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By Jessica Ann R. Pareja | November 13, 2011 - 12:00am
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A joint resolution creating the Metro Naga Coalition on Anti-Stunting and Literacy was signed by 18 local government units and key partners in Naga City on Thursday, according to the Second Congressional Commission on Education.
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Anti-narcotics agents on Tuesday, August 18, arrested four operators of a drug den in an entrapment operation in Barangay Upper Siling in Buluan town, Maguindanao del Sur, which was carried out with the help of Moro villagers annoyed by their illegal activities in the area.
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MANILA, Philippines — A Quezon City court has convicted seven people for kidnapping a 78-year-old Filipino-Chinese woman whose family paid P8.1 million in ransom for her release in 2025, the Department of Justice said yesterday.
According to the DOJ, the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 225 found the accused guilty of kidnapping for ransom. They were sentenced to life in prison, without eligibility for parole.
In a June 30 decision, the court ordered each accused to pay the complainant civil, moral and exemplary damages.
The kidnappers had demanded P500 million for the victim’s release, but it was reduced to P8.1 million after negotiations.
Despite payment of ransom on Sept. 7, 2025, the kidnappers held the victim captive until she was rescued by the police Anti-Kidnapping Group four days later.
Four others were acquitted by the court after “their guilt was not established beyond reasonable doubt.”
Court records showed that the woman was kidnapped at the corner of Biak na Bato and N.S. Amoranto streets in Quezon City on Sept. 2, 2025.
She was brought to Bacoor City in Cavite and in Batangas.
The DOJ did not disclose the names of the accused. No reason was given for not identifying the convicted kidnappers.
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An anti-corruption and civic watchdog is urging the government to stop the construction of a hydropower plant in Kalinga.
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Philippine National Police Chief Police General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. has ordered the Anti-Cybercrime Group to step up its online operations to remove photos and videos linked to the gun attack at Ateneo de Zamboanga University.
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