MetroBriefs

Robbed down to last centavo

Two armed men armed with 9mm pistols robbed a convenience store in Manila of nearly P20,000 down to the last centavo and took the employees’ mobile phones Sunday morning. The robbers posed as customers before announcing the holdup at Mini Stop outlet at the corner of Tayuman and P. Guevarra Streets in Sta. Cruz. SPO2 Boy Cunanan of the Manila Police District-Sta. Cruz Station 3 said the incident happened at around 5 a.m. while store assistant manager Irene Villareal and another employee were manning the store. Cunanan said the robbers took a total of P18,794.75 from the cash register and took the two employees’ phones, worth a total of P7,000 before fleeing on foot.  Jeannette I. Andrade

Rape was bogus, stabbing real

Manila policemen responded Saturday evening to a rape complaint that turned out to be false, but stumbled upon a badly wounded street gang member who had been repeatedly stabbed in Tondo. Members of the police detachment in Moriones encountered Richard Tan, 25, a member of the so-called Commando Gang, as he was gasping for breath after being attacked. Tan was later pronounced dead upon arrival at Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Hospital. The policemen saw the stabbing victim in the street as they were heading back to the station after responding to a rape complaint in the Parola area. Jeannette Andrade

He knew holdup man, ‘Bryan’

A teenage call center agent was robbed late Saturday night by two men of over P60,000 cash near a hotel in Manila. Jonnel Negre, 19, of Barangay Holy Spirit in Quezon City, lodged a complaint before the Manila Police District–Sta. Cruz Station 3, against two men, one of whom he identified as “Bryan.” SPO2 Boy Cunanan, desk officer, said the alleged robbery happened at around 9 p.m., Saturday, near the Nice Hotel along CM Recto Avenue in Sta. Cruz. Cunanan revealed that based on Negre’s complaint, he was walking along CM Recto Avenue near the hotel when his path was blocked by two men, including Bryan, who announced a holdup, brandished fan knives, and divested him of his P67,000 cash. Jeannette I. Andrade