FOCAP to BI: We’re wrong group to ask about Atyani’s accreditation
The Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) told the Bureau of Immigration that it cannot issue a certification on missing Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani because visiting...
View ArticleStrict policies on rebel interviews sought
House committee on national defense and security chairman Muntinlupa Representative Rodolfo Biazon on Friday said that members of the media should no longer be allowed access to rebel camps.
View ArticleJordanian journalist, 2 Filipinos still alive in Abu Sayyaf lair
Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani and his two Filipino companions – Ramelito Vela and Rolando Letrero – remain alive at the Abu Sayyaf lair in Sulu, where they have been held since June 12, according...
View ArticleAl-Qaida-linked militants free 2 Filipino hostages
Abu Sayyaf gunmen have freed two Filipino members of a Jordanian TV journalist's crew believed to have been kidnapped by the al-Qaida-linked militants in June last year as they set out to interview the...
View ArticleAbu Sayyaf clashes with MNLF troops after freeing 2 Filipino captives
Kidnappers have released the two Filipino crew members of Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani, just as reports surfaced that members of the Moro National Liberation Front have clashed with Abu Sayyaf in...
View ArticleJordanian reporter recovering after PH kidnap ordeal
A Jordanian TV reporter on Thursday described escaping captivity by Islamic militants in the southern Philippine jungle following an 18-month kidnap ordeal that saw him lose a third of his body weight.
View ArticleFreed Jordanian names Abu Sayyaf kidnapper
A Jordanian journalist has identified the leader of an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group that held him for a year and a half in the jungles of the southern Philippines after luring him with a promise of...
View ArticleAtyani says he escaped due to lax security at Abu Sayyaf camp
"Now I see the light of freedom. My freedom is back.”
View ArticleJordanian journalist may be flown to Manila—PNP spokesman
If his physical condition permits, freed Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani may be brought to Manila, a spokesman for the Philippine National Police said Thursday .
View ArticleJordanian journalist expected back in Manila–PNP
The Jordanian journalist who escaped his Abu Sayyaf captors is expected back in Manila later this Friday, the Philippine National Police said Friday.
View ArticleJordanian journalist arrives at PNP headquarters in QC
Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani, who was freed by the Abu Sayyaf after being held captive for a year and half, has arrived at the Philippine National Police headquarters in Quezon City.
View ArticleAtyani glad to be back, looks forward to family reunion
Former Abu Sayyaf captive Baker Atyani looked gaunt, but smiling, in his loose-fitting dark green shirt he wore the first time he set foot in the Philippines in 2012.
View ArticleFreed Jordanian thanks Filipinos, looks forward to seeing kin
Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani talked to the media on arriving in Manila on Friday but begged off from recounting the details of his 18-month abduction by Islamist militants. He is returning to...
View ArticleJordanian journalist, 2 Filipinos still alive in Abu Sayyaf lair
Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani and his two Filipino companions – Ramelito Vela and Rolando Letrero – remain alive at the Abu Sayyaf lair in Sulu, where they have been held since June 12, according...
View ArticleArab TV reporter disappears in Sulu
A veteran Middle Eastern TV reporter who had interviewed Osama bin Laden months before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has disappeared with his two Manila-based crewmen while on a reporting trip on Jolo...
View ArticleJordanian journalist, 2 Filipinos probably kidnapped in Sulu, says ex-kidnap...
A former kidnap victim believes that Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani and his Filipino companions Ramelito Vela and Rolando Letrero were abducted in Sulu. The post Jordanian journalist, 2 Filipinos...
View ArticleJordanian news team just missing, not kidnapped, Palace insists
Malacañang and authorities in Sulu still would not confirm reports that Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani and his Filipino companions Ramelito Vela and Rolando Letrero were abducted in Sulu. The post...
View ArticleMilitary deploys team to locate missing Jordanian journalist, companions
The military is locating Jordanian TV journalist Baker Atyani and two Filipino crew who have been listed as missing in Sulu since last week. The post Military deploys team to locate missing Jordanian...
View ArticleNo MNLF official involved in Atyani affair
An official of the Moro National Liberation Front in Sulu decried Thursday a claim by the local police that a senior MNLF leader as among the people allegedly holding Jordanian TV journalist Baker...
View ArticleRobredo: Abu Sayyaf holding Atyani, crew
Interior Secretary Jesse M. Robredo on Saturday confirmed that veteran TV journalist Baker Atyani of Al Arabiya and his two Filipino cameramen were being held hostage somewhere in the jungles of Sulu...
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