail of Seamen's Captors
Manila Bulletin; April 14, 2004; 565 words ...armed men. It can be recalled that the Sipadan (Malaysia) and Dos Palmas (Palawan) abductions some years ago were carried out by the...group is still holding four Indonesians and a Filipino beach resort worker since October last year.
Another Abu Sayyaf leader nabbed by gov't.(Metro & National News)
Manila Bulletin; April 14, 2004; 443 words ...was arrested. Lomibao said Hapidim was among those involved in the kidnapping of foreign and local tourists at the Dos Palmas Resort in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa City last April 28, 2002. The PNP-CIDG director said that Hapidim was placed under...
Details Emerge on Abu Sayyaf Beheading
AP Online; April 20, 2004; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...snatched from their bungalows at a resort on May 27, 2001, gathered this...their bungalows at the upscale Dos Palmas resort on Palawan island at dawn and taken...snatched from a Malaysian dive resorthad earned the group millions of...
Suspected Militant Arrested in Philippines
AP Online; May 20, 2004; 401 words ...while missionary Martin Burnham and a Filipino were killed in a military rescue a year later.The kidnapping at theDos Palmas resort on the western island of Palawan prompted the United States to send troops and instructors two years ago to help...
Ex-American Hostage Returns to Philippines
AP Online; July 27, 2004; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 583 words ...they were snatched by the Abu Sayyaf at the upscaleDos Palmas resort on Palawan island on May 27, 2001, and taken by speedboat...delivered food and sold weapons to the guerrillas.The resort raid was the start of a yearlong kidnapping spree...
Former American hostage returns to Philippines to testify against abductors
AP Worldstream; July 27, 2004; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 539 words ...they were snatched by the Abu Sayyaf at the upscaleDos Palmas resort on Palawan island on May 27, 2001, and taken by speedboat...delivered food and sold weapons to the guerrillas.The resort raid was the start of a yearlong kidnapping spree...
Gracia Burnham returns to testify against abductors.(Metro & National News)
Manila Bulletin; July 28, 2004; 489 words ...Mission, were celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary when they were snatched by the Abu Sayyaf at the upscale Dos Palmas resort on Palawan island on May 27, 2001, and taken by speedboat to southern Basilan island. Fellow American Guillermo...
Former American hostage recounts year-long nightmare for trial of Abu Sayyaf abductors
AP Worldstream; July 29, 2004; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...Tribes Mission, were celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary when the Abu Sayyaf snatched them at the upscale Dos Palmas resort on western Palawan island on May 27, 2001, taking them by speedboat across the Sulu Sea to southern Basilan island...
Reliving a year's captivity Missionary identifies Filipinos as kidnappers
International Herald Tribune; July 30, 2004; Carlos H. Conde; 700+ words ...are accused of invading a beach resort in May 2001 and kidnapping the...11 Asian workers in the diving resort of Sipadan, Malaysia. It also...their 18th wedding anniversary at Dos Palmas, a resort on Palawan island in the southern...
Soldiers capture Abu Sayyaf member involved in kidnapping of American Muslim
AP Worldstream; July 31, 2004; 477 words ...leading a raid on the Malaysianresort of Sipadan in April 2000 and seizing a group of Western tourists andresort workers. The hostages were released...stormed the upscale Philippineresort of Dos Palmas in May 2001, seizing U.S. missionary...
Former American hostage says Abu Sayyaf captors told her ransom was paid but no release happened
AP Worldstream; August 2, 2004; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 645 words ...husband, Martin, and 18 other people from a Philippineresort on May 27, 2001. She was wounded but was rescued...when heavily armed Abu Sayyaf guerrillas raided the Dos Palmas island resort, where the couple went to celebrate their 18th wedding...
Ex-U.S. Hostage Testifies in Philippin
AP Online; August 3, 2004; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 631 words ...husband, Martin, and 18 other people from a Philippine resort on May 27, 2001. She was wounded but was rescued...when heavily armed Abu Sayyaf guerrillas raided the Dos Palmas island resort, where the couple went to celebrate their 18th wedding...
Ex-hostage IDs 6 of 8 Abu Sayyaf abductors
Filipino Reporter; August 5, 2004; 700+ words ...abduction of Filipino and foreign tourists at theDos Palmas resort in Palawan.Facing her former captors the first time...mention the actualparticipation of his client in the DosPalmas kidnapping.He said she identified Limbong only as..
I didn't clear military - Burnham
Filipino Reporter; August 12, 2004; 580 words ...hercaptors during the hostage-taking, where she, her husband, Martin, andseveral others were abducted from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in 2001.Martin and a Filipino nurse, Ediborah Yap, died during the rescue operationlaunched by the...
Rescuing the Burnhams: The Unspoken SOCPAC Mission
Special Warfare; September 1, 2004; Briscoe, C H; 700+ words ...the ASG attacked the Dos Palmos Resort, offshore of Palawan...by surprise. The DosPalmas kidnappings occurred...ASG kidnapping at Dos Palmas prompted the U.S...hostages seized in the Dos Palmas raid were being held...
In the Presence of My Enemies
Special Warfare; September 1, 2004; Schroder, James A; 700+ words ...their captivity, which began May 21, 2001, when the ASG took 20 people, including the Burnhams, captive from the Dos Palmas resort. With brutal honesty, Burnham reflects on that captivity, bringing to light her own battles with despair, hunger...
Balikatan Exercise Spearheaded ARSOF Operations in the Philippines
Special Warfare; September 1, 2004; Briscoe, C H; 700+ words ...seized 20 Western foreigners at a resort in Sipadan, Malaysia. These two...when the terrorist group raided the Dos Palmas Resort on Palawan Island, kidnapping...sanctuary and its staging base for the Dos Palmas raid. Unfortunately, the LRC...
'Sleepy' Dos Palmas comes to life
Filipino Reporter; September 30, 2004; 700+ words ...sandy beaches, DosPalmas is a picture of...gunmen raided the resort and seized 20 tourists...are attracted by Dos Palmas' atmosphere of an exclusivebeach resort seemingly located...these guys up," a Dos Palmas waitersaid, po
Tighter Security in Ports Ordered
Manila Bulletin; October 11, 2004; 634 words ...are in custody because of their previous arrest for their involvement in the kidnapping of civilians at the posh Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan, abduction of teachers and students in Basilan, and other security related crimes. Based on the findings...
Investigation says bomb caused ferry blast in Philippines that killed more than 100 in February
AP Worldstream; October 11, 2004; PAUL ALEXANDER, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...were responsibile for a mass abduction in 2001 from theDos Palmas resort on the Philippine island of Palawan, which left several...Bali bombings that killed 202 people on the Indonesian resortisland.Transport Secretary Leandro Mendoza said investigators..
Philippine Ferry Blast Said Caused by Bomb
AP Online; October 11, 2004; PAUL ALEXANDER, Associated Press Writer; 667 words ...charged."These are the same people responsible for theDos Palmas kidnapping," she said, referring to a mass abduction from theDos Palmas resort on Palawan island in 2001 that left several hostages...
WORLD IN BRIEF
The Washington Post; October 12, 2004; 700+ words ...those charged were also responsible for the 2001 kidnappings of three Americans and 17 Filipinos in Dos Palmas, a southwestern Philippines resort. One of the Americans was beheaded and another was killed during a rescue attempt. Arroyo told reporters...
Unsecured Engine Room
Manila Bulletin; October 14, 2004; 700+ words ...police custody after they were arrested for their involvement in a previous kidnapping of civilians at the famous Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan and Basilan island. Anguish and pain For several days between Feb. 28 and the first week of March...
Abu Sayyaf behind ferry blast - gov't
Filipino Reporter; October 21, 2004; 643 words ...perpetrators.These are the same people responsible for the Dos Palmas kidnapping."In a three-page complaint-affidavit...two of whom later died, and17 Filipinos from the DosPalmas beach resort in the southwesternPhilippines in 2001.The government...
US Awards 3 Filipino Informants; Who Helped Provide Information vs Abu Sayyaf Leader
Manila Bulletin; October 26, 2004; 700+ words ...an Abu Sayyaf leader accused of being involved in the Dos Palmas kidnappings in 2001 where two Americans were killed...three Americans and 17 Filipinos from a western Philippine resort in 2001. Two of the Americans died in Abu Sayyaf captivity...
De Castro Leaves Tonight for Muslim Convention in Libya
Manila Bulletin; November 25, 2004; 700+ words ...in the wake of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, the infamous Bali bombing and the kidnapping of tourists in Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. The Vice President said he would emphasize the need for leaders of the Islamic community to reject extremism...
Abu Sayyaf extremist arrested for alleged kidnapping of Americans; 1995 murders
AP Worldstream; February 3, 2005; 427 words ...connection with the kidnapping of 20 people from the Dos Palmas resort in May 2001, and a 1995 rebel assault on Ipil town...Californian hostage Guillermo Sobero shortly after the Dos Palmas resort raid. Another American captive, Kansas missionary...
Around the Nation
Manila Bulletin; February 4, 2005; 700+ words ...connection with the kidnapping of 20 people from the Dos Palmas resort off Palawan in May 2001 and a 1995 rebel assault on...Californian hostage Guillermo Sobero shortly after the Dos Palmas resort raid. Another American captive, Kansas missionary...
Guards killed in prison stand-off
China Daily; March 15, 2005; 700+ words ...led by Alhamser Limbong, alias "Kosovo," who is on trial for the kidnapping of tourists and workers from theDos Palmas beach resort in 2001 and who is suspected of beheading one of the American hostages. He has also been charged with carrying...
Major Attacks Blamed on Abu Sayyaf
AP Online; March 16, 2005; The Associated Press; 600 words ...tourists are abducted from the Dos Palmas resort, starting a yearlong kidnapping...Raid on the Pearl Farm beach resort is repelled by security guards...tourists, are abducted at a Malaysian resort and taken to Jolo; all but one...
Major attacks blamed on Abu Sayyaf
AP Worldstream; March 16, 2005; The Associated Press; 582 words ...seized from a Malaysian resort and taken to Jolo; all but one Filipino resortworker released in exchange...on the Pearl Farm beach resort is repelled by security...tourists are snatched from the Dos Palmas resort, starting a yearlong...
Prosecutors: 19 of 23 inmates slain in prison revolt were suspected Abu Sayyaf militants
AP Worldstream; March 17, 2005; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 616 words ...including three Americans, from the Dos Palmas resortin 2001. He said he was confident...said Angie Montealegre, a Dos Palmashostage who was freed after six...captivity.Eldren Morales, a Dos Palmassecurity guard who was left for...
Philippine Navy and DoT Move to Protect Beaches
Manila Bulletin; May 19, 2005; 656 words ...provide the countrys beaches and resorts with adequate security to ensure...DoT is "providing our beaches and resorts with adequate security" to ensure...there has been no repeat of the Dos Palmas kidnapping incident. De Leon said...
Palawan Love Affair
Manila Bulletin; November 1, 2005; 700+ words ...manager, revealed that theresort has embarked on a steady...continue to patronize the resort despite adverse incidents like the Dos Palmas kidnapping in 2001. Surrounded...which has earned for it the Resort of the Year in the annual...
Philippines Jails Suspected Terror Chief
AP Online; November 5, 2005; OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer; 688 words ...abduction of tourists and workers from the Malaysianresort island of Sipadan.The group held 10 Finnish, German...year later, Abu Sayyaf rebels raided the Philippine resort of Dos Palmas where they seized missionary couple Martin and Gracia...
Philippines' Arroyo announces capture of terror suspect wanted by U.S.
AP Worldstream; November 5, 2005; 640 words ...abduction of tourists and workers from the Malaysian resort island of Sipadan in April 2000.The group took 10...ransom.A year later, the group raided the Philippine resort of DosPalmas where they seized the Burnhams, American tourist Guillermo...
Negroponte Meets with President on Security Concerns
Manila Bulletin; December 8, 2005; 700+ words ...terrorists, 132 of them members of the Abu Sayyaf, have been arrested while 17 Abu Sayyaf members were convicted for the Dos Palmas resort kidnappings and three others for the Valentinesa Day bombings in Makati. "We have also accomplished the capture...
US freezes assets of 3 Sayyaf leaders
The Filipino Express; December 11, 2005; 582 words ...treasury department statement runs a profile of each leader complete,with pictures.It said Sali planned the May 2001 Dos Palmas resort kidnapping where he andeight other ASG members took 20 hostages, including US nationals Martin Burnham, Gracia Burnham...
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
Extremist Groups: Information for Students; January 1, 2006; 700+ words ...Filipinos from a tourist resort in Palawan, the Philippines...attacked a Malaysian diving resort near Borneo. Suspected...western tourists, 11 resortworkers, as well as several...allegedly attacked the Dos Palmas Resort near the Philippine...
Informant Gets $100,000 from US gova[euro][TM]t Official for Info on Abu Sayyaf Terrorist
Manila Bulletin; January 20, 2006; 593 words ...kidnapping of Kansas missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham, and Californian Guillermo Sobero from the posh Dos Palmas island resort in Palawan. Sobero was beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf in June 2001 on Basilan Island, while Martin Burnham was shot...
Informer receives $100,000 reward
The Filipino Express; January 29, 2006; 560 words ...kidnapping of Kansas missionarycouple Martin and Gracia Burnham, and California resident Guillermo Soberofrom the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan.Sobero was beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf in June 2001 in Basilan, while MartinBurnham was killed in a...
Philippine troops arrest Muslim militant linked to kidnapping of Americans
AP Worldstream; March 13, 2006; 369 words ...workers, including three Americans, from a Philippine resort in 2001, the military said Monday.Burham Sali, who...province, allegedly helped kidnap the victims from the Dos Palmasresort in western Palawan province, army chief Maj. Gen...
Philippine troops capture Muslim militant linked to kidnapping of Americans, bombings
AP Worldstream; April 25, 2006; 415 words ...people, including three Americans, at a Philippine resort, the army said Tuesday.Sharie Amiruddin, an alleged...kidnapping of 17 Filipinos and three Americans from the DosPalmas resort in southwestern Palawan province, Bacarro said.One...
SAYYAF IN DOS PALMAS KIDNAPPING NABBED
The Manila Times; April 26, 2006; Vargas, Anthony; 393 words ...tourists in a popular Palawan beach resort in May 2001 was captured late Monday...foreign and local tourists at the Dos Palmas beach resort in Puerto Princesa City...helped in the surveillance of the Dos Palmas prior to the abductions. Among the...
Philippine police find grenades, suspected bomb in terrorist hideout
AP Worldstream; April 27, 2006; 458 words ...chieftain Khaddafy Janjalani and a suspect in the 2001 kidnapping of 20 people, including three Americans, from the Dos Palmas resort in southwestern Palawan province, said Dolina, who led the raid."We've been monitoring them for months, but...
Soldiers capture Abu Sayyaf suspect in southern Philippines
AP Worldstream; April 29, 2006; 411 words ...Americans and 17 Filipinos from a resort five years ago.Abdasil Malangka...Sobero, and 17 Filipinos from the Dos Palmas resort in 2001.Sobero of Corona, California...bombings and also wanted in the resort raid, which he allegedly helped...
Abu Sayyaf Suspect Captured in Philippines
AP Online; April 30, 2006; 364 words ...including a missionary couple, from aresort five years ago.Abdasil Malangka...Calif., and 17 Filipinos from the
DosPalmas resort in 2001, as well as several other...bombings and also wanted in the resort raid, which he allegedly helped...
SOLDIERS CAPTURE ABU SAYYAF SUSPECT IN SOBERO BEHEADING
The Manila Times; April 30, 2006; 364 words ...American tourist kidnapped five years ago from the Dos Palmas beach resort in Palawan. In May 2001 a boatload of Abu Sayyaf terrorists snatched 20 tourists and workers from theDos Palmas resort and brought them to the island-province of...
NOTORIOUS ABU BARA ARRESTED IN BASILAN
The Manila Times; May 10, 2006; Jacinto, Al; 333 words ...citizens-the Kansas missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham and the Californian Guillermo Sobero-in the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. The Philippine government links the Abu Sayyaf to the al-Qaeda of Osama bin Laden. The United States...
MILITARY TO STEP UP HUNT FOR ABU SAYYAF, SAYS HABACON
The Manila Times; May 11, 2006; Jacinto, Al; 478 words ...three US citizens-Kansas missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham and Californian Guillermo Sobero-in the posh Dos Palmas resort in the central Philippine island of Palawan. The United States has listed the Abu Sayyaf as a foreign terror organization...
ABU IN 2000 KIDNAP CAUGHT
The Manila Times; June 16, 2006; Jacinto, Al; 517 words ...Asian and European holiday-makers on Malaysia's resort island of Sipadan, officials said Thursday. Security...Gracia Burnham, along with 17 Filipinos, from the DosPalmas resort on Palawan Island in 2001. Mohamad is being interrogated...
KIDNAP VICTIM IN JOLO FREED BY ABU SAYYAF
The Manila Times; June 17, 2006; Jacinto, Al; 484 words ...the past, including a daring raid on the Malaysian resort island of Sipadan in 2000 where 21 Asian and European...holiday were held hostage. A similar attack on the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan occurred a year later where 17 Filipinos...
MILITARY DETAINS SAYYAF 'HIT MAN'
The Manila Times; June 18, 2006; Jacinto, Al; 476 words ...Asian and European holiday-makers on Malaysia's resort island of Sipadan. Mohamad, a follower of Abu Sayyaf...who were seized along with 17 Filipinos, from the DosPalmas resort in Palawan in 2001. Many of the hostages were freed...
ON THE PROWL CABANLIG HOT, HOT HONDA BAY!
The Manila Times; June 30, 2006; Martin, Amiel; 700+ words ...And with nonstop adrenalin, I joined the rest of the group for more action-outside the car this time, at the Dos Palmas Island Resort for the rest of Honda's superb weekend getaway. For comments and suggestions e-mail me at amielontheprowl...
BIG DEAL GIVE LEBANON A BREAK
The Manila Times; July 19, 2006; Mariano, Dan; 700+ words ...one of whom was beheaded and another shot to death during botched rescue operation of the Philippine Army-at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan in 2001. As a result of Israel's policy of instant, indiscriminate reprisal, practically all the...
ABU SAYYAF KIDNAP VICTIM BEHEADED ON JOLO ISLAND
The Manila Times; August 14, 2006; Jacinto, Al; 596 words ...the past, including a daring raid on the Malaysian resort island of Sipadan in 2000 where it seized 21 Asian and...holiday-makers, and a similar attack on the posh Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan a year later where militants seized 17 Filipinos...
ABU SAYYAF LEADER NABBED IN BASILAN
The Manila Times; September 18, 2006; 440 words ...region's police chief alleged that "Commander Abu Yunos" figured in the most celebrated kidnapping of 20 people in Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan in 2001. He said the arrested ASG leader was also allegedly involved in the abduction of 15 workers of...
Suspected Sayyaf Leader to Face Slay-Kidnap Raps; Captured 'Commander' to Be Brought to Bagong Diwa
Manila Bulletin; September 19, 2006; 584 words ...Zamboanga Peninsula. He reported that Commander Yunos participated in the celebrated kidnapping of 20 persons at Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan in 2001. He said he was also involved in the abduction of 15 workers of the Golden Harvest Plantation...
Defeating the Idea: Unconventional Warfare in the Southern Philippine
Special Warfare; November 1, 2006; Eckert, William; 700+ words ...East, kidnappings for ransom and beheadings were commonplace. For example, in May 2001, the ASG assaulted the Dos Palmas Resort and took guests there hostage. The hostages included Americans Martin and Gracia Burnham, U.S. missionaries...
7 Abu Sayyaf members die in Tawi-Tawi clash.(Metro & National News)
Manila Bulletin; January 7, 2007; 420 words ...hostage-taking of residents in a hospital in Basilan following the kidnapping of foreign and local tourists inDos Palmas Resort in Palawan in 2001. Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr., AFP chief of staff, identified them as Wakhil Sampang and Abu...
Esperon Confirms Killing of Abu Sayyaf Man with $ 5-M Reward on His Head
Manila Bulletin; January 18, 2007; 560 words ...The 42-year-old Abu Sayyaf leader who was responsible in the abduction of 21 foreign and local tourists in Dos Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa City in Palawan last May 27, 2001, was an engineering graduate from ZAEC In Zamboanga City...
FORMER ENGINEER WAS ABU'S BOMB ACE
The Manila Times; January 18, 2007; 402 words ...mover in the abduction of 21 tourists at the upscale Dos Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa on May 21, 2001. Less than a month...successful. His group tried to snatch tourists inresorts in Sabah, Malaysia, but was foiled.
Marine Heroes Recall Fighting Abu Sayyaf against All Odds
Manila Bulletin; January 24, 2007; 700+ words ...Janjalani - who was responsible for the kidnapping of 21 foreign (three of them Americans) and local tourists in Dos Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa City in May 2001 -,Dimayuga aimed his M-4 rifle with IR laser sight at Janjalani's head...
ARMY HAS OWN HEROES IN BATTLE VS. ABU SAYYAF
The Manila Times; January 26, 2007; Vargas, Anthony; 529 words ...had planned the abduction of 20 tourists, including US missionary couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham, at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in May 2001. Sali was also the chief planner in several deadly bombing attacks launched by the ASG in...
Hot, Hot, Hot!
Manila Bulletin; April 1, 2007; 700+ words ...we were amazed during a visit to Dos Palmas resort island in Honda Bay, Palawan (oh yes, that ill fatedresort that was hit twice with bad luck, hence the moniker "dos malas"). Being an island by itself...
RP Delegation off to Major Russian Fair
Manila Bulletin; September 23, 2007; 700+ words ...Plaza Cebu, Plantation Bay, Eskaya Beach Resort and Spa in Bohol, Boracay Regency, Camiguin Highland Resort, Dos Palmas Island Resort and El Nido Resorts. Southeast Asian Airlines will feature its...
Local Actors Star in US Docu about Burnham Hostage
Manila Bulletin; September 30, 2007; 700+ words ...Burnham before the light of day kissed May 28, 2001 while the couple was on a wedding anniversary getaway at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. The Filipino people trailed the year-long pursuit of the government to rescue the American missionary...
Seven Abu Sayyaf rebels charged with murder: The Palawan terrorist cell was said to be planning attacks
The Manila Times; November 16, 2007; 546 words ...Dulmatin, and Jakarain, were reportedly involved in the 2002 Bali bombing and in the kidnapping of 20 tourists in Dos Palmas resort in May 2001. Earlier reports said the ASG was supposed to consolidate forces in Palawan for future terror acts in
EX-HOSTAGE TO SPEAK IN LISBURN.
Ulster Star (Lisburn, Northern Ireland); November 20, 2007; 532 words ...all of whom were born in the Philippines. It was during their 18th wedding anniversary party on May 27, 2001 at Dos Palmas Resort off Palawan Island, that the Burnhams were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf Group. They also seized guests and took...
AFP men nab ASG member in Dos Palmas kidnapping.(Provincial News)
Manila Bulletin; November 27, 2007; 319 words ...member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) involved in the Dos Palmas kidnapping and the Lamitan siege in Tawi-Tawi...was involved in the kidnapping of tourists in the Dos Palmasbeach resort in Palawan in May 2001 as he was then under the command...
Captured Sayyaf man linked to Dos Palmas kidnapping
The Manila Times; November 28, 2007; Jacinto, Al Vargas, Anthony; 487 words ...Burnham along with 17 other Filipino holidaymakers at Dos Palmasresort in Palawan. The Abu Sayyaf beheaded Sobero in Basilan...18th wedding anniversary party on May 27, 2001 at Dos Palmas when the Abu Sayyaf attacked the resort. Since her...
A look at major bombings and kidnappings blamed on al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf
AP Worldstream; December 6, 2007; The Associated Press; 493 words ...Western tourists, seized from a Malaysian resort and taken to Jolo; all but one Filipino resort worker released in exchange for millions...and other tourists are snatched from the Dos Palmas resort in southwestern Palawan province, starting...
Philippine Court Convicts 14 Militants
AP Online; December 6, 2007; JIM GOMEZ; 700+ words ...orchestrated the abductions at a resort island, have been killed in clashes...by the Abu Sayyaf at the upscale Dos Palmas resort on Palawan island on May 27, 2001...the guerrillas. A year after the resort raid, the U.S. military began...
Philippine court convicts 14 Abu Sayyaf militants of 2001 mass kidnapping
AP Worldstream; December 6, 2007; JIM GOMEZ; 700+ words ...orchestrated the abductions at the resort island of Palawan, have been killed...by the Abu Sayyaf at the upscale Dos Palmas resort on Palawan island on May 27, 2001...the guerrillas. A year after the resort raid, the U.S. military began...
14 Abu Sayyaf Men Sentenced for Dos Palmas Kidnap
Manila Bulletin; December 7, 2007; 700+ words ...for kidnapping 20 persons from Dos Palmas Island Resort in Palawan six years ago. Pasig...members responsible for the 2001 Dos Palmas kidnapping, as it gave credit...to pursue justice for the Dos Palmas kidnap victims. Judge Lorifel...
14 Convicted In Abduction At Resort in Philippines
The Washington Post; December 7, 2007; 379 words ...Sayyaf group, which orchestrated the abductions at a resort island, have been killed in clashes since the trial...abducted by members of the Abu Sayyaf group at the upscaleDos Palmas resort on Palawan island on May 27, 2001, and taken by speedboat...
Filipino court convicts 14 militants in kidnappings, long jungle ordeal
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); December 7, 2007; Jim Gomez Associated Press; 700+ words ...orchestrated the abductions at a resort island, have been killed in clashes...by the Abu Sayyaf at the upscale Dos Palmas resorton Palawan island in May 2001 and...Filipino security guards from the resortalso were beheaded by the rebels...
14 guilty in '01 Philippine abductions
International Herald Tribune; December 7, 2007; Carlos H. Conde The New York Times Media Group; 670 words ...terrorist group in the kidnapping of 20 people off an island resort in 2001, an incident in which two Americans were subsequently...gunmen on speedboats snatched the 20 hostages from theDos Palmas resort, a popular tourist destination on Palawan Island in...
Military captures two Abu Sayyaf militants
The Manila Times; December 12, 2007; Jacinto, Al; 422 words ...Filipinos from a posh Palawan resort six years ago. The military...and some Filipinos atDos Palmas resort in Palawan. Last...linked to the same Dos Palmaskidnappings. The Abu...on May 27, 2001 at Dos Palmas when the Abu Sayyaf attacked...
Philippines arrests Abu Sayyaf militants wanted for 2001 kidnapping of Americans, others
AP Worldstream; January 4, 2008; TERESA CEROJANO; 482 words ...Americans and 17 other people from a resort island _ were captured in separate...involved in the Lamitan siege and Dos Palmas kidnapping," Allaga said. Allaga...referring to the 2001 kidnapping at the Dos Palmas resort in western Palawan province...
Soldiers nab 2 Abu Sayyaf henchmen.(Provincial News)
Manila Bulletin; January 6, 2008; 471 words ...Zamboanga Peninsula said that Anahalun was allegedly implicated in the abduction of local and foreign tourists from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan province and the subsequent siege in a hospital in Lamitan town, Basilan province in 2001. In Central...
An Island Resort you won't want to leave
Winnipeg Free Press; January 19, 2008; Lockert, Greg; 700+ words By Greg Lockert DOS PALMAS, Philippines -- Luxury, pure luxury! After...my last couple of days than by relaxing at Dos Palmas Island Resort, where they spoil guests rotten. Dos Palmas is a private island resort situated in Honda Bay...
Suspected Abu Sayyaf arrested
The Manila Times; February 7, 2008; Jacinto, Al; 307 words ...kidnapped in May 2001 by the Abu Sayyaf at the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan province in central Philippines. The hostages...they were investigating Ismael and his role in the Dos Palmas kidnapping and the killing of Sobero. The alleged...
Tourism sets sights on European market
The Manila Times; March 7, 2008; 4th, Ruben D Manahan; 484 words ...joint marketing promotions. Sampaguita Resort will also highlight the country's world...country, as well as their own package tours. Dos Palmas Resort and Spa, El Nido Resorts, Eskaya Beach Resort and Spa, Microtel Inns and Suites Boracay...
'Abducted' suspect in Dos Palmas kidnapping is still alive.(Provincial News)
Manila Bulletin; March 19, 2008; 370 words ...met his brother in the custody of the military in Manila. Majid said the military had linked his brother to theDos Palmas resort hostage-taking of foreign and local tourists, including three Americans in Palawan in 2001. "My brother is a...
Palawan mediamen undergo 3-day Media Skills Enhancement Course in Dos Palmas.
Philippines News Agency; May 6, 2008; 356 words ...SPRX), will conduct a three-day Journalism for Development: Media Skills Enhancement Course to be held at Dos Palmas Island Resort in this city from May 9 to 11, 2008. Dr. Elena Pernia, president UP-CMCFI and UP College of Mass Communication...
Puerto Princesas tourism recovers after 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapping.
Philippines News Agency; May 15, 2008; 700+ words ...recovered after the infamous May 2001 Dos Palmas Island Resort kidnapping incident perpetrated...Course held at the luxury Dos Palmas resort over the weekend. Goh...Bayan, quoting an employee of Dos Palmas. Senior Tourism Operation Officer...
Palawans tourist arrival increases by 5.32 percent in 2007.
Philippines News Agency; May 16, 2008; 639 words ...allegedly linked to the Al-Qaeda terror network, abducted 20 people, including three American tourists, from Dos Palmas resort. Records also showed that the number of domestic and international visitors fell eight percent to 117,516 in 2001...
Teachers' group urges Senate to summon Marines interviewed by American journalist
The Manila Times; September 29, 2008; Jacinto, Al; 700+ words ...Gracia Burnham and California man Guillermo Sobero, from Dos Palmas resort in Palawan Island in 2001. Details of the US intelligence...biggest film to date. "A kidnapping at a Philippine resort triggered a yearlong hunt for pirate terrorists and...
Coron: Asias wreck diving capital.
Philippines News Agency; November 1, 2008; 543 words ...space. It is a sort of excitement and thrilling to dive shipwrecks, Gleselle Batin, a research coordinator of Dos Palmas island resort in Puerto Princesa City who experienced wreck diving. Batin completed a PADI 5-day rescue training course here...
Asugbu's Host with the Most
Manila Bulletin; November 9, 2008; 700+ words As resort hotels go, the Canyon Cove...enjoy on the beach. Few resort hotels in the country can...the service starts from the resort's top manager, Livingston...He then moved on to manage Dos Palmas in Palawan. "I enjoyed...
Sabban leads recipients of Metrobank Foundation's Awards for Continuing Excellence in Service.
Philippines News Agency; January 22, 2009; 427 words ...Sabaya." Abu Sabaya headed the kidnap group that seized the couple Martin and Gracia Burnham and several others in Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan. Sabban also helped refine the counter-insurgency and anti-terrorism strategies by drastically reducing...
Kenney to U.S. marines: You are ambassadors, behave yourselves!
Philippines News Agency; April 4, 2009; 700+ words ...Philippines-US dragnet for the killers of foreign tourists, including an American, whom they abducted from the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan. (THROUGH ASIA PULSE)
Attorney General Eric Holder Honors Kansan and Announces More Than $1 Million in Recovery Act Funds for State.
China Weekly News; May 12, 2009; 562 words ...missionaries with the New Tribes Mission in the Philippines. In May 2001, the couple decided to spend a night at the Dos Palmas Island Resort in the Palawan area of the Philippines to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary. They were awakened by armed...
U.S. updates offer of money rewards for arrest of Sahiron, two other ASG leaders.
Philippines News Agency; May 27, 2009; 700+ words ...Sahiron's highest profile caper had been the May 2001 Dos Palmas kidnapping of 20 tourists, including three Americans, vacationing at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan. The three American hostages were Guillermo...
U.S. offers $ 2.5-M for the neutralization of 3 Abu Sayyaf key leaders.
Philippines News Agency; May 27, 2009; 689 words ...said. He said Sahiron played a role in the May 2001 kidnapping of three U.S. citizens and 17 Filipinos from Dos Palmas tourist resort in Palawan. He added that several of the hostages, including U.S. citizen Guillermo Sobero, were murdered...
Tourism boom spells better life for Puerto Princesans.
Philippines News Agency; May 28, 2009; 700+ words ...world," Felisa Torres, president of the City Tourism Council, said. After the Abu Sayyaf kidnapping incident in Dos Palmas Resort in 2001, visitors were scarce. "They were scared. But today our tourism industry is on the road to full recovery...
Gone Too Soon: Celebrities Who Died before Their Time
Manila Bulletin; June 26, 2009; 700+ words ...Carlos Castro Yan. Tragedy struck, however, on March 29, 2002 when he was found dead inside his cottage at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan.After the discovery, speculations arose that the actor had committed suicide after breaking up with...
