Metrobriefs
Man caught red-handed with stolen cable wires
A MAN was caught red-handed stealing P60,000 worth of cable wires from a telecommunications company in Almanza Uno, Las Piñas City, Tuesday morning. Clifchard Babila, 28, a resident of Factor Compound in the city, was still cutting the wires when a concerned passerby told two barangay watchmen, Elvis Berces and Gerardo Bravo, about the theft. Babila was arrested at 5:25 a.m. with a hacksaw and seven meters of cable wire. He said it was his first time to steal and that he was forced to do it because he needed money. Private security investigator Rafael Jundos of Globe Telecom said that the company would file charges against Babila. Penelope P. Endozo
2 teens killed in collision with truck
TWO TEENAGERS riding on a motorcycle died after they figured in a collision with a 10-wheel cargo truck before dawn Tuesday in Pasay City. Chief Insp. Salvador Solana of the city police Traffic Enforcement Unit identified the fatalities as John Aldrin Mores and Godofredo Ocmer Jr., both 17 and residents of Malate, Manila. Both victims died instantly due to severe head and body injuries, police said. Investigation showed that the accident happened at 1:25 a.m. at the intersection of Roxas Boulevard and Edsa Extension in Pasay City. The victims, riding on a motorcycle and coming from Roxas Boulevard, were about to cross the intersection when the truck, which was traversing Edsa Extension, hit them. The truck driver, Orlando Pajarit, 41, of San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City, told police that he did not notice the motorcycle. The police said Pajarit would be charged with reckless imprudence resulting in double homicide. Tina G. Santos and Anna Bettina Pangalangan
Brothers sought in teenager’s killing
THE MARIKINA police are hunting down two brothers believed to be responsible in the killing of a 16-year-old boy and the wounding of a woman with an improvised gun on Sunday night. Senior Supt. Gabriel Lopez, Marikina police chief, said Tuesday that Ramir and Robin Catiis, residents of Barangay Malanday, Marikina, were being sought for the murder of their neighbor identified as Eduardo Balanes. Initial investigation showed that Balanes, a student, was walking on Kabayani Road in Malanday at around 10 p.m. on Sunday when the brothers shot him in the chest with a “sumpak,” a makeshift gun. Loyda Mirabueno, 29, who happened to be walking on the same road saw the shooting and shouted for help. Hoping to silence the woman, one of the Catiis brothers shot her in the abdomen, police said. Bystanders rushed the two to St. Victoria Hospital in Marikina City where Balanes was pronounced dead on arrival. Lopez said murder and frustrated homicide charges had been filed against the brothers with the city prosecutor’s office. The motive in the killing was still unknown but according to Lopez, there may have been bad blood between the victim and the brothers. Niña Calleja and Diosa Quiñones
7 men break into house, steal P100,000
SEVEN armed who posed as antidrug operatives barged into a house in Quezon City at dawn Tuesday and briefly held hostage two women. According to a report of the Quezon City Police District’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit, a resident in the area was hit by a stray bullet when the group fired several shots to discourage people from going after them. The women taken hostage were identified as Arlyn Dionio, 19; and Rowena Morales-Forteza, 38; both residents of Aries Street in Barangay San Roque, Quezon City. They were sleeping when the armed men broke into the house at around 2 a.m. and demanded to see a certain Mary Anne, an alleged drug pusher. The report said that the women were held at gunpoint while the group looted the house and took away all cash and valuables estimated at over P100,000. Nancy C. Carvajal
School to hold fun run on Saturday
ALUMNI of the Francisco Balagtas Elementary School (FBES) in Sta. Cruz, Manila, will hold a fun run on Saturday, April 30, to generate funds for the improvement of the school façade, the renovation and refurbishment of the cafeteria and collect seed money for the school’s Sagip Kamag-Aral foundation. The three-kilometer run starts at 6:30 a.m. featuring students of FBES and members of Batch 1972. One of the guests will be Palau Ambassador to Manila Ramoncito Mariño. Interested runners may go directly to FBES on Saturday. For more inquiries, contact Vicky Lizaso-Morelos at 0927-3585515.
