Lost and not yet found

I met this person two  years ago. It was in December 2007, if I am not mistaken. He is (was) a good person and very approachable. I was in Surigao City that visiting his company. His company was one of our partners in Caraga Region.

Early this year, I heard news that he was missing and is believed to be kidnapped by unknown elements. The news didn’t directly register to me because I was with h  im in November 2008. Who would have thought that he is gone with no trace? It was my area manager who informed me in January that President Winston Cuiting of Rural Bank of Placer was kidnapped. It was when I asked when can we schedule the next fund release for the bank.

Until today, President Cuiting is still missing. A bounty has already been raised from P200,000.00 to P1,000,000.00 for whoever can pinpoint the location of the president or can share information of his whereabouts. Posters of him had already been scattered and plastered in public places around Mindanao.

The case of President Cuiting is also a loss for our company not only for Rural Bank of Placer in Surigao del Norte. Our company stand to earn about a million pesos this year if this uneventful had not occurred. More people particularly the micro enterprises in the province would had benefited more from the financial services of the bank.

I hope that favorable information to finding him would surface now or sooner. He was believed to be kidnapped last January 7, 2009.