1. Larry Bautista, an engineer of the Manila–based Terra Zyme Chemicals, said they managed to untie themselves and escaped when one of their captors fell asleep. «The experience made me closer to God.

2. The victims were engineers Romeo Rivera, a program manager working for the USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao project (USAID–GEM); and Reynaldo Rubio and Larry Bautista of the Manila–based Terra Zyme Chemicals; and their driver Amarano Lapus (not Isidro Amarano as earlier reported). They were brought to a military hospital in Zamboanga City where doctors examined them.

3. Engineers Romeo Rivera, a program manager working for the United States Agency for International Development’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (USAID–GEM); and Reynaldo Rubio and Larry Bautista, of the Manila–based Terra Zyme Chemicals; and their driver, Isidro Amaramo were reportedly seized by their escorts while they were inspecting a USAID–funded road project in Parang town on the island of Jolo, about '50 kilometers south of Manila.

4. Sealana identified the engineer as Romeo Rivera, program manager of the US Agency for International Development’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (USAID–GEM); engineers Reynaldo Rubio and Larry Bautista of the Manila–based Terra Zyme Chemicals; and their driver, Isidro Amaramo. «We have sealed off exits points in Parang town and established road blocks and checkpoints to prevent the escape of the kidnappers,» Sealana told Arab News by phone from Jolo. «We still don’t know the motive of the kidnappings, whether it was for ransom or work–related.» He said Rivera’s group was working on a road construction funded by the USAID in Parang town, while Rubio and Bautista, who arrived on Tuesday from Manila were inspecting the project.