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750 stolen electric fans recovered

Manila Police District Anti-Carnapping Unit operatives  have recovered 750 electric fans worth P495,000  from a delivery truck that was hijacked early this week. Two truck helpers, Rolly Magos, 30, and Drexter Villagracia, 18, and Angeli Ginoo, who is suspected of helping her brother broker the sale of the stolen fans, were arrested in follow-up operations. The driver, Jose Morena, 39, and his alleged accomplice, Angelito Ginoo, are still at large.

The truck helpers admitted they were given P17,000 each by Morena but denied they knew about the driver’s deal with Ginoo. Erlinda Villaflor of Tech Strong Corp. in Tondo, Manila, reported the hijacking on Tuesday after she confirmed that the items were not delivered as scheduled on Monday.

A stakeout led to the arrest of Magos, who pointed to Villagracia’s whereabouts and the location of the abandoned  truck in Cavite. Police  arrested Angeli Ginoo in Trece Martires City. She said the buyer of the fans, Dharish Kohli, bought the items for P300,000.  Kholi voluntarily surrendered the items to show that he was a buyer in good faith after he learned  that these were stolen. Qualified theft, violation of the anticarnapping law and antifencing law were filed against the suspects. Erika Sauler

Fire razes Marikina videoke factory

A videoke factory went up in flames, destroying  about P5 million worth of properties in Marikina City on Thursday evening. The blaze started around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday at the warehouse and factory of Premier Videoke Corp. in  Barangay Parang.  After about seven hours, firefighters  declared the fire under control. There were no injuries  reported. The Marikina City Fire Station has not yet determined  the cause of the blaze.  Nathaniel Melican

Tesol certificate course at Claret

The internationally-accredited Tesol Certificate Course (for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) will be held from April 6-28, and April 8-12 at Claret School of Quezon City, UP Village, Diliman, Quezon City. The course is recognized by leading global universities, and is backed by the world’s leading practitioners of EFL/ESL (English as a Foreign Language/English as a Second Language). The course is recommended for professionals, teachers, fresh graduates or graduating students of any course, local or foreign  or for those who want to start a lucrative career as an English mentor of ESL/EFL students. The 120-hour course covers, among others, Principles of Second Language Acquisition, Methodologies in Tesol, Task-Based Teaching Approaches, Psycho Linguistics, Teaching Reading and Writing Skills, Pronunciation Training, and Student Assessment. To register, contact 9216587 loc. 266/0916-639-6896/09064391632 or email [email protected]. Discounts and affordable payment schemes are available.