The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has lauded the proposed amendments to two laws that would strengthen the protection of the rights, dignity, and welfare of the country's domestic workers or kasambahay. In a statement, the CHR referred to the amendments to Republic Act No. 10361, the Domestic...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Police apprehended six individuals posing as employees of a prominent telecommunications company for allegedly stealing underground cable wires owned by a prominent telecommunications company worth P662,000 in Barangay Cotta here on Sunday, September 3. The suspects...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government revoked the business permit and closed a junk shop on Mabini St., Barangay 25 here on Thursday, July 6, after the establishment yielded P14.7-million worth of stolen batteries owned by two telecommunications companies on June 29. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo...
CAVITE – Authorities arrested two men who allegedly stole metal parts for a drainage rehabilitation project in Bacoor City on Wednesday, July 5. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspects as Carl Jefferson Fuentes, 29, and Daryl Casanova, 21. The suspects reportedly...
CEBU CITY – A 37-year-old American was arrested after he was allegedly caught stealing faucets from a mall in Barangay Talamban here on Thursday, June 29. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/AMERICAN_THIEF_45840dc630/AMERICAN_THIEF_45840dc630.jfif) JEREMIAH Michael...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested three persons for allegedly selling P15.1-million worth of stolen batteries from a telecommunications cell site to a junk shop on Mabini St. in Barangay 25 here on Thursday, June 29....
CAVITE – A security guard was arrested for allegedly stealing computers from an offshore business process outsourcing and contact center company in Bacoor City on Sunday, June 25. The Cavite Police Provincial Office identified the suspect as Darwin B. Onabia, 27 years old. Initial...
BACOLOD CITY – The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines lost copper ground wires worth P660,000 to thieves in Hacienda Aquiles, Barangay San Isidro, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Thursday, June 22. Major Ronald Santillan, Calatrava police chief, said they are now checking junk shops in...
CAVITE – Authorities arrested Naic’s most wanted person for qualified theft on Monday, June 19. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the suspect as Enrico M. Empleo, 21 years old. He was arrested by virtue of an arrest warrant issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 15 in Naic...
Senator Mark A. Villar on Wednesday May 10, sought a Senate inquiry into alleged continued proliferation of bank-related scams and frauds. This followed the filing by Villar of Senate Resolution 589 which asked the Senate leadership to direct the appropriate committee to conduct the hearing "with...
BACOLOD CITY – Police are probing the P9 million worth of jewelries and cash allegedly robbed from a shopping mall in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Feb. 16. Based on initial investigation, three unidentified persons allegedly forcibly entered the mall by...
A bill seeking to decriminalize qualified theft of coconuts and reclassifying it as “simple theft” has been filed in the Senate. Sen. Risa Hontiveros, in filing Senate Bill No. 1871, said there is a need to decriminalize qualified theft under Article 310 of the Revised Penal Code to simple...
