PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Mar. 28, 2013) – Two gunmen held up two collectors of a micro-finance company in the town of Dinas in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, police said.
It said victims – Redwadbin Apaon, 23, and Marham Libre, 22, – were held up at gunpoint in the village of Lower Dimaya. The two men are working for the Taytay sa Kauswagan, Inc.
Insp. Ariel Huesca, a regional police spokesman, said the victims were riding tandem on a motorcycle when the gunmen blocked their path and announce the stick up.
“Investigation disclosed that the victims, while on their way on onboard of their motorcycle, travelling from Barangay Poblacion in Pitogo bound to Pagadian City and upon reaching at said place, two unidentified persons armed with hand gun suddenly blocked their way then pointed their guns to both victims and declared hold-up,” he said, adding the gunmen took the victims’ collections amounting to P37, 000, including their cell phones. (Mindanao Examiner)
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