A look at major Abu Sayyaf kidnappings
AP Online; July 12, 2009; 461 words ...European tourists, are seized from Malaysia's Sipadan resort and taken in speedboats to Jolo; all were freed in...Americans and 17 other tourists are snatched from the Dos Palmasresort in southwestern Palawan province. One American is killed...
Zambo mayor bucks amnesty for Abu Sayyafs.
Philippines News Agency; July 21, 2009; 536 words ...responsible for atrocities committed in Mindanao including the 1995 Ipil pillage, the kidnapping of foreigners at the Dos Palmas beach resort in Palawan in 2001 and in Sipadan, Malaysia in 2000. Lobregat said that the national government had recently...
Two boats capsize off Palawan; 8 fishermen aboard rescued.
Philippines News Agency; July 31, 2009; 299 words ...Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued eight fishermen onboard two motorbancas which capsized off near Tadjo Island and Dos Palmas Island Resort in Puerto Princesa, Palawan after encountering strong winds on Wednesday afternoon, the Coast Guard officials...
30 Abu Sayyaf bandits, 23 soldiers killed in day-long clashes in Basilan -- AFP.
Philippines News Agency; August 13, 2009; 464 words ...profile kidnapping like the abduction of 23, mostly foreign, tourists from Sipadan, Malaysia and 21 guests of Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan in the early 2000. (THROUGH ASIA PULSE)
Filipino troops clash with gunmen near resorts
AP Online; August 19, 2009; HRVOJE HRANJSKI; 686 words ...near southwestern beach resorts popular with foreign...he said. None of the resortswas under immediate threat...the diving and beach resorts are located in northern...militants raided the Dos Palmas resort in central Palawan and...
Mactan airport now has yellow cabs.
Philippines News Agency; August 26, 2009; 700+ words ...including American missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham and their countryman Guillermo Sobero, at the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in 2001. Martin was killed during rescue operation while Sobero was beheaded by the ASG. Gracia was...
PNP awards P350,000 reward to informant for the arrest of wanted Abu Sayyaf terrorist.
Philippines News Agency; September 1, 2009; 641 words ...his abduction in Patikul, Sulu on August 29, 2000, and the hostages abducted by the Abu Sayyaf Group from the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan in 2001. Similar to the recent arrest of Khalil Pareja of the Rajah Solaiman Movement and the arrest...
REWARDS FOR JUSTICE - RADULLAN SAHIRON REWARD OFFER
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; September 8, 2009; 455 words ...injured as a result of Sahiron's actions. Sahiron played a role in the May 2001 Dos Palmas kidnapping of three U.S. citizens and 17 Filipinos from a tourist resort in Palawan, Philippines. Several of the hostages, including U.S. citizen...
Government troops, Abu Sayyaf bandits clash anew in Sulu.
Philippines News Agency; September 20, 2009; 469 words ...included Asians and Europeans in April of 2000 from Sipidan resort in Malaysia. Hapilon, Parad and Jumdail were suspects...kidnapping of 20 people including three Americans in 2001 from Dos Palmas, Palawan. Parad and Pula were also suspects in the kidnapping...
2 U.S. sailors killed by land mine in Philippines ; First American casualties since 2002 likely to fuel debate on troops' role
International Herald Tribune; September 30, 2009; CARLOS H CONDE MARK McDONALD; 700+ words ...Washington on allegations of involvement in terrorist acts, notably the kidnapping of 20 people in 2001 from the DosPalmas resort on Palawan Island. Three Americans were among those kidnapped, and two of them were killed. Six Filipino marines...
Basilan PNP launches intensified manhunt vs. captors of three factory personnel.
Philippines News Agency; November 10, 2009; 700+ words ...including Europeans, of a posh Sipadan island resort in Malaysia in 2000 and the DosPalmas kidnapping of more than a dozen tourists, including...of dollars in ransom. Same happened to the Dos Palmas guests, except for Sobero who was beheaded...
Breaking News: Gracia Burnham Kidnap Suspect Arrested
Manila Bulletin; February 18, 2010; 568 words ...ASG) who was among the suspects in the 2001 kidnapping of Gracia and Martin Burnham and Guillermo Sobero at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan was arrested late Thursday afternoon at North Harbor in Manila. Lt. Col. Edgard Arevalo, Navy spokesman...
ASG member nabbed in Manila.
Philippines News Agency; February 19, 2010; 562 words ...Gracia and Martin Burnham and Guillermo Subero at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan on May 27, 2001, was arrested after over...terrorists and enemies of the state. It shall continue its resort to ways and means to arrests the remnants of the dreaded...
Filipino accused of kidnapping Americans nabbed
AP Online; February 19, 2010; HRVOJE HRANJSKI; 551 words ...Arad had been in hiding since 2001, when Abu Sayyaf abducted three American and 17 Filipino tourists from the Dos Palmas resort in southwestern Palawan province at the start of a yearlong kidnapping spree, said marine commandant Maj. Gen...
6 Abus, 1 Marine Die in Sulu Clash
Manila Bulletin; February 21, 2010; 596 words ...was referring to the arrest of Arad, who carries a P600,000 reward on his head. Arad was involved in the 2001 Dos Palmas resort abduction of 20 people, including the American missionary couple, Gracia and Martin Burnham, by the ASG.Arevalo...
PNP nab another wanted ASG man.
Philippines News Agency; February 25, 2010; 600 words ...kidnapped 19 foreigners and two Filipinos from a dive resort in Sipadan, Malaysia on April 23, 2000. Amon is also...the kidnapping of more than a dozen guests at the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in 2001, in Pier 2 at North Harbor. (PNA...
Troops Kill 7 ASG Bandits in Sulu Clash
Manila Bulletin; March 7, 2010; 700+ words ...involved in the 2001 abduction of 20 people, including American missionary couple Gracia and Martin Burnham from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan was arrested at the North Harbor in Manila.Authorities are now also verifying reports that another ranking...
Troops Overrun Sayyaf Camp
Manila Bulletin; March 29, 2010; 483 words ...The ASG leader played a vital role in the May, 2001 kidnapping of three U.S. citizens and 17 Filipinos from the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan. Several of the hostages were killed, including one of the three U.S. citizens, Guillermo Sobero...
Remembering Rico Yan Former Matinee Idol Died in His Sleep One Good Friday
Manila Bulletin; April 1, 2010; 697 words ...tender age of 27, died in his sleep at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan.Rico was snazzy at the resort to shoot a TV commercial for a telecoms company...up for their scheduled rendezvous at the resort lobby. Rico was rushed to the local Seventh...
Remembering Rico Yan
Manila Bulletin; April 2, 2010; 700+ words ...tender age of 27, died in his sleep at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan.Rico was reportedly at the resortto shoot a TV commercial for a local telecoms...up for their scheduled rendezvous at the resort lobby. Rico was reportedly rushed to the.
Abu Sayyaf leader captured in Lantawan
The Manila Times; June 17, 2010; ANTIPORDA, JEFFERSON JACINTO, AL; 516 words ...several criminal charges for his involvement in the DosPalmas kidnapping and the Lamitan siege in 2001. Said is...three Americans and a group of Filipino tourists and resort workers in Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in May 2001. The bandits brought...
Tourism investments total P62-B from 2000-09.
Philippines News Agency; June 23, 2010; 700+ words ...showed, 60 percent is sourced from local markets and neighbors, citing the experiences in Palawan resorts like Amarela, El Nido, Dos Palmas, and Microtel in Boracay. Investments and new markets Investments from private stakeholders also contributed...
PNP releases updated posters of 20 most wanted kidnappers.
Philippines News Agency; July 21, 2010; 643 words ...for-ransom, including the daring raid at a Sipadan resort in April 2000 when more than a dozen tourists, most of...European, were snatched. Hapilon was also implicated in the Dos Palmas abduction of 20 guests, including three Americans, in...
Kidnapped Japanese makes contact
The Manila Times; July 22, 2010; JACINTO, AL; 478 words ...cases, including 21 mostly wester-ners in Malaysia's Sipadan Island in 2000 and three US citizens in 2001 in Dos Palmas resort on Palawan Island. Security sources on Wednesday said a letter written by Ito is now in the custody of the authorities...
Philippine troops kill wanted Abu Sayyaf militant
AP Worldstream; September 18, 2010; JIM GOMEZ; 609 words ...who has been accused of helping kidnap three American and 17 mostly Chinese Filipino tourists in May 2001 from the Dos Palmas resort in western Palawan province.Hunted by hundreds of troops, the militants brought their captives by speedboat to...
Abu Sayyaf Member Killed in Basilan.(Main News)
Manila Bulletin; September 19, 2010; 453 words ...of the Abu Sayyaf group involved in the celebrated Dos Palmas kidnapping was killed on Sunday following a gunfight...the May 2001 kidnapping of 20 tourists from the poshDos Palmas resort in Palawan province, including American missionary...
Philippine troops kill wanted Abu Sayyaf militant.
The Kathmandu Post; September 19, 2010; 531 words ...who has been accused of helping kidnap three American and 17 mostly Chinese Filipino tourists in May 2001 from the Dos Palmas resort in western Palawan province. Hunted by hundreds of troops, the militants brought their captives by speedboat to...
Leading militant dies in Philippine shootout
International Herald Tribune; September 20, 2010; CARLOS H CONDE; 700+ words ...Filipinos from a popular Philippine resort, military officials said. Philippine...Filipinos from a popular Philippine resort, military officials said on Sunday...Abu Sayyaf militants raided the Dos Palmas resortin Palawan Province in the southwest...
Preserving the Architecture of Nature
Manila Bulletin; September 29, 2010; 700+ words ...train in various resortsall over the globe...ways to audit each resort's carbon emissions...the Zero Carbon Resorts organization are from Palawan such as Dos Palmas andresorts in El...the training, the resorts are given guidelines...Electricity forresort purposes are ...
Wanted Abu Sayyaf man nabbed in QC.
Philippines News Agency; November 3, 2010; 408 words ...alias Abu Sabaya, the self-styled ASG spokesman, were on the run with some hostages snatched from the posh Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan, including Americans Martin and Gracia Burnham and Guillermo Sobero. Some of the victims were either...
Philippine militant in attacks on Americans nabbed
AP Worldstream; February 2, 2011; 566 words ...European tourists, from the Malaysian resort of Sipadan in 2000, and abducted...and 17 Filipinos in 2001 from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan province southwest...by Libya. The other captives from Dos Palmas either escaped, had been freed after...
Tawi-Tawi PNP nabs Abu Sayyaf bandit linked to high profile kidnappings.
Philippines News Agency; February 2, 2011; 446 words ...months of captivity. Sali was also involved in the kidnapping of 21 people, including three Americans in May 2001 in Dos Palmas resort, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Khu said. The hostages were taken to Basilan province where some of them were...
ARMM police chief lauds cops for arrest of ASG member in Tawi-Tawi.
Philippines News Agency; February 3, 2011; 479 words ...s Witnesses in Patikul, Sulu. Sali was also with the group of Abu Sayyaf who kidnapped foreign tourists from Dos Palmas Beach Resort in Palawan and brought to Basilan. Latag said Sali who is now detained at the Bongao Police Station detention...
Abu Sayyaf kidnaps 3 Filipino fishermen, 1 worker
AP Worldstream; March 20, 2011; JIM GOMEZ; 640 words ...European tourists, from the Malaysian resort of Sipadan in 2000, and abducted...Filipinos from the Philippines' Dos Palmas resort the following year.The Sipadan...the three American hostages from Dos Palmas was beheaded, while a second was...
Philippine police: Abu Sayyaf kidnaps 3 fishermen
AP Online; March 20, 2011; 532 words ...European tourists, from the Malaysian resort of Sipadan in 2000, and abducted...Filipinos from the Philippines' Dos Palmas resort the following year.All the...the three American hostages from Dos Palmas was beheaded, while a second was...
Upcoming Class and Military Reunions, May 23
Whittier Daily News; May 19, 2011; 700+ words ...Oct. 1. Rancho LasPalmas Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage...Aug. 15; after $135.dos.amigos2@verizon...DoubleTree Guest Suites Anaheim Resort, 2085 S. Harbor Blvd...June 11. La Quinta Resort. 949-770-9945, dolecek...
Sulu Air Attack
Manila Bulletin; February 2, 2012; 700+ words ...bounty from the US, who wants him captured for his participation in the kidnapping of more than 20 foreigners in Dos Palmas resort in Puerto Princesa City in 2001 and series of kidnappings and bomb attacks in the ensuing years. Coballes said they...
A look at major terror attacks in Southeast Asia
AP Worldstream; February 2, 2012; The Associated Press; 613 words ...people, including Western tourists, from a Malaysian resort and take them to their Philippine stronghold on Jolo Island...Americans and other tourists are snatched from the Dos Palmas resort in the southwestern Philippine province of Palawan...
Philippines arrest Abu Sayyaf suspect in kidnap
AP Online; February 15, 2012; 270 words ...militants seized European tourists from the Malaysian resort of Sipadan in 2000 and three Americans and 17 Filipinos from the Philippine resort of Dos Palmas in 2001. The militants beheaded one of the Americans...
2 suspected Abu Sayyaf members in Basilan nabbed.
Philippines News Agency; March 15, 2012; 436 words ...kidnapping and frustrated murder. He was also linked to the May 2001 kidnapping of local and foreign tourists at the posh Dos Palmas resort in Puerto Princesa City. Police records show that Akalon was arrested in 2009 along with Dan Laksaw Asnawi, the...
It's Truly A Wonderful World!
Manila Bulletin; May 6, 2012; 700+ words ...spent a leisurely day at DosPalmas resort where the lunch buffet...beach. There are no resorts there but the clutch...to the Sheridan Beach Resort & Spa, minutes away...river for himself. The resort also hosted lunch for...
Suspect in Dos Palmas Kidnapping Arrested
Manila Bulletin; May 25, 2012; 362 words ...Linesis. Sailani is accused of taking part in the abduction of three Americans and several Filipinos from DosPalmas Island, an upscale resort in Palawan in 2001, Linesis said. The hostages were taken by boat to Basilan where the gunmen later beheaded...
Clark-Puerto Princesa Tourism Convergence
Manila Bulletin; July 10, 2012; 474 words ...through environmental conservation and guardianship. Also promoted are Taraw Beach Resort, Sheridan Beach Resort, Daluyon Mountain and Beach Resort, Dos Palmas Arreceffi Island Resort, Hotel Centro, and Asturias Hotel. Today, Air Asia and...
'Come Home Alive: Paradise Lost' Revisited
Manila Bulletin; July 27, 2012; 416 words ...hideaway in Palawan was visited by a nightmare. Gunmen from the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf stormed the beach of the Dos Palmas Island Resort and rounded up 16 tourists and four of the staff. Among them were Americans Martin and Gracia Burnham, who were...
Brillante Mendoza Bares Text Messages from Abu Sayyaf While Filming 'Captive'
Manila Bulletin; August 29, 2012; 700+ words ...told Bulletin Entertainment. "Captive" is an adaptation about those who were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan a few years back, told mainly from the perspective of a foreign missionary played in the film by two...
Brillante Bares Text Messages from Abu Sayyaf While Filming 'Captive'
Manila Bulletin; August 31, 2012; 700+ words ...told Bulletin Entertainment. "Captive" is an adaptation on the kidnapping of civilians by the Abu Sayyaf at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan a few years back, told mainly from the perspective of a foreign missionary played in the film by two...
'Captive' Serves as Eye-Opener
Manila Bulletin; September 5, 2012; 663 words ...representation of the notorious 2001 Dos Palmas kidnapping incident that not only...arrive stealthily at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan during the wee hours...couple-seemingly representing Dos Palmas kidnapped missionaries Gracia and
Escalating terror
The Filipino Express; July 8, 2001; 700+ words ...beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf sinceMay 27 when it raided the Dos Palmas Resort and seized 20 hostages. Therecould be an eighth victim...first to be decapitated, workedas a security guard in Dos Palmas. The last two victims of beheading werePrimitivo Falcasantos...
Gov't to Abus: No deal, no ransom
Filipino Reporter; July 12, 2001; 700+ words ...Abu Sayyaf terrorists in Lamitan town. Nine ofthe 20 DOS Palmas hostages were either rescued or escaped from their...resortworkers, were seized on May 27 from the posh DOSPalmas resort by more than20 heavily armed Abu Sayyaf gunmen.President...
Abu Sayyaf frees 2 more hostages
Filipino Reporter; July 12, 2001; 377 words ...on Tuesday that the AbuSayyaf bandits have released two more hostages who were among those theyabducted from the DOS Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa City in Palawan morethan a month ago.Reports reaching AFP chief of staff Gen. Diomedio Villanueva...
