Hole found under Quezon City bank vault
By Nancy C. Carvajal, Philippine Daily Inquirer
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20090925-226902/Hole-found-under-Quezon-City-bank-vault
A two-meter deep hole directly under the vault of a Quezon City bank was found on Wednesday by security guards, leading police to believe it was the work of robbers.
Chief Supt. Elmo San Diego, Quezon City Police District director, said a robbery could have been foiled with the discovery of the hole beneath the vault of a Banco de Oro branch on Tandang Sora Road in Quezon City.
Supt. Alex Sintin, commander of QCPD Station 3, said the diggings were found Wednesday afternoon behind the bank in Barangay Sangandaan.
Sintin theorized that the robbers could have started digging last week because of the long weekend break.
He said police had, since the discovery, been monitoring the area to find out if those who dug the hole would come back. “Up to now, no one has returned. Apparently they knew that we had been on the lookout for them,” Sintin added.
The diggings were traced to a lot near the bank where three shanties shielded by tall grass had been erected.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
The Trinoma Suicides
Today's report on the supposed suicide in SM Fairview made me search for these news items:
Dead on arrival (November 15, 2007)
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20071115-100983/MetroBriefs
MALL goers were surprised when a man jumped from the upper floor of the Trinoma shopping center in Quezon City and landed on another man on Tuesday afternoon. Zeno Jerome Pilar, 24, of 1802-A Florentino St. in Sampaloc, Manila, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center, according to reports of the Quezon City Police District. Initial investigation revealed that Pilar, an engineer, jumped from the mall’s upper floors and landed on Rico Abendan who was seated on a bench at the Trinoma activity center. Abendon was also brought to the VMMC where he was treated for a fractured left foot. Police are still trying to determine why Pilar jumped. Marlet D. Salazar
Man falls to his death at TriNoma By Thea Alberto (May 16, 2008)
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20080516-137053/Man-falls-to-his-death-at-TriNoma
MANILA, Philippines -- A man died after he fell from an upper floor of an upscale shopping mall in Quezon City Friday, police said.
The still unidentified man was found lying dead on the ground floor of TriNoma’s carpark building, said Superintendent Franklin Mabanag, Quezon City police district chief for criminal investigation unit.
A report on dzMM Teleradyo said the man, believed to be in his mid or late 20’s, may have committed suicide.
But Mabanag said police were looking at the possibility of foul play.
From the blog of "siopaomaster" dated November 14, 2007 : "NOT FOR THE WEAK STOMACH. Around 6:30pm. someone jumped and killed himself. Photos courtesy of my Informatics students"
http://siopaomaster.multiply.com/photos/album/122/Suicide_Trinoma
GMA News' report on the November 2007 Trinoma suicide
http://www.gmanews.tv/largevideo/related/14193/QC-cops-probe-fall-of-man-in-Trinoma
Dead on arrival (November 15, 2007)
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20071115-100983/MetroBriefs
MALL goers were surprised when a man jumped from the upper floor of the Trinoma shopping center in Quezon City and landed on another man on Tuesday afternoon. Zeno Jerome Pilar, 24, of 1802-A Florentino St. in Sampaloc, Manila, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center, according to reports of the Quezon City Police District. Initial investigation revealed that Pilar, an engineer, jumped from the mall’s upper floors and landed on Rico Abendan who was seated on a bench at the Trinoma activity center. Abendon was also brought to the VMMC where he was treated for a fractured left foot. Police are still trying to determine why Pilar jumped. Marlet D. Salazar
Man falls to his death at TriNoma By Thea Alberto (May 16, 2008)
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20080516-137053/Man-falls-to-his-death-at-TriNoma
MANILA, Philippines -- A man died after he fell from an upper floor of an upscale shopping mall in Quezon City Friday, police said.
The still unidentified man was found lying dead on the ground floor of TriNoma’s carpark building, said Superintendent Franklin Mabanag, Quezon City police district chief for criminal investigation unit.
A report on dzMM Teleradyo said the man, believed to be in his mid or late 20’s, may have committed suicide.
But Mabanag said police were looking at the possibility of foul play.
From the blog of "siopaomaster" dated November 14, 2007 : "NOT FOR THE WEAK STOMACH. Around 6:30pm. someone jumped and killed himself. Photos courtesy of my Informatics students"
http://siopaomaster.multiply.com/photos/album/122/Suicide_Trinoma
GMA News' report on the November 2007 Trinoma suicide
http://www.gmanews.tv/largevideo/related/14193/QC-cops-probe-fall-of-man-in-Trinoma
Suicide in the Mall
Student jumps to his death in mall
By Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Posted date: September 19, 2009
http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20090919-226021
A student of a computer school jumped to his death from the third floor of a mall in Quezon City on Friday night reportedly because of personal problems.
The apparent suicide, Danilo Jadd Coronel, 18, landed on the ground floor food court of the SM Fairview mall on Quirino Highway after taking the plunge at around 6:45 p.m.
Case investigator Police Officer 2 Joycelyn Marcelo of the Quezon City Police District’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit said the victim was a student of STI College and a resident of Camus Extension in Malabon City.
