AIR FORCE MAN FACES CHILD ABUSE RAPS
A 32-YEAR-OLD Air Force man was arrested by police on accusations that he has been living with a 15-year-old girl in barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City.
Airman 1st Class Marlo Bocog of the Philippine Air Force based in Mactan Benito Ebuen Airbase in Lapu-Lapu faces child abuse charges.
The girl’s parents sought the help of police after their daughter failed to go home since October 28.
The girl is a fourth year student at Marigondon National High School.
The parents learned of their daughter’s whereabouts through her classmate who said she had a friend from the Air Force living in sitio Sudtongan in Basak.
Accompanied by parents, police went to the sito and found Bocog and the girl near the house where they live.
Bocog told police that he didn’t force the girl to live with him. He said she decided not to go home yet.
Police said the girl admitted that she and Bocog had a relationship but she was threatened not to go home.
Police said the girl was brought to a hospital in Cebu City for a medical examination.
Police said charges will be filed against Bocog on Monday./CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA
P18,000 LOST IN OFFICE
CASH worth P18,000 was stolen from a company owned by a Chinese national in barangay Lower Tabok, Mandaue City.
Police suspect an inside job in the theft of Marscel Marketing owned by Mark Anthony Dy Po, 34, of barangay Labogon, Mandaue.
SPO1 Dionesio Dela Peña of the Basak police station said investigators found no signs of forced entry in the office.
Po said the missing money was kept in a drawer.
Police said Rhu Xin, a close friend of Po who lives in the same building, contacted the victim after discovering the burglary past 3 a.m. last Thursday./CORRESPONDENT FE MARIE D. DUMABOC