52 Now Held by Gov't in Abu Sayyaf Drive
Manila Bulletin; July 17, 2001; Ilagan, Aris R.; 700+ words ...foreign and local tourists at the Sipadan Beach Resort in Malaysia in April last year and inDos Palmas Beach Resort in Puerto Princesa City in May...indicated that the four remaining hostages from Dos Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa City, including...
Brown Bag
Filipinas; July 31, 2001; 700+ words ...Abu Sayyaf bandits from the DosPalmas Arreceffi Island Resort in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan...As of this writing, nine Dos Palmas hostages have escaped after...a military cordon. Two Dos Palmas hostages were earlier killed...
Four killed, 16 taken hostage in Lamitan
New Straits Times; August 4, 2001; Tony Emmanuel Al Jacinto in Manila; 580 words ...captive, three of them US nationals, on the southern island of Basilan. They had earlier been abducted at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan province on May 27. Speaking at a Press conference in Malacanang Palace, Philippines President Gloria...
Troops Rescue 3 More Abu Sayyaf Hostages
Bulletin; August 12, 2001; Ilagan, Aris R. Arevalo, Vic P.; 700+ words ...victims, including American nationals Martin and Gracia Burnham who were both abducted along with 18 other tourists in Dos Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa City. Immediately after undergoing medical check up, the Perillos were immediately allowed to...
Resignation of 2 Officials Sought
Manila Bulletin; August 15, 2001; Casayuran, Mario B.; 700+ words ...grown stronger since it kidnapped 20 hostages from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan three months ago. In a privilege speech...Ople said referring to the three-month kidnapping at Dos Palmas which included three Americans but several hostages...
Malacanang Rejects Ople Call
Manila Bulletin; August 16, 2001; 624 words ...with the Abu Sayyaf . Tiglao explained that since the Abu Sayyaf bandits had abducted the original 20 hostages in Dos Palmas resort in Palawan island last May 2, only four or five hostages remain in captivity with the bandit group. "If you compare...
3 Sayyaf bandits slain in Sulu clash.(Main News)
Manila Bulletin; August 20, 2001; Arevalo, Vic; 451 words ...reinforce their beleaguered comrades in Basilan who are holding 19 hostages. Among the captives are the remaining Dos Palmas resort hostages including American couple Martin and Gracia Burnham, Angie Montealegre and Maria Fe Rosadeno, five hospital...
Muslims Oppose Taguig Abu Trial
Manila Bulletin; August 22, 2001; Catapusan, James I.; 700+ words ...an attache case after the "great escape" of the kidnapers. The Abu Sayyaf and their hostages from the Palawan Dos Palmas resort were trapped by soldiers and policemen at the Don Jose Maria Torres Memorial Hospital but the bandits and their hostages...
There: Philippines
Filipinas; August 31, 2001; 700+ words ...the NGO community and increasingly so around the nation. Shortly after the Abu Sayyaf bandits struck the island resort of Dos Palmas, Palawan, Soliman and her staff immediately did the right thing--they flew in experts to conduct post-trauma...
General denies letting Abu Sayyaf bandits flee
Filipino Reporter; September 6, 2001; 696 words ...Filipinos seized May 27 whenthe Abu Sayyaf raided the DOS Palmas, beach resort in Palawan.Wichita, Kansas missionaries Martin...More witnesses, including rescued hostages of the DOS Palmas kidnapping,are expected to be summoned for the...
Arroyo Raring for Japan Visit
Manila Bulletin; September 10, 2001; Maglalang, Ferdie J.; 700+ words ...bandit group is still holding an American couple and other local tourists and residents it has abducted from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan island more than three months now. Pimentel proposed court martial proceedings against military officials...
President Clears Villanueva
Manila Bulletin; September 11, 2001; Maglalang, Ferdie J.; 506 words ...carrying out President Arroyo's order to decimate the Abu Sayyaf and secure the freedom of the hostages taken from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. Since the President ordered an all-out war against the bandits and declared a state of emergency in...
Gov't Grants US Request to Land, Refuel, Fly over RP
Manila Bulletin; September 23, 2001; Kabiling, Genalyn D.; 700+ words ...involving ransom payments have been ongoing for the release of Martin and Gracia Burnham, who were abducted from the Dos Palmas island resort in Palawan on May 27. "The standing policy would still be no negotiations for ransom. We cannot allow ransom...
U.S. Withdraws From Philippines
AP Online; October 6, 2001; 457 words ...of three Americans and 17 Filipinos from an upscale resort on May 27 by the Muslim extremist Abu Sayyaf group and...Corona, Calif., one of the Americans abducted at the Dos Palmas resortin Palawan province. The group is still holding U...
Troops Rescue 4 More Abu Sayyaf Hostages
Manila Bulletin; October 15, 2001; Arevalo, Vic P.; 587 words ...can never hide for always." The Abu Sayyaf is still holding 10 more hostages, including four who were seized at Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan last May 27. They are Angie Montealegre, Maria Fe Rosadeno and the American couple Martin and Gracia...
We'll behead 2 U.S. hostages - Abu Sayyaf
Filipino Reporter; October 25, 2001; 602 words ...Burnhams, along with Peruvian-American Guillermo Sobero and 17Filipinos, were taken hostage from the upscale Dos Palmas resort island offPalawan on May 27. Skeletal remains of Sobero were found more than a weekago in Basilan. Article copyright...
Danish Student Wins 1st Miss Earth Title
Manila Bulletin; October 30, 2001; Barawid, Rachel Castro; 700+ words ...environmental causes in schools in Metro Manila, and touring the country's top tourist attractions, including the Dos Palmas Resort in Honda Bay, Palawan. These trips were sponsored by the Department of Tourism and Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes. The...
Misuari Categorically Rejects Abu Sayyaf
Manila Bulletin; November 7, 2001; Usman, Edd K. Macabalang, Ali G.; 561 words ...as well from the Sipadan island resort off Sabah, Malaysia. In May this...own kidnaping when it raided the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan and seized three American...and local visitors of the upscale resort. Both factions defied international...
Tourists safe, PNP assures.(Main News)
Manila Bulletin; November 13, 2001; Sinfuego, Roy; 416 words ...world-class private resorts in the country after the Dos Palmas kidnaping incident...Hotel. After the Dos Palmas kidnaping staged by...tightened security in resortsfrequented by foreign...forces hired by tourist resort operators in Palawan...
AFP recovers 7 Sayyaf captives.(Main News)
Manila Bulletin; November 16, 2001; Lacson, Nonoy E.; 448 words ...Southcom under Lt. Gen. Roy Cimatu. Alegre and Rosadeno were among those captured by the ASG in a raid at the Dos Palmas Beach Resort off Puerto Princesa in Palawan last May 27. Cimatu expressed optimism that the military in the province would...
US Reiterates Confidence in RP
Manila Bulletin; November 28, 2001; Usman, Edd K.; 700+ words ...saddened about their plight," Tiglao said. The Burnham couple is the last two hostages taken by the ASG from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan May last year. "She assures them that our troops are every day inching in towards really pinpointing...
Lacson Airs Fears on Sayyaf Hostage Talks
Manila Bulletin; December 8, 2001; 695 words ...country. "You know when we have Dos Palmas, that was Sipadan 2. And if we...the Abu Sayyaf Group in a Sipadan resort in Malaysia in April last year...abducted a group of foreign tourists in Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. Again, ransom...
New Era for Peace, Growth Loom in M'danao
Manila Bulletin; December 10, 2001; 700+ words ...missionaries along with 19 other tourists from the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan last May. "There is no need for negotiation...kidnappings by the Abu Sayyaf group in the country's resorts off Sabah state last year. Inspector-General of...
Abadilla Slay Suspect Held
Manila Bulletin; January 28, 2002; 700+ words ...troops to rescue American couple Martin and Gracia Burnham from the Abu Sayyaf terrorists who kidnaped them from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in 2001. Padilla said the Arroyo government must stop misleading the public on the real intention of...
Rural Filipinos Welcome U.S. Troops; Special Forces Deployment on Southern Island Is First Since World War II
The Washington Post; January 28, 2002; Philip P. Pan; 700+ words ...killed since May 27, when the rebels attacked the beach resort of Dos Palmas off the western island of Palawan and snatched 20 hostages...Guillermo Sobero, of Corona, Calif., was killed. From Dos Palmas, the Abu Sayyaf used speedboats to travel to Basilan...
Philippine hostages endure many hardships in saga; 8 months: Philippines' tourism reputation is taking a beating
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); January 28, 2002; ASSOCIATED PRESS; 700+ words ...on the white sands of a ritzy resort, Martin and Gracia Burnham retired...Macapagal Arroyo. The attack on the Dos Palmas islandresort in May was not the Abu Sayyaf...the rebels stormed a Malaysianresort, snatching 21 people, both foreigners...
WHO WANTS TO BE A Survivor?
Filipinas; January 31, 2002; N, Marites; 700+ words ...rash of violent events at home and abroad made "Edsa Dos," the country's top story, seem like several...Abu Sayyaf bandits seized 20 tourists and workers in Dos Palmas, an upscale resort in Palawan. Ten more local victims were taken by...
Tourism industry in the Philippines faces tough times.
Australasian Business Intelligence; February 7, 2002; 420 words ...been introduced into such resorts as the Dos Palmas Arreceffi Island Resort, which is located off...recorded in 2001. DOS PALMAS ARRECEFFI ISLAND RESORT: CEBU PACIFIC AIR: PHILIPPINE...AIRLINES - PHILIPPINESRESORTS - PHILIPPINES TERRORISTS...
News in Brief
Manila Bulletin; February 18, 2002; 700+ words ...well as cutting down on bureaucratic red tape. Dos Palmas reopens Mar. 8 Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan is set to reopen its door on March...Dennis Socrates leading the opening rites. Dos Palmas said in a statement that it has redone some of...
US Envoy Seeks Safe Rescue of All Hostages; Ambassador Presents Credential
Manila Bulletin; February 21, 2002; 700+ words ...dimension, a real maturing of the relationship." The Burnhams were among the 20 people earlier abducted from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. Intense military operations against the bandits resulted in the release or escape of the hostages...
Arroyo Vows to Wipe out Sayyaf; MILF Movements Watched
Manila Bulletin; February 23, 2002; 700+ words ...relatives of beheaded victims and former hostages from Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. She interviewed them during her program...guests Jovelyn Dacquer, whose husband, a cook at Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan, was killed by the Abu Sayyaf for...
Video of Abu Sayyaf Beheading Raises Ire
The Washington Times (Washington, DC); February 23, 2002; 700+ words ...agency reported.] In June, Abu Sayyaf rebels beheaded Californian Guillermo Sobero, who was taken hostage from the Dos Palmas resort on May 27, 2001. Two other Americans, Gracia and Martin Burnham, missionaries from Kansas, also were taken hostage...
Philippine president wages high-profile campaign against Muslim extremist rebels
AP Worldstream; February 23, 2002; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...along with 18 other vacationers and staffers from the DosPalmas resort and taken to Basilan, about 880 kilometers (545 miles...beheadings reminded him of his brother, a guard at the Dos Palmasresort who was abducted then beheaded by the rebels...
A 'Second Front' in the Philippines : AMERICA CALLED ON ITS FORMER COLONY TO FILL THE BILL FOR A SEQUEL TO AL QAEDA
The Nation; March 18, 2002; Bello, Walden; 700+ words ...millions of dollars in ransom money after it hit the resort island of Sipadan two years ago and made off with a...snatched more than a dozen guests and workers from the Dos Palmas resort on the island of Palawan last May and ferried them in...
Abu leader: No retreat, no surrender
Filipino Reporter; March 21, 2002; 700+ words ...Americans were seized by Abu Sayyaf from the upscale Dos Palmas island resort off Palawan last May 27 while Yap...people dead, as well as the raid on Palawan's Dos Palmas last May where 20 guests and resort staff were abducted.The intelligence reports...
Matinee Idol Rico Yan Dead at 25
Manila Bulletin; March 29, 2002; 700+ words ...yesterday morning inside a room of the Dos Palmas Resort in Honda Bay, Palawan, after...caused by heart complications. Dos Palmas Resort, which is located in Arrecceffi...year ago. Two hostages from Dos Palmas, American missionaries Martin...
Throngs mourn Rico
Filipino Reporter; April 11, 2002; 700+ words ...Rico's alma mater) where his remains laid in state for a week. Rico died in his sleep on Good Friday at theDOS Palmas Resort in Palawan,where he and some friends, including fellow actors Dominic Ochoa and Janna Victoria had gone for the...
DATELINE MANILA: How to avoid being kidnapped in Manila
Filipino Reporter; April 11, 2002; Alejandro, Ronnie; 700+ words ...Center?And the embarrassing kidnap-for-ransom at DOS Palmas Resort where "the government has had to call in the US Special Forces to rescue Americans kidnapped from an upscale resort in one of the most popular touristdestinations in this...
Sayyaf funding bin Laden
Filipino Reporter; April 11, 2002; 620 words ...two military officers facilitated the payment of ransom so the Abu Sayyaf would free hostages it seized last year from the DOS Palmas resort off Palawan.But businessman Reghis Romero II said no ransom was paid and that he was able to escape from the Abu...
Negotiations under way to win release of American missionaries held hostage by Philippine rebels
AP Worldstream; April 12, 2002; CHRISTOPHER NEWTON, Associated Press Writer; 688 words ...other concessions. It advised corporations with kidnapped employees to do the same. Abu Sayyaf gunmen raided the DosPalmas resort last May 27 and abducted three Americans and 17 Filipinos. All of the hostages were taken to Abu Sayyaf strongholds...
U.S. monitoring negotiations on winning release of missionaries held in Philippines
AP Worldstream; April 12, 2002; CHRISTOPHER NEWTON, Associated Press Writer; 595 words ...other concessions. It advised corporations with kidnapped employees to do the same. Abu Sayyaf gunmen raided the Dos Palmas resort last May 27 and abducted three Americans and 17 Filipinos. All of the hostages were taken to Abu Sayyaf strongholds...
Philippine military says it's closing in on Muslim extremist group holding U.S. hostages
AP Worldstream; April 17, 2002; TINI TRAN, Associated Press Writer; 527 words ...than 10 months ago from an exclusive resort as part of a kidnapping spree by the...kidnapping 20 people from a Malaysian resort two years ago or the abduction of...including the Burnhams _ from the Dos Palmas resort last year.
Rico's sudden death uproar
Filipino Reporter; April 18, 2002; 700+ words ...If that were the case however, there was little Dr. Pangilinan or anyspecialist could do to help Rico in remote DOS Palmas Resort. "He needed tobe airlifted immediately to Manila or the nearest hospital with an ICUequipped to handle such cases...
Did Claudine only shed crocodile tears for Rico?
Filipino Reporter; April 25, 2002; Tidalgo, Raoul C.; 699 words ...mail, on that fateful Holy Weekthat Rico died in Las Palmas Resort, Palawan, Claudine was several hundredmiles away in...unidentified female. Rico was to do some soulsearching in DOS Palmas and hoped to come to a decision about his shakyrelationship...
It's the Economy, Madam President
Filipinas; April 30, 2002; Andres, San; 700+ words ...only 118,483 visitors arrived in the Philippines, down 24.4 percent from 2000. The Abu Sayyaf raid at the Dos Palmas Beach Resort in Palawan, the kidnapping of foreign nationals by the Pentagon Group and the May 1 riots tarnished the country...
Missionaries struggling in pain, misery, Filipino witnesses say.(The Dallas Morning News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; May 6, 2002; Jones, Gregg; 700+ words ...Bible. This is what life has become for the Wichita, Kan., couple since they were seized almost a year ago from Dos Palmas, a resort in the southern Philippines, while celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary. They live in jungle camps where...
More Patience Asked in Case of Hostages
Manila Bulletin; May 26, 2002; 700+ words ...managed to stump the bandits out of their Basilan lairs. The Burnham couple was abducted on May 27 last year from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. Also being held by the Abu Sayyaf is Filipino nurse Ediborah Yap, who was taken from a hospital in...
Concern on Ransom Report Aired
Manila Bulletin; May 27, 2002; 700+ words ...cash was reportedly raised by the family, friends, and sympathizers of the Burnham couple who were kidnapped at Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in May last year. It was reportedly turned over by the US International Police (Interpol) section to...
US Offers $5-M for Sayyaf Chiefs; Similar to Bounty for Bin Laden
Manila Bulletin; May 29, 2002; 700+ words ...for any or all of the five Abu Sayyaf leaders, including the man accused of masterminding a raid last year on the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan during which the group kidnaped three Americans, including Sobero who was later beheaded, and 17 Filipinos...
Friends regret continued captivity of 2 missionaries
Filipino Reporter; June 6, 2002; 531 words ...were abducted along with 18 others in aPalawan Island resort on May 27, 2001. Abu Sayyaf Muslim guerrillas stillhold...were abducted while vacationing on the islandresort of DosPalmas to mark their 18th wedding anniversary. Their threechildren...
U.S. offers $5-M bounty for 5 Abus
Filipino Reporter; June 6, 2002; 700+ words ...Burnhams hostage for exactly one yearand five days today. The couple was abducted from the Dos Palmasresort inPalawan, along with several other guests and resort employees."We are taking this step in support of and following, a similar program...
Hostage Burnham, Nurse Yap Slain; Mrs. Burnham Wounded; Pursuing Troops Kill 4 Abu Sayyaf Men
Manila Bulletin; June 7, 2002; 700+ words ...with another American and Filipino holiday makers at Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan on May 30, 2001. Cimatu American hostage...kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf last May 21, 2001, in the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan, while Yap was among a group of...
Arroyo Vows to Crush Terror Group
Manila Bulletin; June 7, 2002; 700+ words ...Burnhams for more than a year. The Christian missionaries were taken hostage by Abu Sayyaf Muslim guerrillas from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in May 27 last year. The Burnhams and Yap were the last of dozens of hostages seized by the gunmen in...
U.S. missionary killed in rescue attempt.(The Dallas Morning News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; June 7, 2002; Jones, Gregg; 700+ words ...celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary at a beach resort in the southern Philippines. They were among 20 hostages seized from the DosPalmas resort off Palawan island. The only other American, Guillermo...
Year of death and terror for Kansas couple started with wedding anniversary splurge
AP Worldstream; June 8, 2002; ADAM BROWN, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...wedding anniversary and travel to an exclusive islandresort in the southern Philippines. A year later, Martin...including Guillermo Sobero of Corona, California _ from the Dos Palmas resort May 27 last year in a pre-dawn raid by seaborne extremists...
1 More Battalion to Reinforce Troops Pursuing Sayyaf Bandits
Manila Bulletin; June 9, 2002; 530 words ...The Burnham couple and Yap were among the 21 foreign and Filipino hostages abducted by the Abu Sayyaf from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan last May 27, 2001. Another American hostage, Guillermo Sobrero, was beheaded by the terrorists in...
Gracia Burnham Thanks Rescuers, Flies Home to US
Manila Bulletin; June 10, 2002; 700+ words ...foreign and local hostages seized by the Abu Sayyaf in Dos Palmas resort in Palawan on May 27, 2001. They were held in captivity...They were celebrating their wedding anniversary at the Dos Palmas resort when the Abu Sayayf abducted them and several...
Leaflets Offering Reward for Sayyaf Leaders Distributed
Manila Bulletin; June 15, 2002; 700+ words ...Christian missionaries, were abducted by Muslim rebel force Abu Sayyaf while vacationing on the western island resort of Dos Palmas to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary. Gracia Burnham, confined to a wheelchair due to a leg injury suffered...
In Philippines jungle, American hostages survived gunfights, harsh life for a year before bloody rescue
AP Worldstream; June 16, 2002; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...splurged on a weekend at an island resort. The idyllic getaway ended just...foreign tourists from a Malaysian resort, releasing them for millions of...took the guards by surprise at the Dos Palmas resort just off the southwestern Philippine...
YEARLONG ORDEAL IN TROPICAL HELL.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); June 16, 2002; 700+ words ...splurged on a weekend at an island resort. The idyllic getaway ended just...foreign tourists from a Malaysian resort, releasing them for millions of...took the guards by surprise at the Dos Palmas resort just off the southwestern Philippine...
'A pillar of strength,' says Bush of Gracia
Filipino Reporter; June 20, 2002; 388 words ...Philippines for thepast 15 years, were abducted on May 27 last year along with 18 others while vacationing at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary.They were then taken by boat to Basilan, where the rebels...
Kansas mourns slain missionary-pilot
Filipino Reporter; June 27, 2002; 401 words ...both Christian missionaries, wereabducted by Muslim rebel force Abu Sayyaf while vacationing on the westernisland resort of Dos Palmas to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary.Gracia, confined to a wheelchair due to a leg injury suffered during...
"My family was kidnapped by terrorists": Gracia and Martin Burnham just wanted to help others. But that didn't stop a band of Islamic militants from taking them hostage. Now, as the weeks have turned into months, Gracia's sister can only pray that a rescue will come in time. (real lives).
Good Housekeeping; July 1, 2002; Patel, Roxanne; 700+ words ...planned a weekend at a luxurious resort. It was a getaway any couple might...missionary. Then they flew to the Dos Palmas island resort, where their lovely...into a waiting boat with 18 other Dos Palmas visitors. And then they were spirited...
Can Hollywood tinsel kill terrorist image?
China Daily; July 8, 2002; 700+ words ...The manager at the Dos Palmasresort on Palawan island, where...was damaging," Dos Palmas general manager Ivan...that security around the resort had since been tightened...around other popular resorts as part of Manila's...
LARRY THOMPSON DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL LARRY THOMPSON HOLDS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING
Washington Transcript Service; July 23, 2002; 700+ words ...three U.S. citizens -- Martin Burnham, Gracia Burnham and a Mr. Guillermo Sobero -- from the Dos Palmas island resort, which is a dive resort located in the island of Palawan in the Philippines. The Abu Sayyaf Group again threatened to kill...
Philippine military commander guarantees no more raids on resorts by Abu Sayyaf guerrillas
AP Worldstream; July 28, 2002; OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer; 566 words ...another raid on an island resort as the Muslim extremists...17 Filipinos from the Dos Palmas resort off the western...Sayyaf, where the Dos Palmas victims were taken. Some...wedding anniversary atDos Palmas, and Basilan nurse Ediborah...
Abu Sayyaf on the run after U.S. training in Philippines, but fight not over
AP Worldstream; July 29, 2002; OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...spree beginning with a May 27, 2001, raid on the DosPalmas island resort where the Americans were celebrating their 18th wedding...killing of Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Sabaya _ who led the resortraid, killed some hostages and taunted his pursuers...
Military trains villagers to respond to Muslim extremist attacks, emergencies at beach resorts
AP Worldstream; September 3, 2002; 506 words ...attacks on beach resortsfollowing a yearlong...Philippine beach resort, 44 villagers completed...last year at the Dos Palmas island resort...seized from that resort, 400 kilometers...troops to beach resorts to calm apprehensive...added that theDos Palmas attack ...
Perceptions of Corruption and Injustice
Manila Bulletin; September 9, 2002; 700+ words ...hot issues and controversies that have a foreign component, such as, the Burnhams in the Abu Sayyaf raid on the Dos Palmas resort, or the German Fraport investments in NAIA-3, the PIATCO fiasco, or isolated killingswith-robbery of Korean
One of Abu Sayyaf's top leaders captured
AP Worldstream; October 19, 2002; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 636 words ...Western tourists from a Malaysian resort two years ago, officials said...Filipino workers from the Sipadan dive resort in April 2000. All except for...Americans and 17 Filipinos from the Dos Palmas resortin Palawan province. There has...
Island Bets Big on Tourism with Resort, Golf Course.
The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL); November 11, 2002; 700+ words ...Continental Cayo Largo Resort stand out. Golfers...the 313-room resort, which will open...into building resorts on the island...Conquistador andPalmas del Mar resorts already there...his 450-room Dos Mares resort, which will be...
Top suspect in southern Philippine bombings arrested
AP Worldstream; November 14, 2002; 525 words ...He also allegedly participated in the raid on the Dos Palmas resort in May last year in which the Abu Sayyaf seized three...Hamsiraji Salih, who is wanted in connection with the Dos Palmas raid, said Basilan army commander Col. Bonifacio...
Philippines Nabs al-Qaida Suspect
AP Online; November 14, 2002; OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...October of last year, killing six people and injuring 50 others. He also allegedly participated in the raid on the Dos Palmas resort in May, 2001, when the Abu Sayyaf seized three Americans and 17 Filipinos at the start of a yearlong kidnapping...
Police arrest suspect who planned to bomb embassies and other targets in Philippines
AP Worldstream; November 14, 2002; OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...He also allegedly participated in the raid on the DosPalmas resort in May last year in which the Abu Sayyaf seized three...Hamsiraji Salih, who is wanted in connection with the Dos Palmasraid, said Basilan army commander Col. Bonifacio...
Police arrest suspect in plan to bomb embassies and other targets in Philippines
AP Worldstream; November 14, 2002; OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...He also allegedly participated in the raid on the DosPalmas resort in which the Abu Sayyaf seized three Americans and...Hamsiraji Salih, who is wanted in connection with the Dos Palmas raid, said Basilan army commander Col. Bonifacio...
Abu Sayyaf planned to bomb overpass to hit Catholic, economic symbols
AP Worldstream; November 18, 2002; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 699 words ...Zamboanga in October 2001, killing six people and injuring 50 others. He also allegedly participated in the raid on the DosPalmas resort in which the Abu Sayyaf seized three Americans and 17 Filipinos in May 2001. It was the start of a yearlong kidnapping...
Philippine Militants Planned Attacks
AP Online; November 18, 2002; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 616 words ...October 2001, that killed six people and injuring 50 others. He also allegedly participated in the raid on the Dos Palmas resort in which the Abu Sayyaf seized three Americans and 17 Filipinos in May 2001. Meanwhile, an Abu Sayyaf leader wanted...
Batang Pinoy Kicks Off
Manila Bulletin; December 1, 2002; 684 words ...4th Batang Pinoy action with the same intensity in its drive to erase the stigma of the Abu Sayyaf kidnapping in Dos Palmas resort almost two years ago. Joining hand with Hagedorn in welcoming those who are brave enough to come here are Palawan...
Philippine Troops Nab Suspected Abductor
AP Online; December 7, 2002; 432 words ...participating in the raid on theDos Palmas resort in May 2001, when the Abu Sayyaf...jungle four months later. The resort raid was the start of a yearlong...hospital while tagging along with the resort hostages, Ramos said. The resort...
Soldiers capture suspected Abu Sayyaf member involved in killing American hostage
AP Worldstream; December 7, 2002; 417 words ...taking part in the raid on the Dos Palmas resort in May 2001 when the Abu Sayyaf...jungle four months later. The resort raid was the start of a yearlong...and about 18 were killed. The resort raid prompted the United States...
Philippine Soldiers Capture Extremist
AP Online; December 7, 2002; 432 words ...participating in the raid on theDos Palmas resort in May 2001, when the Abu Sayyaf...jungle four months later. The resort raid was the start of a yearlong...hospital while tagging along with the resort hostages, Ramos said. The resort...
Ex-U.S. soldier perishes
Filipino Reporter; March 13, 2003; 700+ words ...when close friends Martin and Gracia Burnham of the New TribesMission were abducted by Abu Sayyaf bandits from the DOS Palmas Resort inPalawan in 2001.Martin was later killed during a military rescue operation in Sirawai,Zamboanga del Norte...
Travel
The Beacon News - Aurora (IL); April 6, 2003; Thom Gabrukiewicz; 700+ words ...who were staying in the most opulent of all-inclusive resorts, and budget travelers on their honeymoon. Of the 16...air-conditioned van to the Yucatan Indian village of Dos Palmas and Rancho Cenote, with a traditional lunch of chicken...
Abu Sayyaf Suspect in Palawan Kidnaping Nabbed in Intramuros
Manila Bulletin; June 24, 2003; 700+ words ...the kidnaping of 21 tourists inDos Palmas Resort in Palawan, AFP chief of staff...kidnapping of 21 tourists in Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan in May, 2000...arrest, Abaya said two former Dos Palmas kidnap victims positively identified...
Suspected Abu Sayyaf Member Arrested
AP Online; June 25, 2003; 314 words ...al-Qaida. Abaya said he alleged purchased weapons for the group. He said Hakim was involved in a raid on theDos Palmas resort in which the rebels seized three Americans and 17 Filipinos. The group killed one American captive. The other Americans...
How Dos Palmas Can Regain Lost Tourists
Manila Bulletin; June 29, 2003; 625 words ...JEROME BAYHON DosPalmas, a five-star beach resort in Arreceffi island...or Boracay Dos Palmasoffers a unique...suspects that the Dos Palmas security...megaphones. DosPalmas has to shape up...in the island resort are creating a...
The Pull of Palawan and Dos Palmas
Manila Bulletin; July 2, 2003; 700+ words ...Paradise, Lagen, Miniloc andDos Palmas to name a few. Of late, Palawans...vacationists and three workers of Dos Palmas Resort last May 28, 2001 and the Holy...Yan died in the facility, Dos Palmas occupancy went down 15 to 20 percent...
Grandeur of Arreceffi Isle
Manila Bulletin; July 6, 2003; 598 words ...and 40 garden cottages in theresort known as Dos Palmas. But Dos Palmas has been through a series of...himself and no one from the resort staff attended to him. The...my boss said. All in all, Dos Palmas is a paradise on earth. You...
Cities and Municipalities
Manila Bulletin; August 5, 2003; 700+ words ...kidnaping of 15 Golden Harvest Plantation workers, Dos Palmas Beach Resort kidnaping, Lamitan siege and Balobo massacre and has...group. Abu Dats participated in the Sipadan Beach Resort kidnaping. He has standing warrant for his arrest...
Tourism
Manila Bulletin; October 2, 2003; 700+ words ...spectacular. Nor do they have to be plush beach resorts like Boracay or Dos Palmas on Palawan. There are a thousand other attractions...also lay their eggs in many places. The Duka Bay resort in Medina, Misamis Oriental had hundreds of small..
'Jessica Soho Reports': Year Two
Manila Bulletin; October 9, 2003; 700+ words ...just finished her morning swim when the shocking news reached her : popular actor Rico Yan, who was staying at the Dos Palmas Resort, was found dead in his room. True to form, veteran broadcast journalist Jessica Soho wasted no time. Still wearing...
Abu Sayyaf kidnapper of Western tourists killed
AP Worldstream; November 12, 2003; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 548 words ...tourists and workers from a Malaysian resort three years ago was shot dead in...workers from Malaysia's Sipadan resort in April 2000.The hostages were...Americans and 17 Filipinos from the Dos Palmasresort in the Philippines' Palawan province...
Roundup
Manila Bulletin; March 15, 2004; 700+ words ...Lamitan when the extremist rebels swooped down on the compound dragging with them 21 hostages seized from the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan on May 27 of the same year. Masbud, the police said, is also linked to the massacre of civilians in...
Philippine president says terror attack averted with arrest of four Abu Sayyaf members
AP Worldstream; March 30, 2004; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 587 words ...Arroyo said.Sobero was among 20 people _ including three Americans _ who were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf from the DosPalmas resort on Palawan island, southwest of Manila, in May 2001.Police officials identified the suspects as Alhamser Manatad...
'Madrid-level attack' reportedly thwarted in Philippines
Chicago Sun-Times; March 30, 2004; 382 words ...said. Sobero was among 20 people -- including three Americans -- who were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf from the Dos Palmas resort on Palawan island, southwest of Manila, in May 2001. The suspects were not immediately identified, but Arroyo...
Terror Attack Said Averted in Philippines
AP Online; March 30, 2004; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...Arroyo said. Sobero was among 20 people _ including three Americans _ who were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf from the DosPalmas resort on Palawan island, southwest of Manila, in May 2001. Police officials identified the suspects as Alhamser Manatad...
Philippines Arrests 4, Seizes Explosives
AP Online; March 30, 2004; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...Arroyo said. Sobero was among 20 people _ including three Americans _ who were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf from the DosPalmas resort on Palawan island, southwest of Manila, in May 2001. Police identified the suspects as Alhamser Manatad Limbong...
Gov't Foils Metro Attack; 4 Abus Arrested; Super Ferry Passenger Arrested, Yields Shabu at North Harbor
Manila Bulletin; March 31, 2004; 700+ words ...behind Abu Sayyafs much publicized kidnappings that include Americans Jeffrey Schilling and Guillermo Sobero at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan in 2001, European nationals on Sipadan Island in Malaysia in 2002, and the abduction of Jehovahs Witnesses...
Former Philippine hostages angrily confront their alleged Abu Sayyaf captors
AP Worldstream; April 6, 2004; OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer; 700 words ...meeting with police. She was among 17 Filipinos and three Americans seized by the al-Qaida-linked group from the Dos Palmasresort in Palawan province in May 2001.The kidnappers beheaded several hostages, including American Guillermo Sobero...
