Woman rescued from hostage taker

Norman V. Mendoza 09/28/2016

POLICE rescued a woman who was held hostage by her neighbor at Barangay Punta Engaño at past 8 pm Tuesday. Jessica Llait, a 44-year-old resident of Sitio Kalipayan, Barangay Punta Engaño had to endure more than an…

MARGOT’S DARE: SUE ME

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/12/2016

From being called “Ms. Babag” (Ms. Obstructionist) to a kidnapper. Things have escalated quickly for Cebu City Acting Mayor Margarita “Margot” Osmeña who is now being threatened by incoming city councilor Jocelyn “Joy” Pesquera with a lawsuit…

Baby kidnapping suspect still in jail

Apple Ta-as, Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/22/2016

SHE may have been forgiven, but Melissa Londres, the suspect in the kidnapping of an infant, won’t be leaving jail anytime soon. Londres’s boyfriend Winfred Almeria, however, was released from detention yesterday after the city prosecutor found…

Baby, parents go home, attend probe on suspects

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Apple Ta-as, Chito O. Aragon 01/08/2016

FOUR days after losing and then regaining their baby, Jonathan and Jayvee Celadenia went home with their newborn son Prince Niño at 4 p.m. yesterday. Charges of kidnapping and serious illegal detention  were filed with the  Cebu…

Baby theft

Editorial 01/07/2016

  In snatching   baby  Prince Niño from a hospital, call center agent Melissa Londres said she was desperate to keep her boyfriend from leaving her. She was an instant mother for less than two days. Police traced…

KIDNAP CHARGE FOR TWO

Apple Ta-as 01/07/2016

A desperate young woman.  A fake pregnancy.  And in the end, love that was not returned. For two-days, 26-year-old Melissa Londres lived the illusion of being a first-time mother. After her arrest on Tuesday night, police said…

Call center agent admits to taking baby from mother

Apple Ta-as 01/06/2016

The 26-year-old call center agent admitted to reporters that she took the baby named Prince Niño from his mother at the government-run Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) last Monday. Melissa Londres said she is sorry for…

INFANT RESCUED

Apple Ta-as 01/06/2016

Police arrest  call center agent and her boyfriend for bizarre kidnapping Police last night rescued a newborn infant who was snatched from the Vicente Memorial Medical Center less than 36 hours earlier. An informant’s tip led to…

She was scouting for a baby boy

Apple Ta-as 01/06/2016

FROM the blue bassinet with matching pillows, to the fake white scrubs she wore at the hospital, the actions of 26-year-old Melissa Alilin Londres showed that her abduction of a newborn baby were well planned. Why did…

Paco now works as a chef in Spain

Juli Ann M. Sibi 09/10/2015

Six years after being transferred from the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City to a Spanish prison, Francisco “Paco” Osmeña Larrañaga is working part-time as a chef. “He is employed and he is earning…I’m happy and proud…

Husband files kidnap charges against wife

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/07/2015

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) today filed criminal charges against a woman for forcibly taking his husband to a psychiatrist. Christine Tan Sy, who was arrested by the NBI agents in an operation last Wedneday, was…

5-year-old boy rescued from tutor

Chito O. Aragon 01/22/2015

A five-year-old boy from Bacolod City was rescued from his alleged abductor Tuesday night in a dormitory in Cebu City. Allan Quilbio was arrested in a joint operation of the Eastern Visayas and Central Visayas units of…

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