Video shows kidnapped priest in Philippines (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Kidnappers holding an elderly Irish Catholic priest hostage in the southern Philippines have released a video of their captive in which he says two million dollars must be paid for his release.
Typhoon Mirinae batters Philippine capital (The Globe and Mail)
Typhoon Mirinae is the fourth storm to lash the northern Philippines since late September and brought new hardship to areas still struggling in the wake of the previous disasters
Philippine captors hold priest for $2 million (MSNBC)
Captors of a 79-year old Irish missionary kidnapped in the southern Philippines have released a video in which the priest says his abductors are demanding $2 million to release him.
Local News (u.tv)
The Irish government has insisted no effort would be spared in freeing an elderly priest kidnapped in the Philippines after his abductors demanded a $2 million ransom.
Irish priest s abductors ask $2M ransom (Sun Star)
PAGADIAN CITY — Kidnappers of a 79-year-old Irish priest in Mindanao have released a video of their captive in which the victim says $2 million must be paid for his release. read more
Typhoon cuts power, triggers fresh floods in Manila as thousands evacuate (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
MANILA, Philippines – A powerful typhoon crashed into the Philippine capital Saturday with pounding rain and strong winds, causing a massive power outage, downing trees and bringing fresh floods to areas still partially submerged from a recent deadly storm.
Arroyo visits Mindanao areas (Sun Star)
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal Arroyo visited Thursday several areas in Eastern Mindanao, gracing events that have something to do with the government’s peace initiatives. read more
Kidnapped Irish priest seeks aid of Philippine, Irish governments (EARTHtimes.org)
Pagadian City, Philippines – A kidnapped Irish Catholic priest has asked for the help of the Philippine and Irish governments to secure his freedom, a video sent to Filipino authorities showed Saturday. Columban missionary Michael Sinnott, 79, also s…
Philippine captors hold priest for $2 million (MalaysiaNews.net)
MANILA, Philippines – Captors of a 79-year old Irish missionary kidnapped in the southern Philippines have released a video in which the priest says his abductors are demanding $2 million to release h…
Typhoon on track to hit flooded Manila (The Age)
Typhoon Mirinae, the fourth cyclone to wallop the Philippines in a month, is barrelling towards the capital, Manila, where some districts are still submerged by recent massive flooding, forecasters say.