Former hostages recall final days of American beheaded by Philippine Muslim extremists
AP Worldstream; April 10, 2004; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...from their bungalows by the Abu Sayyaf at the upscaleDos Palmas resort on Palawan island at dawn on May 27, 2001, and taken...Westerners and Malaysians snatched from a Malaysian dive resorthad earned the group millions of dollars in ransoms...
AFP Relieved as Major Abu Leaders Are Killed in Clashes; Kidnap-for-Ransom Gang Weaker Now?
Manila Bulletin; April 14, 2004; 588 words ...key men of the terrorist group who was responsible for the kidnapping of 20 people, including three Americans at Dos Palmas resort in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, more than a couple of years ago. He was also tagged as leading an urban terrorist...
Troops Hot on Trail of Seamen's Captors
Manila Bulletin; April 14, 2004; 565 words ...armed men. It can be recalled that the Sipadan (Malaysia) and Dos Palmas (Palawan) abductions some years ago were carried out by the...group is still holding four Indonesians and a Filipino beach resort worker since October last year.
Another Abu Sayyaf leader nabbed by gov't.(Metro & National News)
Manila Bulletin; April 14, 2004; 443 words ...was arrested. Lomibao said Hapidim was among those involved in the kidnapping of foreign and local tourists at the Dos Palmas Resort in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa City last April 28, 2002. The PNP-CIDG director said that Hapidim was placed under...
Details Emerge on Abu Sayyaf Beheading
AP Online; April 20, 2004; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...snatched from their bungalows at a resort on May 27, 2001, gathered this...their bungalows at the upscale Dos Palmas resort on Palawan island at dawn and taken...snatched from a Malaysian dive resorthad earned the group millions of...
Suspected Militant Arrested in Philippines
AP Online; May 20, 2004; 401 words ...while missionary Martin Burnham and a Filipino were killed in a military rescue a year later.The kidnapping at theDos Palmas resort on the western island of Palawan prompted the United States to send troops and instructors two years ago to help...
Ex-American Hostage Returns to Philippines
AP Online; July 27, 2004; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 583 words ...they were snatched by the Abu Sayyaf at the upscaleDos Palmas resort on Palawan island on May 27, 2001, and taken by speedboat...delivered food and sold weapons to the guerrillas.The resort raid was the start of a yearlong kidnapping spree...
Former American hostage returns to Philippines to testify against abductors
AP Worldstream; July 27, 2004; TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer; 539 words ...they were snatched by the Abu Sayyaf at the upscaleDos Palmas resort on Palawan island on May 27, 2001, and taken by speedboat...delivered food and sold weapons to the guerrillas.The resort raid was the start of a yearlong kidnapping spree...
Gracia Burnham returns to testify against abductors.(Metro & National News)
Manila Bulletin; July 28, 2004; 489 words ...Mission, were celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary when they were snatched by the Abu Sayyaf at the upscale Dos Palmas resort on Palawan island on May 27, 2001, and taken by speedboat to southern Basilan island. Fellow American Guillermo...
Former American hostage recounts year-long nightmare for trial of Abu Sayyaf abductors
AP Worldstream; July 29, 2004; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...Tribes Mission, were celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary when the Abu Sayyaf snatched them at the upscale Dos Palmas resort on western Palawan island on May 27, 2001, taking them by speedboat across the Sulu Sea to southern Basilan island...
Reliving a year's captivity Missionary identifies Filipinos as kidnappers
International Herald Tribune; July 30, 2004; Carlos H. Conde; 700+ words ...are accused of invading a beach resort in May 2001 and kidnapping the...11 Asian workers in the diving resort of Sipadan, Malaysia. It also...their 18th wedding anniversary at Dos Palmas, a resort on Palawan island in the southern...
Soldiers capture Abu Sayyaf member involved in kidnapping of American Muslim
AP Worldstream; July 31, 2004; 477 words ...leading a raid on the Malaysianresort of Sipadan in April 2000 and seizing a group of Western tourists andresort workers. The hostages were released...stormed the upscale Philippineresort of Dos Palmas in May 2001, seizing U.S. missionary...
Former American hostage says Abu Sayyaf captors told her ransom was paid but no release happened
AP Worldstream; August 2, 2004; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 645 words ...husband, Martin, and 18 other people from a Philippineresort on May 27, 2001. She was wounded but was rescued...when heavily armed Abu Sayyaf guerrillas raided the Dos Palmas island resort, where the couple went to celebrate their 18th wedding...
Ex-U.S. Hostage Testifies in Philippin
AP Online; August 3, 2004; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 631 words ...husband, Martin, and 18 other people from a Philippine resort on May 27, 2001. She was wounded but was rescued...when heavily armed Abu Sayyaf guerrillas raided the Dos Palmas island resort, where the couple went to celebrate their 18th wedding...
Ex-hostage IDs 6 of 8 Abu Sayyaf abductors
Filipino Reporter; August 5, 2004; 700+ words ...abduction of Filipino and foreign tourists at theDos Palmas resort in Palawan.Facing her former captors the first time...mention the actualparticipation of his client in the DosPalmas kidnapping.He said she identified Limbong only as..
I didn't clear military - Burnham
Filipino Reporter; August 12, 2004; 580 words ...hercaptors during the hostage-taking, where she, her husband, Martin, andseveral others were abducted from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in 2001.Martin and a Filipino nurse, Ediborah Yap, died during the rescue operationlaunched by the...
Rescuing the Burnhams: The Unspoken SOCPAC Mission
Special Warfare; September 1, 2004; Briscoe, C H; 700+ words ...the ASG attacked the Dos Palmos Resort, offshore of Palawan...by surprise. The DosPalmas kidnappings occurred...ASG kidnapping at Dos Palmas prompted the U.S...hostages seized in the Dos Palmas raid were being held...
In the Presence of My Enemies
Special Warfare; September 1, 2004; Schroder, James A; 700+ words ...their captivity, which began May 21, 2001, when the ASG took 20 people, including the Burnhams, captive from the Dos Palmas resort. With brutal honesty, Burnham reflects on that captivity, bringing to light her own battles with despair, hunger...
Balikatan Exercise Spearheaded ARSOF Operations in the Philippines
Special Warfare; September 1, 2004; Briscoe, C H; 700+ words ...seized 20 Western foreigners at a resort in Sipadan, Malaysia. These two...when the terrorist group raided the Dos Palmas Resort on Palawan Island, kidnapping...sanctuary and its staging base for the Dos Palmas raid. Unfortunately, the LRC...
'Sleepy' Dos Palmas comes to life
Filipino Reporter; September 30, 2004; 700+ words ...sandy beaches, DosPalmas is a picture of...gunmen raided the resort and seized 20 tourists...are attracted by Dos Palmas' atmosphere of an exclusivebeach resort seemingly located...these guys up," a Dos Palmas waitersaid, po
Tighter Security in Ports Ordered
Manila Bulletin; October 11, 2004; 634 words ...are in custody because of their previous arrest for their involvement in the kidnapping of civilians at the posh Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan, abduction of teachers and students in Basilan, and other security related crimes. Based on the findings...
Investigation says bomb caused ferry blast in Philippines that killed more than 100 in February
AP Worldstream; October 11, 2004; PAUL ALEXANDER, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...were responsibile for a mass abduction in 2001 from theDos Palmas resort on the Philippine island of Palawan, which left several...Bali bombings that killed 202 people on the Indonesian resortisland.Transport Secretary Leandro Mendoza said investigators..
Philippine Ferry Blast Said Caused by Bomb
AP Online; October 11, 2004; PAUL ALEXANDER, Associated Press Writer; 667 words ...charged."These are the same people responsible for theDos Palmas kidnapping," she said, referring to a mass abduction from theDos Palmas resort on Palawan island in 2001 that left several hostages...
WORLD IN BRIEF
The Washington Post; October 12, 2004; 700+ words ...those charged were also responsible for the 2001 kidnappings of three Americans and 17 Filipinos in Dos Palmas, a southwestern Philippines resort. One of the Americans was beheaded and another was killed during a rescue attempt. Arroyo told reporters...
Unsecured Engine Room
Manila Bulletin; October 14, 2004; 700+ words ...police custody after they were arrested for their involvement in a previous kidnapping of civilians at the famous Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan and Basilan island. Anguish and pain For several days between Feb. 28 and the first week of March...
Abu Sayyaf behind ferry blast - gov't
Filipino Reporter; October 21, 2004; 643 words ...perpetrators.These are the same people responsible for the Dos Palmas kidnapping."In a three-page complaint-affidavit...two of whom later died, and17 Filipinos from the DosPalmas beach resort in the southwesternPhilippines in 2001.The government...
US Awards 3 Filipino Informants; Who Helped Provide Information vs Abu Sayyaf Leader
Manila Bulletin; October 26, 2004; 700+ words ...an Abu Sayyaf leader accused of being involved in the Dos Palmas kidnappings in 2001 where two Americans were killed...three Americans and 17 Filipinos from a western Philippine resort in 2001. Two of the Americans died in Abu Sayyaf captivity...
De Castro Leaves Tonight for Muslim Convention in Libya
Manila Bulletin; November 25, 2004; 700+ words ...in the wake of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, the infamous Bali bombing and the kidnapping of tourists in Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. The Vice President said he would emphasize the need for leaders of the Islamic community to reject extremism...
Abu Sayyaf extremist arrested for alleged kidnapping of Americans; 1995 murders
AP Worldstream; February 3, 2005; 427 words ...connection with the kidnapping of 20 people from the Dos Palmas resort in May 2001, and a 1995 rebel assault on Ipil town...Californian hostage Guillermo Sobero shortly after the Dos Palmas resort raid. Another American captive, Kansas missionary...
Around the Nation
Manila Bulletin; February 4, 2005; 700+ words ...connection with the kidnapping of 20 people from the Dos Palmas resort off Palawan in May 2001 and a 1995 rebel assault on...Californian hostage Guillermo Sobero shortly after the Dos Palmas resort raid. Another American captive, Kansas missionary...
Guards killed in prison stand-off
China Daily; March 15, 2005; 700+ words ...led by Alhamser Limbong, alias "Kosovo," who is on trial for the kidnapping of tourists and workers from theDos Palmas beach resort in 2001 and who is suspected of beheading one of the American hostages. He has also been charged with carrying...
Major Attacks Blamed on Abu Sayyaf
AP Online; March 16, 2005; The Associated Press; 600 words ...tourists are abducted from the Dos Palmas resort, starting a yearlong kidnapping...Raid on the Pearl Farm beach resort is repelled by security guards...tourists, are abducted at a Malaysian resort and taken to Jolo; all but one...
Major attacks blamed on Abu Sayyaf
AP Worldstream; March 16, 2005; The Associated Press; 582 words ...seized from a Malaysian resort and taken to Jolo; all but one Filipino resortworker released in exchange...on the Pearl Farm beach resort is repelled by security...tourists are snatched from the Dos Palmas resort, starting a yearlong...
Prosecutors: 19 of 23 inmates slain in prison revolt were suspected Abu Sayyaf militants
AP Worldstream; March 17, 2005; JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer; 616 words ...including three Americans, from the Dos Palmas resortin 2001. He said he was confident...said Angie Montealegre, a Dos Palmashostage who was freed after six...captivity.Eldren Morales, a Dos Palmassecurity guard who was left for...
Philippine Navy and DoT Move to Protect Beaches
Manila Bulletin; May 19, 2005; 656 words ...provide the countrys beaches and resorts with adequate security to ensure...DoT is "providing our beaches and resorts with adequate security" to ensure...there has been no repeat of the Dos Palmas kidnapping incident. De Leon said...
Palawan Love Affair
Manila Bulletin; November 1, 2005; 700+ words ...manager, revealed that theresort has embarked on a steady...continue to patronize the resort despite adverse incidents like the Dos Palmas kidnapping in 2001. Surrounded...which has earned for it the Resort of the Year in the annual...
Philippines Jails Suspected Terror Chief
AP Online; November 5, 2005; OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer; 688 words ...abduction of tourists and workers from the Malaysianresort island of Sipadan.The group held 10 Finnish, German...year later, Abu Sayyaf rebels raided the Philippine resort of Dos Palmas where they seized missionary couple Martin and Gracia...
Philippines' Arroyo announces capture of terror suspect wanted by U.S.
AP Worldstream; November 5, 2005; 640 words ...abduction of tourists and workers from the Malaysian resort island of Sipadan in April 2000.The group took 10...ransom.A year later, the group raided the Philippine resort of DosPalmas where they seized the Burnhams, American tourist Guillermo...
Negroponte Meets with President on Security Concerns
Manila Bulletin; December 8, 2005; 700+ words ...terrorists, 132 of them members of the Abu Sayyaf, have been arrested while 17 Abu Sayyaf members were convicted for the Dos Palmas resort kidnappings and three others for the Valentinesa Day bombings in Makati. "We have also accomplished the capture...
US freezes assets of 3 Sayyaf leaders
The Filipino Express; December 11, 2005; 582 words ...treasury department statement runs a profile of each leader complete,with pictures.It said Sali planned the May 2001 Dos Palmas resort kidnapping where he andeight other ASG members took 20 hostages, including US nationals Martin Burnham, Gracia Burnham...
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
Extremist Groups: Information for Students; January 1, 2006; 700+ words ...Filipinos from a tourist resort in Palawan, the Philippines...attacked a Malaysian diving resort near Borneo. Suspected...western tourists, 11 resortworkers, as well as several...allegedly attacked the Dos Palmas Resort near the Philippine...
Informant Gets $100,000 from US gova[euro][TM]t Official for Info on Abu Sayyaf Terrorist
Manila Bulletin; January 20, 2006; 593 words ...kidnapping of Kansas missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham, and Californian Guillermo Sobero from the posh Dos Palmas island resort in Palawan. Sobero was beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf in June 2001 on Basilan Island, while Martin Burnham was shot...
Informer receives $100,000 reward
The Filipino Express; January 29, 2006; 560 words ...kidnapping of Kansas missionarycouple Martin and Gracia Burnham, and California resident Guillermo Soberofrom the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan.Sobero was beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf in June 2001 in Basilan, while MartinBurnham was killed in a...
Philippine troops arrest Muslim militant linked to kidnapping of Americans
AP Worldstream; March 13, 2006; 369 words ...workers, including three Americans, from a Philippine resort in 2001, the military said Monday.Burham Sali, who...province, allegedly helped kidnap the victims from the Dos Palmasresort in western Palawan province, army chief Maj. Gen...
Philippine troops capture Muslim militant linked to kidnapping of Americans, bombings
AP Worldstream; April 25, 2006; 415 words ...people, including three Americans, at a Philippine resort, the army said Tuesday.Sharie Amiruddin, an alleged...kidnapping of 17 Filipinos and three Americans from the DosPalmas resort in southwestern Palawan province, Bacarro said.One...
SAYYAF IN DOS PALMAS KIDNAPPING NABBED
The Manila Times; April 26, 2006; Vargas, Anthony; 393 words ...tourists in a popular Palawan beach resort in May 2001 was captured late Monday...foreign and local tourists at the Dos Palmas beach resort in Puerto Princesa City...helped in the surveillance of the Dos Palmas prior to the abductions. Among the...
Philippine police find grenades, suspected bomb in terrorist hideout
AP Worldstream; April 27, 2006; 458 words ...chieftain Khaddafy Janjalani and a suspect in the 2001 kidnapping of 20 people, including three Americans, from the Dos Palmas resort in southwestern Palawan province, said Dolina, who led the raid."We've been monitoring them for months, but...
Soldiers capture Abu Sayyaf suspect in southern Philippines
AP Worldstream; April 29, 2006; 411 words ...Americans and 17 Filipinos from a resort five years ago.Abdasil Malangka...Sobero, and 17 Filipinos from the Dos Palmas resort in 2001.Sobero of Corona, California...bombings and also wanted in the resort raid, which he allegedly helped...
Abu Sayyaf Suspect Captured in Philippines
AP Online; April 30, 2006; 364 words ...including a missionary couple, from aresort five years ago.Abdasil Malangka...Calif., and 17 Filipinos from the
DosPalmas resort in 2001, as well as several other...bombings and also wanted in the resort raid, which he allegedly helped...
SOLDIERS CAPTURE ABU SAYYAF SUSPECT IN SOBERO BEHEADING
The Manila Times; April 30, 2006; 364 words ...American tourist kidnapped five years ago from the Dos Palmas beach resort in Palawan. In May 2001 a boatload of Abu Sayyaf terrorists snatched 20 tourists and workers from theDos Palmas resort and brought them to the island-province of...
