...Jolo island, keep the group intact and mount a rescue operation, Adan said. Cagayan de Tawi Tawi lies between the Palawan island group, where the hostages were seized, and the Jolo island group. Abu Sayyaf claimed it split the hostages into...

...at the hospital. Adan said many of the hostages seized Sunday when rebels raided the Dos Palmas Island Resort on Palawan island were in the hospital or in other areas around Lamitan, about 280 miles southeast of the resort and 560 miles south...