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                    [Title] => 7 get life for kidnap of elderly woman
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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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                    [Title] => Spy funds ni VP Sara ‘scam’ - Prosec
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Tinawag ni House prosecution panel Atty. Lorna Kapunan, pribadong tagausig ng House prosecution panel, na isang “scam” o ”panlilinlang sa taumbayan” ang umano’y maling paggamit sa P612 milyon na confidential funds ni Vice President Sara Duterte.

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                    [Title] => No fireworks as Cayetano, Matibag face off
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There were no fireworks during the confrontation yesterday between Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag despite their word war over alleged anomalies in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.

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                    [Title] => Defense: Opening sealed  box a fishing expedition
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The prosecution is engaging in a “fishing expedition” with its insistence on opening the sealed box containing the tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband Manases Carpio, her lawyer said yesterday at the resumption of her impeachment trial.

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                    [Title] => Palace: Kill plot against Dutertes hard to prove
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It would be difficult for the camp of Vice President Sara Duterte to prove that there’s an assassination plot against her and her family, according to Malacañang.

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                    [Title] => NBI exec sasalang sa Sara trial
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Ihaharap na ng House prosecution panel ang susunod nilang testigo kaugnay sa imbestigasyon ng National Bureau of Investigation sa umano’y banta ni Vice President Sara Duterte laban sa Pangulo at ilang opisyal ng gobyerno.

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                    [Title] => PolSci students watch ‘political circus’
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A 19-year-old political science student spent three days of his break between semesters watching the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte – in person.

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                    [Title] => New Zealand cyber experts weigh in on VP threat evidence
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New Zealand cyber experts have weighed in on local investigators’ use of digital forensic methods to show Vice President Sara Duterte’s Nov. 23, 2024 press briefing had not been altered before being presented as evidence.

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                    [Title] => 2 pulis, hinatulang ‘guilty’ sa pagnanakaw sa guro sa Cavite
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Hinatulan ng Regional Trial Court ang dalawang pulis kabilang ang isang policewoman ng walong taong pagkakakulong dahil sa pagnanakaw sa isang retiradong guro noong Agosto 2023 sa Imus City, Cavite.

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                    [Title] => Court junks Quiboloy plea for hospital arrest anew
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A Pasig court denied for lack of merit the motion of detained Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader Apollo Quiboloy to be placed under “hospital arrest.”

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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.

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