NOTORIOUS ABU BARA ARRESTED IN BASILAN
The Manila Times; May 10, 2006; Jacinto, Al; 333 words ...citizens-the Kansas missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham and the Californian Guillermo Sobero-in the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. The Philippine government links the Abu Sayyaf to the al-Qaeda of Osama bin Laden. The United States...
MILITARY TO STEP UP HUNT FOR ABU SAYYAF, SAYS HABACON
The Manila Times; May 11, 2006; Jacinto, Al; 478 words ...three US citizens-Kansas missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham and Californian Guillermo Sobero-in the posh Dos Palmas resort in the central Philippine island of Palawan. The United States has listed the Abu Sayyaf as a foreign terror organization...
ABU IN 2000 KIDNAP CAUGHT
The Manila Times; June 16, 2006; Jacinto, Al; 517 words ...Asian and European holiday-makers on Malaysia's resort island of Sipadan, officials said Thursday. Security...Gracia Burnham, along with 17 Filipinos, from the DosPalmas resort on Palawan Island in 2001. Mohamad is being interrogated...
KIDNAP VICTIM IN JOLO FREED BY ABU SAYYAF
The Manila Times; June 17, 2006; Jacinto, Al; 484 words ...the past, including a daring raid on the Malaysian resort island of Sipadan in 2000 where 21 Asian and European...holiday were held hostage. A similar attack on the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan occurred a year later where 17 Filipinos...
MILITARY DETAINS SAYYAF 'HIT MAN'
The Manila Times; June 18, 2006; Jacinto, Al; 476 words ...Asian and European holiday-makers on Malaysia's resort island of Sipadan. Mohamad, a follower of Abu Sayyaf...who were seized along with 17 Filipinos, from the DosPalmas resort in Palawan in 2001. Many of the hostages were freed...
ON THE PROWL CABANLIG HOT, HOT HONDA BAY!
The Manila Times; June 30, 2006; Martin, Amiel; 700+ words ...And with nonstop adrenalin, I joined the rest of the group for more action-outside the car this time, at the Dos Palmas Island Resort for the rest of Honda's superb weekend getaway. For comments and suggestions e-mail me at amielontheprowl...
BIG DEAL GIVE LEBANON A BREAK
The Manila Times; July 19, 2006; Mariano, Dan; 700+ words ...one of whom was beheaded and another shot to death during botched rescue operation of the Philippine Army-at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan in 2001. As a result of Israel's policy of instant, indiscriminate reprisal, practically all the...
ABU SAYYAF KIDNAP VICTIM BEHEADED ON JOLO ISLAND
The Manila Times; August 14, 2006; Jacinto, Al; 596 words ...the past, including a daring raid on the Malaysian resort island of Sipadan in 2000 where it seized 21 Asian and...holiday-makers, and a similar attack on the posh Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan a year later where militants seized 17 Filipinos...
ABU SAYYAF LEADER NABBED IN BASILAN
The Manila Times; September 18, 2006; 440 words ...region's police chief alleged that "Commander Abu Yunos" figured in the most celebrated kidnapping of 20 people in Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan in 2001. He said the arrested ASG leader was also allegedly involved in the abduction of 15 workers of...
Suspected Sayyaf Leader to Face Slay-Kidnap Raps; Captured 'Commander' to Be Brought to Bagong Diwa
Manila Bulletin; September 19, 2006; 584 words ...Zamboanga Peninsula. He reported that Commander Yunos participated in the celebrated kidnapping of 20 persons at Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan in 2001. He said he was also involved in the abduction of 15 workers of the Golden Harvest Plantation...
Defeating the Idea: Unconventional Warfare in the Southern Philippine
Special Warfare; November 1, 2006; Eckert, William; 700+ words ...East, kidnappings for ransom and beheadings were commonplace. For example, in May 2001, the ASG assaulted the Dos Palmas Resort and took guests there hostage. The hostages included Americans Martin and Gracia Burnham, U.S. missionaries...
7 Abu Sayyaf members die in Tawi-Tawi clash.(Metro & National News)
Manila Bulletin; January 7, 2007; 420 words ...hostage-taking of residents in a hospital in Basilan following the kidnapping of foreign and local tourists inDos Palmas Resort in Palawan in 2001. Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr., AFP chief of staff, identified them as Wakhil Sampang and Abu...
Esperon Confirms Killing of Abu Sayyaf Man with $ 5-M Reward on His Head
Manila Bulletin; January 18, 2007; 560 words ...The 42-year-old Abu Sayyaf leader who was responsible in the abduction of 21 foreign and local tourists in Dos Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa City in Palawan last May 27, 2001, was an engineering graduate from ZAEC In Zamboanga City...
FORMER ENGINEER WAS ABU'S BOMB ACE
The Manila Times; January 18, 2007; 402 words ...mover in the abduction of 21 tourists at the upscale Dos Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa on May 21, 2001. Less than a month...successful. His group tried to snatch tourists inresorts in Sabah, Malaysia, but was foiled.
Marine Heroes Recall Fighting Abu Sayyaf against All Odds
Manila Bulletin; January 24, 2007; 700+ words ...Janjalani - who was responsible for the kidnapping of 21 foreign (three of them Americans) and local tourists in Dos Palmas Resort in Puerto Princesa City in May 2001 -,Dimayuga aimed his M-4 rifle with IR laser sight at Janjalani's head...
ARMY HAS OWN HEROES IN BATTLE VS. ABU SAYYAF
The Manila Times; January 26, 2007; Vargas, Anthony; 529 words ...had planned the abduction of 20 tourists, including US missionary couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham, at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in May 2001. Sali was also the chief planner in several deadly bombing attacks launched by the ASG in...
Hot, Hot, Hot!
Manila Bulletin; April 1, 2007; 700+ words ...we were amazed during a visit to Dos Palmas resort island in Honda Bay, Palawan (oh yes, that ill fatedresort that was hit twice with bad luck, hence the moniker "dos malas"). Being an island by itself...
RP Delegation off to Major Russian Fair
Manila Bulletin; September 23, 2007; 700+ words ...Plaza Cebu, Plantation Bay, Eskaya Beach Resort and Spa in Bohol, Boracay Regency, Camiguin Highland Resort, Dos Palmas Island Resort and El Nido Resorts. Southeast Asian Airlines will feature its...
Local Actors Star in US Docu about Burnham Hostage
Manila Bulletin; September 30, 2007; 700+ words ...Burnham before the light of day kissed May 28, 2001 while the couple was on a wedding anniversary getaway at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan. The Filipino people trailed the year-long pursuit of the government to rescue the American missionary...
Seven Abu Sayyaf rebels charged with murder: The Palawan terrorist cell was said to be planning attacks
The Manila Times; November 16, 2007; 546 words ...Dulmatin, and Jakarain, were reportedly involved in the 2002 Bali bombing and in the kidnapping of 20 tourists in Dos Palmas resort in May 2001. Earlier reports said the ASG was supposed to consolidate forces in Palawan for future terror acts in
EX-HOSTAGE TO SPEAK IN LISBURN.
Ulster Star (Lisburn, Northern Ireland); November 20, 2007; 532 words ...all of whom were born in the Philippines. It was during their 18th wedding anniversary party on May 27, 2001 at Dos Palmas Resort off Palawan Island, that the Burnhams were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf Group. They also seized guests and took...
AFP men nab ASG member in Dos Palmas kidnapping.(Provincial News)
Manila Bulletin; November 27, 2007; 319 words ...member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) involved in the Dos Palmas kidnapping and the Lamitan siege in Tawi-Tawi...was involved in the kidnapping of tourists in the Dos Palmasbeach resort in Palawan in May 2001 as he was then under the command...
Captured Sayyaf man linked to Dos Palmas kidnapping
The Manila Times; November 28, 2007; Jacinto, Al Vargas, Anthony; 487 words ...Burnham along with 17 other Filipino holidaymakers at Dos Palmasresort in Palawan. The Abu Sayyaf beheaded Sobero in Basilan...18th wedding anniversary party on May 27, 2001 at Dos Palmas when the Abu Sayyaf attacked the resort. Since her...
A look at major bombings and kidnappings blamed on al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf
AP Worldstream; December 6, 2007; The Associated Press; 493 words ...Western tourists, seized from a Malaysian resort and taken to Jolo; all but one Filipino resort worker released in exchange for millions...and other tourists are snatched from the Dos Palmas resort in southwestern Palawan province, starting...
Philippine Court Convicts 14 Militants
AP Online; December 6, 2007; JIM GOMEZ; 700+ words ...orchestrated the abductions at a resort island, have been killed in clashes...by the Abu Sayyaf at the upscale Dos Palmas resort on Palawan island on May 27, 2001...the guerrillas. A year after the resort raid, the U.S. military began...
Philippine court convicts 14 Abu Sayyaf militants of 2001 mass kidnapping
AP Worldstream; December 6, 2007; JIM GOMEZ; 700+ words ...orchestrated the abductions at the resort island of Palawan, have been killed...by the Abu Sayyaf at the upscale Dos Palmas resort on Palawan island on May 27, 2001...the guerrillas. A year after the resort raid, the U.S. military began...
14 Abu Sayyaf Men Sentenced for Dos Palmas Kidnap
Manila Bulletin; December 7, 2007; 700+ words ...for kidnapping 20 persons from Dos Palmas Island Resort in Palawan six years ago. Pasig...members responsible for the 2001 Dos Palmas kidnapping, as it gave credit...to pursue justice for the Dos Palmas kidnap victims. Judge Lorifel...
14 Convicted In Abduction At Resort in Philippines
The Washington Post; December 7, 2007; 379 words ...Sayyaf group, which orchestrated the abductions at a resort island, have been killed in clashes since the trial...abducted by members of the Abu Sayyaf group at the upscaleDos Palmas resort on Palawan island on May 27, 2001, and taken by speedboat...
Filipino court convicts 14 militants in kidnappings, long jungle ordeal
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); December 7, 2007; Jim Gomez Associated Press; 700+ words ...orchestrated the abductions at a resort island, have been killed in clashes...by the Abu Sayyaf at the upscale Dos Palmas resorton Palawan island in May 2001 and...Filipino security guards from the resortalso were beheaded by the rebels...
14 guilty in '01 Philippine abductions
International Herald Tribune; December 7, 2007; Carlos H. Conde The New York Times Media Group; 670 words ...terrorist group in the kidnapping of 20 people off an island resort in 2001, an incident in which two Americans were subsequently...gunmen on speedboats snatched the 20 hostages from theDos Palmas resort, a popular tourist destination on Palawan Island in...
Military captures two Abu Sayyaf militants
The Manila Times; December 12, 2007; Jacinto, Al; 422 words ...Filipinos from a posh Palawan resort six years ago. The military...and some Filipinos atDos Palmas resort in Palawan. Last...linked to the same Dos Palmaskidnappings. The Abu...on May 27, 2001 at Dos Palmas when the Abu Sayyaf attacked...
Philippines arrests Abu Sayyaf militants wanted for 2001 kidnapping of Americans, others
AP Worldstream; January 4, 2008; TERESA CEROJANO; 482 words ...Americans and 17 other people from a resort island _ were captured in separate...involved in the Lamitan siege and Dos Palmas kidnapping," Allaga said. Allaga...referring to the 2001 kidnapping at the Dos Palmas resort in western Palawan province...
Soldiers nab 2 Abu Sayyaf henchmen.(Provincial News)
Manila Bulletin; January 6, 2008; 471 words ...Zamboanga Peninsula said that Anahalun was allegedly implicated in the abduction of local and foreign tourists from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan province and the subsequent siege in a hospital in Lamitan town, Basilan province in 2001. In Central...
An Island Resort you won't want to leave
Winnipeg Free Press; January 19, 2008; Lockert, Greg; 700+ words By Greg Lockert DOS PALMAS, Philippines -- Luxury, pure luxury! After...my last couple of days than by relaxing at Dos Palmas Island Resort, where they spoil guests rotten. Dos Palmas is a private island resort situated in Honda Bay...
Suspected Abu Sayyaf arrested
The Manila Times; February 7, 2008; Jacinto, Al; 307 words ...kidnapped in May 2001 by the Abu Sayyaf at the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan province in central Philippines. The hostages...they were investigating Ismael and his role in the Dos Palmas kidnapping and the killing of Sobero. The alleged...
Tourism sets sights on European market
The Manila Times; March 7, 2008; 4th, Ruben D Manahan; 484 words ...joint marketing promotions. Sampaguita Resort will also highlight the country's world...country, as well as their own package tours. Dos Palmas Resort and Spa, El Nido Resorts, Eskaya Beach Resort and Spa, Microtel Inns and Suites Boracay...
'Abducted' suspect in Dos Palmas kidnapping is still alive.(Provincial News)
Manila Bulletin; March 19, 2008; 370 words ...met his brother in the custody of the military in Manila. Majid said the military had linked his brother to theDos Palmas resort hostage-taking of foreign and local tourists, including three Americans in Palawan in 2001. "My brother is a...
Palawan mediamen undergo 3-day Media Skills Enhancement Course in Dos Palmas.
Philippines News Agency; May 6, 2008; 356 words ...SPRX), will conduct a three-day Journalism for Development: Media Skills Enhancement Course to be held at Dos Palmas Island Resort in this city from May 9 to 11, 2008. Dr. Elena Pernia, president UP-CMCFI and UP College of Mass Communication...
Puerto Princesas tourism recovers after 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapping.
Philippines News Agency; May 15, 2008; 700+ words ...recovered after the infamous May 2001 Dos Palmas Island Resort kidnapping incident perpetrated...Course held at the luxury Dos Palmas resort over the weekend. Goh...Bayan, quoting an employee of Dos Palmas. Senior Tourism Operation Officer...
Palawans tourist arrival increases by 5.32 percent in 2007.
Philippines News Agency; May 16, 2008; 639 words ...allegedly linked to the Al-Qaeda terror network, abducted 20 people, including three American tourists, from Dos Palmas resort. Records also showed that the number of domestic and international visitors fell eight percent to 117,516 in 2001...
Teachers' group urges Senate to summon Marines interviewed by American journalist
The Manila Times; September 29, 2008; Jacinto, Al; 700+ words ...Gracia Burnham and California man Guillermo Sobero, from Dos Palmas resort in Palawan Island in 2001. Details of the US intelligence...biggest film to date. "A kidnapping at a Philippine resort triggered a yearlong hunt for pirate terrorists and...
Coron: Asias wreck diving capital.
Philippines News Agency; November 1, 2008; 543 words ...space. It is a sort of excitement and thrilling to dive shipwrecks, Gleselle Batin, a research coordinator of Dos Palmas island resort in Puerto Princesa City who experienced wreck diving. Batin completed a PADI 5-day rescue training course here...
Asugbu's Host with the Most
Manila Bulletin; November 9, 2008; 700+ words As resort hotels go, the Canyon Cove...enjoy on the beach. Few resort hotels in the country can...the service starts from the resort's top manager, Livingston...He then moved on to manage Dos Palmas in Palawan. "I enjoyed...
Sabban leads recipients of Metrobank Foundation's Awards for Continuing Excellence in Service.
Philippines News Agency; January 22, 2009; 427 words ...Sabaya." Abu Sabaya headed the kidnap group that seized the couple Martin and Gracia Burnham and several others in Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan. Sabban also helped refine the counter-insurgency and anti-terrorism strategies by drastically reducing...
Kenney to U.S. marines: You are ambassadors, behave yourselves!
Philippines News Agency; April 4, 2009; 700+ words ...Philippines-US dragnet for the killers of foreign tourists, including an American, whom they abducted from the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan. (THROUGH ASIA PULSE)
Attorney General Eric Holder Honors Kansan and Announces More Than $1 Million in Recovery Act Funds for State.
China Weekly News; May 12, 2009; 562 words ...missionaries with the New Tribes Mission in the Philippines. In May 2001, the couple decided to spend a night at the Dos Palmas Island Resort in the Palawan area of the Philippines to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary. They were awakened by armed...
U.S. updates offer of money rewards for arrest of Sahiron, two other ASG leaders.
Philippines News Agency; May 27, 2009; 700+ words ...Sahiron's highest profile caper had been the May 2001 Dos Palmas kidnapping of 20 tourists, including three Americans, vacationing at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan. The three American hostages were Guillermo...
U.S. offers $ 2.5-M for the neutralization of 3 Abu Sayyaf key leaders.
