US visa fraud syndicate busted

The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) has busted a criminal syndicate engaged in illegal recruitment and visa fraud, arresting at least 20 suspects and seizing computers, various passports and other accessories used for the crime. CIDG chief Police Director …

Las Piñas pawnshop burglarized

MANILA – Unidentified suspects broke into a pawnshop in Las Piñas City Monday (December 26), seizing PhP850,000 worth of gadgets, jewelry, and cash on Monday. Reports said the employees of the Le-An Pawnshop at Unit 3, CAC Building along CAA …

Court to decide in 2 weeks where Arroyo must be detained

MANILA – The Pasay City Regional Trial Court Branch 112, the court hearing the electoral sabotage case of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, is now deliberating where the former head of state should be detained. Arroyo’s lawyers have asked the …

No Arroyo application for political asylum, Dominican Republic says

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MANILA – Reports claiming former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo sought political asylum in Dominican Republic was promptly quashed. A report from the Associated Press said Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso said he has not received an application for …

Video shows cop shooting unarmed suspect already on the ground

MANILA — A closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera has caught a policeman shooting an alleged robber who was already lying down on the ground. The footage of the shooting between police and three armed robbers, was taken in San Fernando City, …

Ramgen Revilla Murder: Questions and Implications

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Recent events and pronouncements in the murder case of Ramgen Revilla thicken the plot and dilute the credibility of the persons involved in this tragic episode in the Revilla-Bautista clan saga. Ramgen “Ram” Revilla (Bautista) fought his killers last 28 …

Senator’s brother killed

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A half-brother of Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. was killed in his home in Paranaque City before midnight on Friday. Reports said a gunman wearing a bonnet entered the 2-storey house of Ramgen “Ram” Bautista Revilla in BF Homes and …

Fire Starter

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“The flames were already billowing out of the windows,” Sr. Insp. Romeo A. Pepito Jr., chief of the Fire Arson Investigation Scene from the Bureau of Fire Protection, recalls. “It was a hopeless case—the firefighters couldn’t do anything anymore. All …