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Canada warns...
in the Sulu Sea, as well
as visitors to southern
Palawan
Island,
southern Negros Island
or Siquijor Island, may
also face an elevated
threat of kidnapping.
On April 9,
2017, the U.S. Embassy
in the Philippines sent
a security message to
U.S. citizens, indicating
that it has received
“unsubstantiated yet
credible information
that terrorist groups may attempt to
conduct kidnappings in Central Visayas,
which includes both Bohol and Cebu
provinces.”
The Philippine National Police
confirmed on April 10, 2017 the existence
of terror threats in Central Visayas following
an advisory of the US Embassy in Manila
to its citizens to avoid visiting the region.
PNP chief Director General Ronald
dela Rosa, in a press conference in Camp
Crame, said police in Central Visayas
monitored the threat in the region but
said the PNP was ready to thwart such
terrorist attacks.
The United States Embassy,
in a statement, said it has received
unsubstantiated yet credible information
that terrorist groups may attempt to
conduct kidnappings in Central Visayas,
which includes both Cebu and Bohol
provinces.
American citizens were advised to
carefully consider such an information as
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they make their travel plans, and to review
personal security plans, avoid large crowds
and gatherings, and remain vigilant at all
times.
Dela Rosa reminded tourists to
avoid travel to places with a history of
kidnapping or areas where the Abu Sayyaf
bandits are active.
The US had issued previous travel
warning in December last year in the wake
of terror threats from Sulu-based groups.
Security concerns were heightened
by the recent arrest of two ISIS members,
Husayn Al-Dhafiri, a Kuwaiti citizen, and
Rahaf Zina, a Syrian national, in a safe
house in Taguig City.
Philippine
President
Rodrigo
Duterte on April 10 assured tourists that
they have nothing to worry about despite
the warning from the US Embassy.
Before leaving for a three-country
swing in the Middle East, Duterte vowed
he would deal harshly with terrorists.
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