Saturday, July 22, 2006 (Philippines)

KIDNAPPING VICTIM Robert Philip Urgello with his mother Susan Urgello after visiting the CIIB office. (Sun.Star Photo/Amper Campaña) THE son of an affluent Cebuano family was kidnapped yesterday but released just a few hours later, although police said no ransom was paid. Robert Philip Urgello, 20, arrived at the Chong Hua Hospital past 6 a.m. yesterday to meet some classmates and give them a group report he finished the night before. Urgello, a fourth year nursing student at the University of Cebu, had decided not to attend classes because he was suffering from his asthma but delivered his report to his classmates. [full story]