philippine authorities maintained their policy of not paying ransom for the release of hostages,on the eve of a deadine set by a local bandit group that has been holding three people,including two foreigners,hostage months.
philippines,said the military will sustain its offensive against abu sayyaf in the southern island of mindanao to free the hostages.
without let up. we will not stop untill we find these criminals and rescue the hostages,mr padila said.
as their word get smallar,we wull eventually find them and hold them accountable for all their crimes
the abu sayyaf, a relatively small but violent jihadist group operating in the southern philippines, had threatened to behead of the three remaining hostages if a ransom of 300 milion pesos (about 563 milion baht) for by yesterday.