Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco has fired a job-order employee implicated in the kidnap-for-ransom attempt in Muntinlupa City last week. The employee was one of the 10 suspects arrested by the operatives of the Southern Police District (SPD). Police said the suspects posed...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested on Thursday, Nov. 17, in Asturias, Sulu an Abu Sayyaf Group member allegedly involved in the abduction of broadcast journalist Ces Drilon and the decapitation of a school teacher in 2009. ABU Sayyaf kidnap suspect Ibrahim Esani Asara (left). Major William Maisog,...
TUBA, Benguet – The two women found dead on the side of a cliff in Sitio Inonas, Barangay Taloy Sur here on Monday, Oct. 31, are the daughter and niece of an active police officer. Staff Sgt. Albert Peralta Quiros of the Pozorrubio Municipal Police Station in Pangasinan identified the...
Have you ever seen or read Gone Girl? One lawmaker wants stiff legal penalties against individuals who stage their own kidnapping and disappearance, an act called fake or “hoax kidnapping", or "kidnap me". (Pixabay) Santa Rosa City Rep. Dan Fernandez filed House Bill (HB) 539, which seek to turn...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police have rescued a kidnapped Chinese woman in Barangay Alangilan, Batangas City. THE Chinese kidnap victim. (PRO 4-A FB) Police Regional Office 4-A director Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said the victim, a native of Shanghai, China, was allegedly abducted by...
A Chinese woman has been rescued by the authorities in Batangas after she was allegedly abducted by her foreign kidnappers, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed Friday, Oct. 7. (Photo from PNP-PIO) PNP chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said the 28-year-old victim was found by elements of...
At least nine people have formed a group and resorted to kidnapping-for-ransom and gun-running activities allegedly to finance their medical expenses for sex change, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) disclosed on Tuesday, Oct. 4. CIDG director Police Brig. gen. Ronald Lee said...
BATANGAS -- The Cuenca police are getting into the bottom of a kidnapping incident on Sept. 26 involving a married man who was arrested in 2015 on drug offense but was released on bail. The Cuenca police identified the victim as Remdzen Sison, married and a resident of Barangay Poblacion 1, in...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said professional poaching, not kidnapping, is truly what's happening and causing the controversy among Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) in the country. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda “Ano ba yung sinasabi nila na criminality? Ang nangyari...
Most of the kidnapping cases in the country occurred in areas in Metro Manila where most of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) and casinos are located, the Philippine National Police-Anti-Kidnapping Group (PNP-AKG) bared on Saturday, Sept. 24. (Photo courtesy of Pexels) In a virtual press...
What began as a "public service" announcement to warn her Facebook followers of a supposed kidnapping involving a white and a green van ended with a netizen facing a criminal case for spreading fake news. But what prompted the Philippine National Police (PNP) to file a case of violations of Article...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday, Sept. 16, that it has rescued a man who was allegedly abducted by armed suspects in Al-Barka, Basilan. (Photo by PNP) PNP Chief, Police Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said the male victim, whose identity was withheld for security reasons, was found alone...