“The victim had a personal problem and he also left an alleged suicide note for his parents,” Marcelo said without providing details.
Initial investigation showed that Coronel and a friend, Crystal Enriquez, were walking in front of Story Land on SM Fairview’s third floor at around 6:45 p.m. Friday.
Coronel suddenly jumped from the third floor and crashed on the ground floor food court, sending his friend Enriquez to seek help from mall nurse Jennifer Subjano.
Subjano, along with customer relation service supervisor Chona Lopez and building official Bryan Balino, rushed Coronel to the FEU Medical Center.
However, the victim was declared dead on arrival by attending physician Dr Eden Lazala at around 7:20 p.m.
OTHER REPORTS ABOUT THIS SUICIDE:
Teen jumps to death in mall
(The Philippine Star) September 20, 2009
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=506817&publicationSubCategoryId=65
Student jumps to death in mall
By: Joel dela Torre, Journal Online
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2009-09-20&sec=1&aid=103313
Estudyante nag-suicide sa mall
Jethro Sinocruz, Abante Tonite
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/sep2009/crime_news2.htm
By Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Posted date: September 19, 2009
http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20090919-226021
A student of a computer school jumped to his death from the third floor of a mall in Quezon City on Friday night reportedly because of personal problems.
The apparent suicide, Danilo Jadd Coronel, 18, landed on the ground floor food court of the SM Fairview mall on Quirino Highway after taking the plunge at around 6:45 p.m.
Case investigator Police Officer 2 Joycelyn Marcelo of the Quezon City Police District’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit said the victim was a student of STI College and a resident of Camus Extension in Malabon City.
“The victim had a personal problem and he also left an alleged suicide note for his parents,” Marcelo said without providing details.
Initial investigation showed that Coronel and a friend, Crystal Enriquez, were walking in front of Story Land on SM Fairview’s third floor at around 6:45 p.m. Friday.
Coronel suddenly jumped from the third floor and crashed on the ground floor food court, sending his friend Enriquez to seek help from mall nurse Jennifer Subjano.
Subjano, along with customer relation service supervisor Chona Lopez and building official Bryan Balino, rushed Coronel to the FEU Medical Center.
However, the victim was declared dead on arrival by attending physician Dr Eden Lazala at around 7:20 p.m.
OTHER REPORTS ABOUT THIS SUICIDE:
Teen jumps to death in mall
(The Philippine Star) September 20, 2009
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=506817&publicationSubCategoryId=65
Student jumps to death in mall
By: Joel dela Torre, Journal Online
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2009-09-20&sec=1&aid=103313
Estudyante nag-suicide sa mall
Jethro Sinocruz, Abante Tonite
http://www.abante-tonite.com/issue/sep2009/crime_news2.htm
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Woman killed and set on fire
Taguig cops find woman’s body set on fire
reported by Niña Catherine Calleja
THE BODY of a still unidentified woman, who may have been killed earlier according to police, was set on fire on the sidewalk of C5 road in Taguig City Monday past midnight. Police Officer 2 Allan Corpus, Taguig police investigator, said mobile patrol men were making the rounds in Barangay Fort Bonifacio at around 12:30 p.m. when they noticed a fire across the street near McKinley Hill Village.
Upon checking it, the lawmen were taken aback to find out a burning body of a woman. Corpus said the face of the woman was already beyond recognition after the police put out the fire.
The woman, wearing black upper undergarment and short pants, may be killed first before she was set on fire for the purpose of hiding the crime, Corpus said. Police found four cigarette butts and a folded shirt reeking of flammable fluid, Corpus said.
REPORT FROM THE INQUIRER:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20090916-225391/Metrobriefs
reported by Niña Catherine Calleja
THE BODY of a still unidentified woman, who may have been killed earlier according to police, was set on fire on the sidewalk of C5 road in Taguig City Monday past midnight. Police Officer 2 Allan Corpus, Taguig police investigator, said mobile patrol men were making the rounds in Barangay Fort Bonifacio at around 12:30 p.m. when they noticed a fire across the street near McKinley Hill Village.
Upon checking it, the lawmen were taken aback to find out a burning body of a woman. Corpus said the face of the woman was already beyond recognition after the police put out the fire.
The woman, wearing black upper undergarment and short pants, may be killed first before she was set on fire for the purpose of hiding the crime, Corpus said. Police found four cigarette butts and a folded shirt reeking of flammable fluid, Corpus said.
REPORT FROM THE INQUIRER:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20090916-225391/Metrobriefs
an UPDATED report by Marlon Ramos
A “trained killer” could be behind the gruesome slaying of a still unidentified woman whose charred body was found near an upscale subdivision on C-5 Road in Taguig City the other day, police said Wednesday.
Senior Supt. Camilo Cascolan, Taguig police chief, said the assailant crushed the woman’s hands before setting the victim on fire apparently to destroy her fingerprints and hide the crime.
He added that it was possible that the victim knew her killer.
