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Ducat’s daycare center for poor kids closing
For Armando Ducat Jr., an engineer who was charged for holding a busload of children hostage for several hours in 2007, the graduation on Friday of 130 students from the Musmos Daycare Center was both a happy and sad occasion.
A bittersweet homecoming for Ducat
MANILA, Philippines – It was a bittersweet homecoming Monday for 57-year-old engineer Armando Ducat Jr. who, after a warm welcome from students and parents of the Musmos Daycare Center in Parola Compound, Manila, learned that several students left the school he owns after he took several of them hostage in 2007.
Parents welcome Ducat's release
MANILA, Philippines--Parents of children who were taken hostage by daycare owner Armando Ducat Jr. in March 2007 welcomed his release on bail as an answer to their prayers.
Hostage-taker freed after posting bail
MANILA, Philippines—Armando Ducat Jr., a businessman and daycare center owner who pulled a dangerous publicity stunt last year when he held 26 children hostage inside a bus near Manila City Hall, walked out of detention on Christmas Eve after posting bail.
Daycare ‘hostage-taker’ posts bail
MANILA, Philippines—This could be Armando "Jun" Ducat's happiest Christmas.