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A robbery-massacre occurred at the branch of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) inside the Laguna Industrial Science Park in Barangay Pulo of Cabuyao, Laguna. [ 5 ] The crime occurred prior to the scheduled 9am opening of the outlet with customers alerting the police after the bank did not open as scheduled.
Kuratong Baleleng is an organized crime syndicate in the Philippines that was once an anti-communist, vigilante group. [2] [3] Considered to be one of the largest syndicates in the country, Kuratong Baleleng received nationwide attention due to their alleged end in a shootout with the Philippine National Police in May 1995 in Quezon City.
The Kuratong Baleleng is a crime syndicate who are known for major bank robberies in the Metro Manila and was one of the top monitored syndicates of the Anti-Bank Robbery Task Force. [3] The syndicate was spotted by the task force in a van and were pursued.
Name Date Location Deaths Notes Balangiga massacre: 28 September 1901: Balangiga, Eastern Samar: 48 [6] [7] (American soldiers): A mess area was attacked by hundreds of residents led by Valeriano Abanador during the Philippine-American War, marking the US Army's "worst defeat" since the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.
Chief Senior Supt. Isagani Nerez believed that the group was also involved in the recent gunbattle in Parañaque, as well as an armored van robbery in the University of the Philippines. [ 16 ] In 2009, the Waray-Ozamiz Gang robbed a Malaysian national named William Yeo, who owned a moneychanger shop in Ermita, Manila .
Jones Bridge Massacre (Task Force Clabio) is a 1989 Filipino crime action film based on an ambush on the Jones Bridge on June 8, 1989, in which two policemen were killed. [1] [2] Directed by Ben "M7" Yalung, the film stars Lito Lapid, Jackie Aquino, Eddie Garcia, Paquito Diaz, Berting Labra, Ruel Vernal, Robert Talabis, Rez Cortez, King Gutierrez and Edwin Reyes.
The whole Philippines and the world was shocked on March 17, 1957, when a Douglas C-47 crashed at Mount Manunggal in Cebu. One of the casualties was President Ramon Magsaysay. Officially, it was an accident due to mechanical problems. However, some claim that it was sabotage.
The Resorts World Manila attack was an attack that took place at the Resorts World Manila (now Newport World Resorts) entertainment complex in Newport City, Pasay, Philippines. 38 were killed and 70 were injured when a gunman caused a stampede after he set fire to casino tables and slot machine chairs around midnight on June 2, 2017.