“With the way she was murdered, the killer may have been very angry with her. The killer also seemed to know how to hide the crime because the victim’s fingerprints were completely destroyed,” Cascolan said.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
The Davao Death Squad
Vigilante-style attacks attributed to the Davao Death Squad (DDS) have resumed here and in other parts of southern Mindanao since August, claiming the lives of at least 22 more victims, officials said.
THE REPORT CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE VICTIMS WERE EXECUTED
READ THE COMPLETE REPORT AT:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090911-224645/Davao-Death-Squad-22-more-victims
The situation is “disturbing,” State Prosecutor Antonio Arellano said. Fifteen cases have been reported in August and seven others in just four days of this month alone, he said.
Since 1998, more than 900 people, including those with criminal records and juvenile offenders, have been victims of unexplained killings in Davao City.THE REPORT CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE VICTIMS WERE EXECUTED
In nearby Digos City, the latest victim was a young unidentified male, possibly a minor, whose body was dumped in a grassy area of Purok Catleya in Barangay Tiguman at around 5 a.m. on Wednesday.
Chief Insp. Anthony Padua, Digos police chief, placed the victim’s age at 15 or 17 years. “He was stabbed at least 17 times in the head, neck, back, arms and belly,” he said.
In the late 1990s, the killers rode on motorcycles and gunned down their victims, most of whom were known to be gang members and illegal drug peddlers. But recently, the killings were done by stabbing.
Some victims were murdered just minutes after their release from prison, while others were executed days after they committed a crime.
In some cases, the DDS warned families of would-be victims.
READ THE COMPLETE REPORT AT:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090911-224645/Davao-Death-Squad-22-more-victims
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Woman allegedly sets self on fire
"Woman trader allegedly sets self on fire" By DJ Yap
Philippine Daily Inquirer
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20090909-224403/Woman-trader-allegedly-sets-self-on-fire
A businesswoman having deep financial troubles allegedly set herself ablaze while driving her car with her stepdaughter still inside the vehicle Wednesday morning in Rodriguez town, the police said.
But the police said they were not yet prepared to declare the case of Antonia Golez, 58, a widow, as a suicide pending the results of the crime scene investigation and the questioning of the victim’s stepdaughter Princess Rose Ann, 18.
Based on the initial report, at about 8:42 a.m. Golez was driving her Nissan sedan, with plate number TMD -729, along a zigzag road in Barangay San Jose, with Princess in the passenger seat, when the victim allegedly reached for a gasoline container.
Princess told investigators her stepmother doused herself with gasoline and set herself on fire using a lighter while the car was still moving, said Supt. Felipe Abigan Jr., chief of the Rodriguez police.
“Princess escaped by jumping out of the car. When she came to us, she had bruises on her body,” Abigan said.
Eyewitnesses told investigators that “there was no attempt” on the part of Golez to get out of the car, the official said.
Golez, who had a transport business in the town, was reportedly depressed about her financial problems.
The two had gone on a trip to Quezon City to borrow money from someone and were on their way back home when the incident occurred, Abigan said. “Princess said they were not quarreling and were just having a normal conversation when it happened,” he said.
After Golez set herself ablaze, Princess jumped out of the moving car which kept going until it stopped when it hit the gutter, Abigan said.
Firefighters came too late to rescue the businesswoman, who was burned beyond recognition. The car was also totally razed. A scene-of-the-crime operations team processed the scene.
As of press time, Princess was still being held and questioned at the Rodriguez police station. Abigan said she would be released once the investigators had ruled out any foul play in the case.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20090909-224403/Woman-trader-allegedly-sets-self-on-fire
A businesswoman having deep financial troubles allegedly set herself ablaze while driving her car with her stepdaughter still inside the vehicle Wednesday morning in Rodriguez town, the police said.
But the police said they were not yet prepared to declare the case of Antonia Golez, 58, a widow, as a suicide pending the results of the crime scene investigation and the questioning of the victim’s stepdaughter Princess Rose Ann, 18.
Based on the initial report, at about 8:42 a.m. Golez was driving her Nissan sedan, with plate number TMD -729, along a zigzag road in Barangay San Jose, with Princess in the passenger seat, when the victim allegedly reached for a gasoline container.
Princess told investigators her stepmother doused herself with gasoline and set herself on fire using a lighter while the car was still moving, said Supt. Felipe Abigan Jr., chief of the Rodriguez police.
“Princess escaped by jumping out of the car. When she came to us, she had bruises on her body,” Abigan said.
Eyewitnesses told investigators that “there was no attempt” on the part of Golez to get out of the car, the official said.
Golez, who had a transport business in the town, was reportedly depressed about her financial problems.
The two had gone on a trip to Quezon City to borrow money from someone and were on their way back home when the incident occurred, Abigan said. “Princess said they were not quarreling and were just having a normal conversation when it happened,” he said.
After Golez set herself ablaze, Princess jumped out of the moving car which kept going until it stopped when it hit the gutter, Abigan said.
Firefighters came too late to rescue the businesswoman, who was burned beyond recognition. The car was also totally razed. A scene-of-the-crime operations team processed the scene.
As of press time, Princess was still being held and questioned at the Rodriguez police station. Abigan said she would be released once the investigators had ruled out any foul play in the case.
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