You lived in a community wherein you knew people since they were playing on the streets. Every day, you leave and comes back to the place where you think is the safest haven. Homeowners beware! There’s a new robbery holdup scheme that victimized residents. Robbery gang shifts target to nonexclusive residential communities. Kurukuro warns all...
On April 18, 2013, armed robbery group members robbed a resident from Barangay Mendez Crossing East, Tagaytay City, Cavite Province. According to the resident, he was awakened by a strange noise outside his bedroom and were quite surprise how come all his guard dogs were not barking. Suspicious on strange noise, he got his gun...
In 2010, Kurukuro reported a robbery gang that victimized female senior citizens (SYNDICATES TARGET SENIOR CITIZEN http://kurukuronimye.com/2010/08/syndicates-target-senior-citizens/) . The suspects’ modus to befriend unescorted female elderly, invite them to board their van and robbed them of their belongings. As soon as they got all the cash and valuables of the poor victim, they will...
Kurukuro reminds all public transportation passengers to be aware of new modus in jeepney holdup robbery scheme. Bolder and fearless, armed robbers on motorcycles blatantly wait for their victims on major thoroughfares and busy intersections with traffic lights of Metro Manila. Last week, a jeepney full of passengers made a full stop at red traffic light near the...
A barangay tanod (watchman) whose duty is to protect and serve the community can be a perpetrator as well. They are called Bantay Salakay. On December 30, 2012, police apprehended a barangay watchman for allegedly acting as the robbery group’s tipster. A male resident of Sta Cruz Manila said that their former security guard and...
Nowadays,it seems everybody has mobile phones even our very own *Inday, Manang and Manong. Most Filipino employers’ complaints are their domestic staff nonstop use of mobile phones. In most cases, household helpers are getting romantically linked to a complete stranger. Mobile phones play an important role in romantic relationships. There is growing trend where people...
Do you know that accessing confidential information from one person is easier than you think? Be careful in discarding old photocopier machines. A file is created and saved on the machine’s hard drive, for every document/picture you copy, print or scan. Most office copier machines are equipped with hard drive that stores scanned, faxed and...
Do you have senior citizen parents and grandparents living alone in their homes? Do they live with domestic staff only? If yes, Kurukuro highly advised to have a family member or relatives to stay and live with them. The following incidents below are enough proof that we must protect and secure our aged parents and...
“ AN ABDUCTED CHILD IS EVERYONE’S CHILD. “ from Amber Alert Does helping someone advisable nowadays? If you’re going to ask a 16 year old female student from Taguig City, she will strongly say NO! Her answer was based from her own experience after she was abducted by five unidentified men on September 19, 2012....
If you think parks and playgrounds are safe, some areas are not. To all homeowners and village residents, there is a new modus in village parks and playgrounds. In Las Pinas City, a 13 year old resident lost his laptop to a new friend whom he met in their village park. According to the...
Do you Know? Gasoline and roofing adhesive sealant are being used as drugs. Instead of rugby, out of school youth prefer gasoline and roofing adhesive sealant as their new drug of choice? Nowadays, rugby became scarce for these youths as the government implements stricter rules in availing rugby in hardware stores. No minors are allowed...
On July 31, 2012 at about 7:30PM, armed suspects, three men and two women, posed as passengers of a white FX Mitsubishi Adventure (famously known as FX taxi) forcibly took all cash and personal belongings of fellow passengers while on board the vehicle going to Pasay City. The taxi operator/driver of the Mitsubishi Adventure personally...
