Heavily tattooed men found dead in Quiapo
By Jeannette Andrade, Philippine Daily Inquirer 08/03/2010
MANILA, Philippines—The bodies of two heavily tattooed gang members, believed to be victims of summary execution, were discovered early Tuesday, after they were dumped under a bridge in Quiapo, Manila.
Both members of the Batang City Jail had been strangled to death before they were dumped.
Police Officer 3 Jay Santos of the Manila Police District (MPD) homicide section identified the victims as Jimmy Reyes, 31, of Oroquieta Street in Sta. Cruz; and an alias “Ivan,” whom he described to be between 30 and 40 years old, with his hair dyed. Both men bore tattoos all over their bodies and were half-naked.
Santos said that their bodies were discovered by a street sweeper at around 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, near a shop under the Quezon Bridge in Quiapo.
The case investigator revealed that street sweeper Noel De Castro, of the Leonel Waste Management Incorporated, was cleaning the streets near a handicraft store under the bridge when he stumbled onto the bodies which were slumped on the concrete pavement.
He immediately sought police assistance from the MPD Sta. Cruz Station 3 Barbosa outpost.
Santos observed ligature marks around the necks of the bodies showing that they were strangled to death. The bodies were brought to the St. Yvan funeral parlor for autopsy and safekeeping.
Homicide investigators are conducting follow-up operations to determine the motive and to identify the killers.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20100803-284721/Heavily-tattooed-men-found-dead-in-Quiapo
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Hiding drugs in the Virgin Mary
NBP Director General Oscar Calderon told Pilipino Star Ngayon that Sanchez is suspected of selling shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) worth a total of P1.5 million to his fellow prisoners. The drugs were found concealed inside a statue of the Virgin Mary during one of NBP's random checkups. Sanchez has been known to collect icons of the Virgin Mary.
FROM: http://www.spot.ph/the-feed/46060/bilibid-inmate-ex-mayor-antonio-sanchez-caught-with-shabu-concealed-in-virgin-mary-statue
Friday, July 2, 2010
Woman falls to her death in Shangri-la Mall
Here's the report from SPOT.PH
http://www.spot.ph/2010/07/01/lady-dentist-falls-off-6th-floor-of-mandaluyongs-shangri-la-plaza-mall/
Dr. Mary Ann Magtoto, a dentist, died after falling six floors inside the Shangri-la Plaza mall in Mandaluyong City today, according to ABS-CBNNews.com. Reports say she landed on the second floor of the mall at 3:50 p.m. Police “have yet to determine if the woman jumped off or was pushed,” said ABS-CBNNews.com
Twitter was abuzz about the incident this afternoon. Twitter user NeilParas posted a picture of the scene, with the dead woman lying facedown on the mall’s floor. Another Twitterer, maitecaliente, posted a photo of Magtoto surrounded by bystanders.
TV host Drew Arellano, who was at Shangri-la Plaza at the time, Tweeted, “I’m on the 6th flr and people around me heard a loud smack… They took the body away. They covered the blood on the floor with white towels but red/brown color still visible.”
Here are the tweets from http://twitter.com/inquirerdotnet
Mandaluyong chief of police says dentist Mary Ann Magtoto who fell from upper floor in Shangri-La Mall DOA at 4:20pm--Beverly
Picture and report from ABS-CBS NEWS:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/07/01/10/woman-falls-6th-flr-shangri-la-mall
UPDATES:
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/195018/cops-probe-dentists-fatal-fall-in-mandaluyong-mall
...the victim did not show any effort to protect herself from the fall), the witness said. A man who identified himself as Dr. Peter Milaor claimed that victim was his cousin, and he positively identified her as Mary Ann. The report said Milaor claimed he was able to review the video recording of the mall's closed-circuit television (CCTV), which showed Mary Ann repeatedly going up and down the escalator, seemingly contemplating deeply on something.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/07/02/10/police-woman-shangri-la-mall-jumped-6th-floor
Superintendent Roseller Sta. Maria, deputy chief of the Mandaluyong City police, said a British national saw Dr. Mary Ann Magtoto jump from the 6th floor. Sta. Maria said the foreigner said in his sworn statement that he saw Magtoto climb the escalator's railing before jumping off.
