President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo greets kidnapped Italian missionary priest Rev. Giancarlo Bossi upon his arrival Friday in Malacañang from Zamboanga City. Bossi, 57, said he did not believe he would be freed until he was dumped Thursday night along a road where police picked him up. (AP photo)
MANILA -- Italian priest Giancarlo Bossi, who was kidnapped by Islamic militants, broke down in tears Friday as he described his six weeks of captivity in the Philippine jungle.
Bossi, freed overnight after days of negotiations with the militants led by a former Islamic rebel, said he was repeatedly forced to march through the jungle at gunpoint as his captors tried to evade the authorities.
MANILA -- Westen Mindanao Regional Police Director Jaime Caringal said that Italian priest Giancarlo Bossi, who had been released by his captors Thursday night in Lanao del Norte, was not given much food by his kidnappers.
CEBU CITY -- The image of the military and the police has always been battered with corruption issues, but the two agencies are among those getting a boost from a recent survey among businessmen who were asked to rate their sincerity.
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Government troops were deployed to track down 16 inmates, including four terrorists from the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf, who escaped from the provincial jail of Basilan on Friday, police said.