Philippines News Agency; May 27, 2009; 689 words ...said. He said Sahiron played a role in the May 2001 kidnapping of three U.S. citizens and 17 Filipinos from Dos Palmas tourist resort in Palawan. He added that several of the hostages, including U.S. citizen Guillermo Sobero, were murdered...
Tourism boom spells better life for Puerto Princesans.
Philippines News Agency; May 28, 2009; 700+ words ...world," Felisa Torres, president of the City Tourism Council, said. After the Abu Sayyaf kidnapping incident in Dos Palmas Resort in 2001, visitors were scarce. "They were scared. But today our tourism industry is on the road to full recovery...
Gone Too Soon: Celebrities Who Died before Their Time
Manila Bulletin; June 26, 2009; 700+ words ...Carlos Castro Yan. Tragedy struck, however, on March 29, 2002 when he was found dead inside his cottage at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan.After the discovery, speculations arose that the actor had committed suicide after breaking up with...
A look at major Abu Sayyaf kidnappings
AP Online; July 12, 2009; 461 words ...European tourists, are seized from Malaysia's Sipadan resort and taken in speedboats to Jolo; all were freed in...Americans and 17 other tourists are snatched from the Dos Palmasresort in southwestern Palawan province. One American is killed...
Zambo mayor bucks amnesty for Abu Sayyafs.
Philippines News Agency; July 21, 2009; 536 words ...responsible for atrocities committed in Mindanao including the 1995 Ipil pillage, the kidnapping of foreigners at the Dos Palmas beach resort in Palawan in 2001 and in Sipadan, Malaysia in 2000. Lobregat said that the national government had recently...
Two boats capsize off Palawan; 8 fishermen aboard rescued.
Philippines News Agency; July 31, 2009; 299 words ...Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued eight fishermen onboard two motorbancas which capsized off near Tadjo Island and Dos Palmas Island Resort in Puerto Princesa, Palawan after encountering strong winds on Wednesday afternoon, the Coast Guard officials...
30 Abu Sayyaf bandits, 23 soldiers killed in day-long clashes in Basilan -- AFP.
Philippines News Agency; August 13, 2009; 464 words ...profile kidnapping like the abduction of 23, mostly foreign, tourists from Sipadan, Malaysia and 21 guests of Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan in the early 2000. (THROUGH ASIA PULSE)
Filipino troops clash with gunmen near resorts
AP Online; August 19, 2009; HRVOJE HRANJSKI; 686 words ...near southwestern beach resorts popular with foreign...he said. None of the resortswas under immediate threat...the diving and beach resorts are located in northern...militants raided the Dos Palmas resort in central Palawan and...
Mactan airport now has yellow cabs.
Philippines News Agency; August 26, 2009; 700+ words ...including American missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham and their countryman Guillermo Sobero, at the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in 2001. Martin was killed during rescue operation while Sobero was beheaded by the ASG. Gracia was...
PNP awards P350,000 reward to informant for the arrest of wanted Abu Sayyaf terrorist.
Philippines News Agency; September 1, 2009; 641 words ...his abduction in Patikul, Sulu on August 29, 2000, and the hostages abducted by the Abu Sayyaf Group from the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan in 2001. Similar to the recent arrest of Khalil Pareja of the Rajah Solaiman Movement and the arrest...
REWARDS FOR JUSTICE - RADULLAN SAHIRON REWARD OFFER
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; September 8, 2009; 455 words ...injured as a result of Sahiron's actions. Sahiron played a role in the May 2001 Dos Palmas kidnapping of three U.S. citizens and 17 Filipinos from a tourist resort in Palawan, Philippines. Several of the hostages, including U.S. citizen...
Government troops, Abu Sayyaf bandits clash anew in Sulu.
Philippines News Agency; September 20, 2009; 469 words ...included Asians and Europeans in April of 2000 from Sipidan resort in Malaysia. Hapilon, Parad and Jumdail were suspects...kidnapping of 20 people including three Americans in 2001 from Dos Palmas, Palawan. Parad and Pula were also suspects in the kidnapping...
2 U.S. sailors killed by land mine in Philippines ; First American casualties since 2002 likely to fuel debate on troops' role
International Herald Tribune; September 30, 2009; CARLOS H CONDE MARK McDONALD; 700+ words ...Washington on allegations of involvement in terrorist acts, notably the kidnapping of 20 people in 2001 from the DosPalmas resort on Palawan Island. Three Americans were among those kidnapped, and two of them were killed. Six Filipino marines...
Basilan PNP launches intensified manhunt vs. captors of three factory personnel.
Philippines News Agency; November 10, 2009; 700+ words ...including Europeans, of a posh Sipadan island resort in Malaysia in 2000 and the DosPalmas kidnapping of more than a dozen tourists, including...of dollars in ransom. Same happened to the Dos Palmas guests, except for Sobero who was beheaded...
Breaking News: Gracia Burnham Kidnap Suspect Arrested
Manila Bulletin; February 18, 2010; 568 words ...ASG) who was among the suspects in the 2001 kidnapping of Gracia and Martin Burnham and Guillermo Sobero at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan was arrested late Thursday afternoon at North Harbor in Manila. Lt. Col. Edgard Arevalo, Navy spokesman...
ASG member nabbed in Manila.
Philippines News Agency; February 19, 2010; 562 words ...Gracia and Martin Burnham and Guillermo Subero at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan on May 27, 2001, was arrested after over...terrorists and enemies of the state. It shall continue its resort to ways and means to arrests the remnants of the dreaded...
Filipino accused of kidnapping Americans nabbed
AP Online; February 19, 2010; HRVOJE HRANJSKI; 551 words ...Arad had been in hiding since 2001, when Abu Sayyaf abducted three American and 17 Filipino tourists from the Dos Palmas resort in southwestern Palawan province at the start of a yearlong kidnapping spree, said marine commandant Maj. Gen...
6 Abus, 1 Marine Die in Sulu Clash
Manila Bulletin; February 21, 2010; 596 words ...was referring to the arrest of Arad, who carries a P600,000 reward on his head. Arad was involved in the 2001 Dos Palmas resort abduction of 20 people, including the American missionary couple, Gracia and Martin Burnham, by the ASG.Arevalo...
PNP nab another wanted ASG man.
Philippines News Agency; February 25, 2010; 600 words ...kidnapped 19 foreigners and two Filipinos from a dive resort in Sipadan, Malaysia on April 23, 2000. Amon is also...the kidnapping of more than a dozen guests at the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in 2001, in Pier 2 at North Harbor. (PNA...
Troops Kill 7 ASG Bandits in Sulu Clash
Manila Bulletin; March 7, 2010; 700+ words ...involved in the 2001 abduction of 20 people, including American missionary couple Gracia and Martin Burnham from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan was arrested at the North Harbor in Manila.Authorities are now also verifying reports that another ranking...
Troops Overrun Sayyaf Camp
Manila Bulletin; March 29, 2010; 483 words ...The ASG leader played a vital role in the May, 2001 kidnapping of three U.S. citizens and 17 Filipinos from the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan. Several of the hostages were killed, including one of the three U.S. citizens, Guillermo Sobero...
Remembering Rico Yan Former Matinee Idol Died in His Sleep One Good Friday
Manila Bulletin; April 1, 2010; 697 words ...tender age of 27, died in his sleep at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan.Rico was snazzy at the resort to shoot a TV commercial for a telecoms company...up for their scheduled rendezvous at the resort lobby. Rico was rushed to the local Seventh...
Remembering Rico Yan
Manila Bulletin; April 2, 2010; 700+ words ...tender age of 27, died in his sleep at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan.Rico was reportedly at the resortto shoot a TV commercial for a local telecoms...up for their scheduled rendezvous at the resort lobby. Rico was reportedly rushed to the.
Abu Sayyaf leader captured in Lantawan
The Manila Times; June 17, 2010; ANTIPORDA, JEFFERSON JACINTO, AL; 516 words ...several criminal charges for his involvement in the DosPalmas kidnapping and the Lamitan siege in 2001. Said is...three Americans and a group of Filipino tourists and resort workers in Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in May 2001. The bandits brought...
Tourism investments total P62-B from 2000-09.
Philippines News Agency; June 23, 2010; 700+ words ...showed, 60 percent is sourced from local markets and neighbors, citing the experiences in Palawan resorts like Amarela, El Nido, Dos Palmas, and Microtel in Boracay. Investments and new markets Investments from private stakeholders also contributed...
PNP releases updated posters of 20 most wanted kidnappers.
Philippines News Agency; July 21, 2010; 643 words ...for-ransom, including the daring raid at a Sipadan resort in April 2000 when more than a dozen tourists, most of...European, were snatched. Hapilon was also implicated in the Dos Palmas abduction of 20 guests, including three Americans, in...
Kidnapped Japanese makes contact
The Manila Times; July 22, 2010; JACINTO, AL; 478 words ...cases, including 21 mostly wester-ners in Malaysia's Sipadan Island in 2000 and three US citizens in 2001 in Dos Palmas resort on Palawan Island. Security sources on Wednesday said a letter written by Ito is now in the custody of the authorities...
Philippine troops kill wanted Abu Sayyaf militant
AP Worldstream; September 18, 2010; JIM GOMEZ; 609 words ...who has been accused of helping kidnap three American and 17 mostly Chinese Filipino tourists in May 2001 from the Dos Palmas resort in western Palawan province.Hunted by hundreds of troops, the militants brought their captives by speedboat to...
Abu Sayyaf Member Killed in Basilan.(Main News)
Manila Bulletin; September 19, 2010; 453 words ...of the Abu Sayyaf group involved in the celebrated Dos Palmas kidnapping was killed on Sunday following a gunfight...the May 2001 kidnapping of 20 tourists from the poshDos Palmas resort in Palawan province, including American missionary...
Philippine troops kill wanted Abu Sayyaf militant.
The Kathmandu Post; September 19, 2010; 531 words ...who has been accused of helping kidnap three American and 17 mostly Chinese Filipino tourists in May 2001 from the Dos Palmas resort in western Palawan province. Hunted by hundreds of troops, the militants brought their captives by speedboat to...
Leading militant dies in Philippine shootout
International Herald Tribune; September 20, 2010; CARLOS H CONDE; 700+ words ...Filipinos from a popular Philippine resort, military officials said. Philippine...Filipinos from a popular Philippine resort, military officials said on Sunday...Abu Sayyaf militants raided the Dos Palmas resortin Palawan Province in the southwest...
Preserving the Architecture of Nature
Manila Bulletin; September 29, 2010; 700+ words ...train in various resortsall over the globe...ways to audit each resort's carbon emissions...the Zero Carbon Resorts organization are from Palawan such as Dos Palmas andresorts in El...the training, the resorts are given guidelines...Electricity forresort purposes are ...
Wanted Abu Sayyaf man nabbed in QC.
Philippines News Agency; November 3, 2010; 408 words ...alias Abu Sabaya, the self-styled ASG spokesman, were on the run with some hostages snatched from the posh Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan, including Americans Martin and Gracia Burnham and Guillermo Sobero. Some of the victims were either...
Philippine militant in attacks on Americans nabbed
AP Worldstream; February 2, 2011; 566 words ...European tourists, from the Malaysian resort of Sipadan in 2000, and abducted...and 17 Filipinos in 2001 from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan province southwest...by Libya. The other captives from Dos Palmas either escaped, had been freed after...
Tawi-Tawi PNP nabs Abu Sayyaf bandit linked to high profile kidnappings.
Philippines News Agency; February 2, 2011; 446 words ...months of captivity. Sali was also involved in the kidnapping of 21 people, including three Americans in May 2001 in Dos Palmas resort, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Khu said. The hostages were taken to Basilan province where some of them were...
ARMM police chief lauds cops for arrest of ASG member in Tawi-Tawi.
Philippines News Agency; February 3, 2011; 479 words ...s Witnesses in Patikul, Sulu. Sali was also with the group of Abu Sayyaf who kidnapped foreign tourists from Dos Palmas Beach Resort in Palawan and brought to Basilan. Latag said Sali who is now detained at the Bongao Police Station detention...
Abu Sayyaf kidnaps 3 Filipino fishermen, 1 worker
AP Worldstream; March 20, 2011; JIM GOMEZ; 640 words ...European tourists, from the Malaysian resort of Sipadan in 2000, and abducted...Filipinos from the Philippines' Dos Palmas resort the following year.The Sipadan...the three American hostages from Dos Palmas was beheaded, while a second was...
Philippine police: Abu Sayyaf kidnaps 3 fishermen
AP Online; March 20, 2011; 532 words ...European tourists, from the Malaysian resort of Sipadan in 2000, and abducted...Filipinos from the Philippines' Dos Palmas resort the following year.All the...the three American hostages from Dos Palmas was beheaded, while a second was...
Upcoming Class and Military Reunions, May 23
Whittier Daily News; May 19, 2011; 700+ words ...Oct. 1. Rancho LasPalmas Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage...Aug. 15; after $135.dos.amigos2@verizon...DoubleTree Guest Suites Anaheim Resort, 2085 S. Harbor Blvd...June 11. La Quinta Resort. 949-770-9945, dolecek...
Sulu Air Attack
Manila Bulletin; February 2, 2012; 700+ words ...bounty from the US, who wants him captured for his participation in the kidnapping of more than 20 foreigners in Dos Palmas resort in Puerto Princesa City in 2001 and series of kidnappings and bomb attacks in the ensuing years. Coballes said they...
A look at major terror attacks in Southeast Asia
AP Worldstream; February 2, 2012; The Associated Press; 613 words ...people, including Western tourists, from a Malaysian resort and take them to their Philippine stronghold on Jolo Island...Americans and other tourists are snatched from the Dos Palmas resort in the southwestern Philippine province of Palawan...
Philippines arrest Abu Sayyaf suspect in kidnap
AP Online; February 15, 2012; 270 words ...militants seized European tourists from the Malaysian resort of Sipadan in 2000 and three Americans and 17 Filipinos from the Philippine resort of Dos Palmas in 2001. The militants beheaded one of the Americans...
2 suspected Abu Sayyaf members in Basilan nabbed.
Philippines News Agency; March 15, 2012; 436 words ...kidnapping and frustrated murder. He was also linked to the May 2001 kidnapping of local and foreign tourists at the posh Dos Palmas resort in Puerto Princesa City. Police records show that Akalon was arrested in 2009 along with Dan Laksaw Asnawi, the...
It's Truly A Wonderful World!
Manila Bulletin; May 6, 2012; 700+ words ...spent a leisurely day at DosPalmas resort where the lunch buffet...beach. There are no resorts there but the clutch...to the Sheridan Beach Resort & Spa, minutes away...river for himself. The resort also hosted lunch for...
Suspect in Dos Palmas Kidnapping Arrested
Manila Bulletin; May 25, 2012; 362 words ...Linesis. Sailani is accused of taking part in the abduction of three Americans and several Filipinos from DosPalmas Island, an upscale resort in Palawan in 2001, Linesis said. The hostages were taken by boat to Basilan where the gunmen later beheaded...
Clark-Puerto Princesa Tourism Convergence
Manila Bulletin; July 10, 2012; 474 words ...through environmental conservation and guardianship. Also promoted are Taraw Beach Resort, Sheridan Beach Resort, Daluyon Mountain and Beach Resort, Dos Palmas Arreceffi Island Resort, Hotel Centro, and Asturias Hotel. Today, Air Asia and...
'Come Home Alive: Paradise Lost' Revisited
Manila Bulletin; July 27, 2012; 416 words ...hideaway in Palawan was visited by a nightmare. Gunmen from the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf stormed the beach of the Dos Palmas Island Resort and rounded up 16 tourists and four of the staff. Among them were Americans Martin and Gracia Burnham, who were...
Brillante Mendoza Bares Text Messages from Abu Sayyaf While Filming 'Captive'
Manila Bulletin; August 29, 2012; 700+ words ...told Bulletin Entertainment. "Captive" is an adaptation about those who were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan a few years back, told mainly from the perspective of a foreign missionary played in the film by two...
Brillante Bares Text Messages from Abu Sayyaf While Filming 'Captive'
Manila Bulletin; August 31, 2012; 700+ words ...told Bulletin Entertainment. "Captive" is an adaptation on the kidnapping of civilians by the Abu Sayyaf at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan a few years back, told mainly from the perspective of a foreign missionary played in the film by two...
'Captive' Serves as Eye-Opener
Manila Bulletin; September 5, 2012; 663 words ...representation of the notorious 2001 Dos Palmas kidnapping incident that not only...arrive stealthily at the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan during the wee hours...couple-seemingly representing Dos Palmas kidnapped missionaries Gracia and
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