Monday, June 21, 2010
The victim's face was wrapped in packaging tape
Man killed; body thrown into river
By Jeannette Andrade, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 06/20/2010
The decomposing body of a man was fished out of the Pasig River in Manila before dawn on Sunday.
Manila Police District homicide section investigators described the still unidentified half-naked victim as between 25 and 37 years old, 5’6” tall and of medium build.
His head was wrapped in packaging tape while his hands and feet were tied.
Case investigator Police Officer 3 Jaime Gonzales said in his report that a green towel was looped around the victim’s neck.
Gonzales added that the body was discovered floating in the river at around 3:45 a.m. yesterday near the Del Pan Elliptical Road in Ermita.
(It's interesting to note that in the past couple of years, victims have been found with their faces wrapped in packaging tape, their hands and feet bound, but this is the first time a body has been found floating in the Pasig. They are usually found dumped in some street corner. I wonder what makes this victim different. I also wonder if this victim also had stab wounds/gun shot wounds and if he had gang tattoos, like all the others.)
READ THE COMPLETE REPORT AT:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20100620-276653/Man-killed-body-thrown-into-river
By Jeannette Andrade, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 06/20/2010
The decomposing body of a man was fished out of the Pasig River in Manila before dawn on Sunday.
Manila Police District homicide section investigators described the still unidentified half-naked victim as between 25 and 37 years old, 5’6” tall and of medium build.
His head was wrapped in packaging tape while his hands and feet were tied.
Case investigator Police Officer 3 Jaime Gonzales said in his report that a green towel was looped around the victim’s neck.
Gonzales added that the body was discovered floating in the river at around 3:45 a.m. yesterday near the Del Pan Elliptical Road in Ermita.
(It's interesting to note that in the past couple of years, victims have been found with their faces wrapped in packaging tape, their hands and feet bound, but this is the first time a body has been found floating in the Pasig. They are usually found dumped in some street corner. I wonder what makes this victim different. I also wonder if this victim also had stab wounds/gun shot wounds and if he had gang tattoos, like all the others.)
READ THE COMPLETE REPORT AT:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20100620-276653/Man-killed-body-thrown-into-river
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Aswang Attack in South Cotabato
Boy survives 'aswang' attack
(RCB/With reports from Ramil Bajo)
SunStar Davao, September 25, 2004
THE "aswang," a creature that eats human flesh, may be brushed off as a creature of Filipino folklore and a product of the imagination in the olden days, but for a 16-year-old boy in Tantangan, South Cotabato, it is real.
Tata Porras, 16, of Barangay Cabuling in Tantangan, claimed his 14-year-old brother Michael was attacked by an aswang, which he claimed was disguised as a big black dog with red, glowering eyes.
Porras' descriptions aptly fit the physical appearance of the supernatural being who has the ability to transform itself into different forms while devouring a prey.
He claimed that he and his younger brother were sleeping in a small makeshift hut near their ricefield on the evening of September 22, guarding their farm ducks, when the incident happened.
The boys' parents were sleeping in their house just a few meters away from the ricefield.
"Aswang talaga ang nakita ko," Tata said, adding that the big black dog about three feet-high was about to bite the neck of his younger brother when he saw it.
"Nang kakagatin na niya ang kapatid ko, kinuha ko kaagad ang nakatago naming single shot na baril at binaril ko ang aswang (When I saw the 'aswang' about to bite my younger brother, I grabbed our single shot rifle and I shoot the 'aswang')," Tata said.
He said the "aswang" fled and was lost in the dark.
Prior to the alleged attack, Tata said he heard a squeaking sound outside the makeshift hut.
"Papalayo sa tinutulugan naming dalawa yung ingay," the boy said.
Michael was hit in his right leg when Tata fired the shot at the aswang. He was immediately brought to the South Cotabato Provincial Hospital (SCPH) for medical treatment.
Neighbors who rushed to the boys' location reported hearing Tata shouting, "aswang, aswang!" while pointing to a dark portion of the ricefields.
A local radio station carried the story on air, but some residents refused to believe the story, brushing this off a figment of the boy's imagination.
Others however believe it, citing personal accounts and stories they heard from their friends and relatives living in the allegedly aswang-infested localities in southern Philippines.
Based on the Filipino superstitious beliefs, the usual targets of the aswang are pregnant women and young children. It usually attacks on or before midnight.
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