This was the first time in my life to experience robbery inside our home. 12 January 2017, probably around 1:30 am, I was asleep. Hours earlier, at around 10:20 pm, I informed my employer via Skype that I would be … Continue reading Robbery: My First Brush With Crime (As a Victim)
Four women were on their way to Bangkok, Thailand Sunday evening, 2 January 2017, for a vacation together with their “employer” named Jeanett Reyes. But they were intercepted by the Bureau of Immigration after they were interviewed at the airport. Continue reading Jeanett Reyes: One Act, Two Crimes
It’s over 80 years now, and still no one is certain who pulled the trigger that shot Assemblyman-elect Julio Nalundasan on 20 September 1935. It seems that someone really got away with murder. Continue reading The Julio Nalundasan Case
The Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez murder case happened more than twenty four years ago and the perpetrators are already convicted and in jail. However, a single news about the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law brought this case up again. Continue reading The Eileen Sarmenta-Allan Gomez Murders
Stockholm Syndrome is associated with captivity which became known after a failed bank robbery in central Stockholm, Sweden in 1973. Continue reading Stockholm Syndrome
Desaparecidos, in Spanish, means disappeared or missing. It is a term used for the victims of forced or involuntary disappearances. Most of the victims are political or union leaders, or outspoken activists. Continue reading Desaparecidos
Lim Seng, alias Gan Suo So, owned a restaurant, a printing press, mining interests, and other legitimate businesses to cover his illegal activities. He became Metro Manila’s version of Walter White during that time. Continue reading The Public Execution of Lim Seng
