Citing threats of kidnapping and terrorism, the United States government issued a new travel advisory over the weekend, warning citizens not to go to Sulu and Mindanao.

In its new travel advisory dated Saturday, the US Embassy said the threat in Mindanao is such that US government employees must seek permission for travel to Mindanao or Sulu.

â??Many people who reside in or visit areas that face terrorist threats, such as in Mindanao, travel with their own security force, avoid an obvious presence, or both. In some areas of the Philippines, especially in Mindanao, visitors should avoid travel at night outside metropolitan areas," it said in its advisory.

"US Government employees must seek special permission for travel to Mindanao or the Sulu Archipelago. When traveling in Mindanao, U.S. official travelers attempt to lower their profile, limit their length of stay, and exercise extreme caution," the advisory added.

Also, it said US citizens contemplating travel to the Philippines should carefully consider the risks to their safety and security while there, including those due to terrorism.

It advised them to â??exercise extreme caution" in both central and western Mindanao as well as in the Sulu Archipelago.

The US advisory said kidnap-for-ransom gangs continue to operate in the Philippines, abducting two US children last January their home in Tagum City, Davao Del Norte.
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Danger, Will Robinson! DANGER!!!

Have a good one!:jointsmile: