Two kidnapped Chinese nationals were rescued in separate operations, the Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Group (PNP-AKG) reported. The PNP-AKG said Kang Xintong’s mother received a call from the kidnappers using her son’s WeChat account. The mother, who is in China, said the kidnappers first demanded RMB50,000 (P382,500) and another RMB20,000 (P153,000) after informing her that […]
A Quezon City court on Dec. 13 found three men guilty in the gruesome killing in 2010 of a Chinese couple and their agent.In a 51-page decision, Judge Marilou Runes-Tamang of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 97 found principal suspect Jaylord Dimal guilty of three counts of murder. Each one carried a penalty […]
One of the seven victims who were earlier kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf terrorists is now free.Colonel Gerry Besana, public affairs officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command, confirmed the release of businesswoman Helen Roda who was kidnapped together with her husband Rufo in August in Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte.Police reported […]
After 13 years, kidnap victim Michael Armas finally found justice on Oct. 3 after a Cavite court convicted kidnapper Virgilio Cupino guilty beyond reasonable doubt, according to social news network Rappler. Cupino was sentenced to reclusion perpetua, or 20-40 years’ imprisonment, by Cavite Regional Trial Court Branch 18 Acting Presiding Judge Jaime B. Santiago. He […]
Officers of the Chinese Filipino Business Club, Inc. paid a courtesy call on National Capital Region Police Office regional director Police Chief Superintendent Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar on Aug. 22 at the NCRPO headquarters at Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig City. The business group pledged to support the police force’s future endeavors, and discussed ways […]
Ballet Philippines, the country’s premier professional dance company, recently held a successful cultural tour of China from Aug. 17 to 27. On Aug. 19, the group performed at the new Shanghai International Dance Center as part of the Department of Foreign Affairs-Office of the Undersecretary for International Economic Relations (DFA-OUIER)’s cultural diplomacy project, an initiative […]
The Philippines brought home nine medals in the 8th Global Finals of “SPEAK!” English competition held at Singapore Science Center July 28-29. There were 168 students from Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Singapore and the Philippines competing. SPEAK! is a global English individual and team contest which tests the students’ listening, reading and writing skills. The individual […]
The #Flowers4Lolas Campaign, a gathering of former Filipino wartime sex slaves, descendants of other victims of Japanese wartime abuse, historians, students and other advocates, stages a Lighting of 73 Candles activity at the Redemptorist Church in Baclaran, Pasay City to reiterate its calls for justice for Filipino ‘comfort’ women on Aug. 14. Flowers4Lolas Campaign […]
August 28 marks the 31st anniversary of Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran, the research-based cause-oriented Tsinoy NGO based in Intramuros. After hurdling the 30th year milestone in 2017, Kaisa is gung-ho to meet the challenges of the next 30 years, Kaisa incumbent president Meah Ang See says. As practiced since 2001, Kaisa will have its annual […]
Kidnap victim Huang Bo Yu, 30, has been rescued, the P2.5 million ransom paid recovered. But the most unsettling aspect to this crime was that the alleged mastermind of the abduction is already in a maximum security prison. The four suspects arrested – Ronald Piloton, Joseph Hibek, Michael Austria and Jowie Talagsad – said they […]