Two senators - Imee Marcos and Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa - seek a whole of government approach on the inflow of foreigners with questionable backgrounds and the rise of kidnapping cases caused mostly by the Philippine Overseas Gaming Operator (POGO) operations that affect the country’s...
Senator Grace Poe is set to file a resolution urging the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs to conduct an inquiry into the reportedly increasing number of kidnappings in Metro Manila and Luzon. "An abduction case is one too many. We cannot allow this situation to threaten our...
The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) clarified on Friday night, Sept. 9, that the alleged kidnapping of a Chinese national by his compatriots was not the same incident that was caught on CCTV, the footage of which has gone viral. 'NOT KIDNAPPING BUT ROBBERY' -- A 30-second CCTV footage...
A closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage caught a horrifying kidnapping attempt of a Chinese national by his fellowmen along the Metro Manila Skyway in Paranaque City last month. A 30-second CCTV footage shows the horrifying kidnapping attempt of a 28-year-old Chinese man in Parañaque City on...
RIZAL, Cagayan – Police said no students were kidnapped here on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Major Magno Catubag Jr., chief of police here, denied that several students were taken in Barangay Rizal according to a Facebook Live post of a resident. Catubag said that police went to the area to verify the post...
House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Nonoy Libanan is calling on the Philippine National Police (PNP) to act on the spate of alleged kidnap for ransom (KFR) incidents in Metro Manila before they become a bigger problem. SPATE OF KFRs--PCCCII officers led by President Lugene Ang met with House...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) said Wednesday, Aug. 31, that no house help was abducted in Estancia, Iloilo early this week. ESTANCIA POST “The allegation is not true,” said Police Senior Master Sgt. Francisco Lindero Jr. of the IPPO Public Information Office...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-8 on Tuesday, Aug. 30, belied reports that a teenage girl was kidnapped by men onboard a white van in Naval, Biliran Saturday, Aug. 20 and said the girl admitted she lied about the incident which circulated on social media that day. “Upon...
CAMP BRIG. GEN. VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Charges have been filed against seven men allegedly involved in the abduction and murder of former delivery rider Eugene del Rosario on Aug. 16 in Taal, Batangas. The Taal police led by Police Major Dante Lalap Majadas, family, and witnesses referred the...
As concerns about increasing kidnapping tries grow every day, the Philippine National Police (PNP) warned the public on Friday, August 26, that spreading false information on social media about the matter could land them in jail. Police Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr., Chief of the Philippine National...
TARLAC -- Police authorities here arrested five suspects who were trying to abduct a Malaysian national at around 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 24. Reports reaching the Philippine National Police said that the victim was driving his SUV along McArthur Highway in Brgy Anupul Bamban, Tarlac when...
SARIAYA, Quezon – A man abducted in a gasoline station in Taal, Batangas Wednesday, Aug. 17, was found dead on Eco-Tourism Road in Sitio Pontor, Barangay Bignay 2 here Thursday, Aug. 18. A FORENSICS team secures the area where the body of delivery rider Eugene del Rosario was dumped in...
