Telco logistics manager robbed of car in Pasig City

MANILA, Philippines—Car thieves struck again in Pasig City on Sunday, victimizing the logistics manager of a telecommunications company and taking away his Honda Civic Car in broad daylight.

The victim, Warren Ermac, 41, of Smart Communications, and resident of Barangay (village) Oranbo, Pasig, went to the police station on Sunday afternoon to report the robbery that happened just in front of a fast-food chain around 9:30 a.m.

According to a report submitted to the Eastern Police District headquarters, Ermac had parked his pearl white Honda Civic 2007 with plate number ZKE133 in front of a fast-food chain along Shaw Boulevard to buy food for takeout.

When he was about to board his car, two men in casual clothes armed with handgun appeared and declared holdup.

At first, the victim thought the robbers only wanted his money. But when he was ordered to hand them over the key to his car, he fought off the robbers.

The victim threw the key to the doorway of the fast-food chain and grappled for the gun, which one of the robbers was holding.

According to the victim, the robber overpowered him and struck him in the nape while the other robber scrambled to look for the key, the report said.

After finding the key to the car, the two boarded the vehicle and drove off to an unknown destination.

Superintendent Alfredo Masculino Calama-an, Pasig police’s deputy head, said they have alerted the police stations in Pasig City and issued a flash alarm across Metro Manila to recover the vehicle and arrest the suspects.

A similar incident happened a week ago after the victim also parked his vehicle in front of a fast-food chain. The robbers also waited for the moment the victim was about to board his vehicle before declaring the heist.