Cops rescue Indian kidnapped in Tarlac

NUEVA VIZCAYA -- Police on Thursday rescued an Indian businessman who was abducted by four men in Bamban, Tarlac, on July 1.

Supt. Domingo Lucas, acting provincial police director, said policemen found Harjinder Singh, 34, handcuffed and tied to a tree near a resort in Barangay Masoc in Bayombong town at 3 p.m. Thursday.

Police discovered the kidnapping when two of the suspects, Ernesto Martin and Daniel Cruz, figured in a road accident in Barangay Ibung in Villaverde town on Thursday, using Singh’s stolen Hyundai Getz. Melvin Gascon, Inquirer Northern Luzon

PNP asks Pampanga banks: Install CCTVs

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- A police official in Pampanga has asked the 56 banks in the province to install closed circuit television systems in their premises to ward off robbers.

Pampanga police director Senior Supt. Keith Singian reiterated the advice after four men on Thursday took P1.7 million from two bank customers who withdrew the money from the Bank of the Philippine Islands in Barangay Dolores here. Tonette Orejas, Inquirer Central Luzon

Arraignment of suspects in RCBC massacre moved

BIÑAN, Laguna -- The arraignment of three suspects in the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.-Cabuyao robbery-slaying case was postponed Tuesday and reset on Aug. 14. Niña Catherine Calleja, Inquirer Southern Luzon

Telecoms giant helps in relief operations

ILOILO -- Telecommunications firm Smart Communications Inc. helped distribute relief goods to residents of areas in the Visayas and Mindanao who were suffering from the effects of Typhoon “Frank.”

Smart employees distributed a total of 1,500 relief packs during visits to Jaro, La Paz and Mandurriao in Iloilo and in the towns of Maitum, Kiamba and Maasim in Sarangani.

The packs contained rice, coffee, canned goods and personal care items.