{"id":18215,"date":"2026-01-12T10:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18215"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:15:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:15:47","slug":"soldier-takes-live-in-partner-hostage-in-zamboanga-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/soldier-takes-live-in-partner-hostage-in-zamboanga-city\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLDIER TAKES LIVE-IN PARTNER HOSTAGE IN ZAMBOANGA CITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>POLICE on Saturday arrested a Marine soldier after he allegedly took his live-in partner hostage following a quarrel over a post on social media.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The 27-year-old trooper is assigned at the Marine Battalion Landing Team 6 in Cotabato City.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>An investigation showed that prior to the hostage-taking, the soldier went to his partner\u2019s boarding house on Mango Drive in Bgy. Baliwasan on Friday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The suspect confronted his partner about her posts on TikTok and confiscated her phone.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>At the height of the fight, the soldier allegedly strangled the woman with a belt, pointed a gun at her, and threatened to kill her.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\"><strong>Police said the hostage drama went on through the night.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\"><strong>The following day, the woman screamed for help after the suspect refused to release her. Her screams were heard by her sister who was staying in a room upstairs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\"><strong>The sister immediately sought the help of the barangay officials who called the police.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\"><strong>Responding lawmen conducted a negotiation and managed to persuade the suspect to release the woman and surrender peacefully.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POLICE on Saturday arrested a Marine soldier after he allegedly took his live-in partner hostage following a quarrel over a post on social media. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18217,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18215\/revisions\/18217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}