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Fr. Pedro Galende, director of the San Agustin church and museum said he requested the NBI to send agents to help in the recovery of the Sto. Niño.


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Biz group to revive Manila’s tourist belt

By Rainier Allan Ronda | August 11, 2014 - 12:00am

A group of businessmen will launch today a cleanup drive to revive the Ermita-Malate tourist belt in Manila.

Metro

Ex-cop preying on Manila tourists strikes again

By Rainier Allan Ronda | June 23, 2014 - 12:00am

A dismissed Manila Police District (MPD) policeman said to be preying on tourists in the districts of Ermita and Malate in Manila struck anew Saturday morning, this time robbing a Kuwaiti tourist.

Metro

Manila cops nab 30 'undesirables'

By Nestor Etolle | October 26, 2008 - 12:00am

The Manila police apprehended at least 30 “undesirable characters” in a series of operations as part of security ...

Metro

Displaced ‘Japayukis’ to be given retraining

By Paolo Romero | March 14, 2005 - 12:00am

Overseas performing artists (OPAs) who will be displaced when Japan implements a stricter immigration policy on March 15 will get government’s help. Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye has assured that OPAs...

Headlines

NBI to summon 9 church employees over stolen Sto. Niño

February 26, 2004 - 12:00am

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is set to summon nine employees of the San Agustin Church in the ongoing probe aimed at recovering the stolen image of the child Jesus. The source said the nine church...

Metro

NBI joins hunt for missing image of child Jesus

February 24, 2004 - 12:00am

The National Bureau of Investigation has joined the probe into the theft of the 300-year-old image of the Child Jesus from the historic San Agustin church in Intramuros, Manila. Fr. Pedro Galende, director of the...

Metro

Security in Intramuros fortified

By Cecille Suerte Felipe | February 21, 2004 - 12:00am

Acting Tourism Secretary Robert Dean Barbers has ordered the tightening of security in Intramuros, Manila following the theft of a 300-year-old gold image of the child Jesus from the historic San Agustin Church last...

Metro

Another salvage victim found

October 12, 2002 - 12:00am

Another suspected victim of "salvaging" or summary execution was found early yesterday by garbage collectors in Intramuros, Manila. Homicide detectives of the Western Police District said the victim was...

Metro

WPD patrols get big boost

September 26, 2002 - 12:00am

The Western Police District (WPD) will hopefully catch more criminals who run into alleys and side streets with the acquisition of 50 motorcycles from National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO). "The 50...

Metro

Ermita police chief: Vigilantes sending a signal?

By Mike Frialde | March 8, 2002 - 12:00am

Ermita police station commander Superintendent Manolo Martinez hinted yesterday that the death of a heavily-tattooed man who was found dumped outside a popular mall in Manila’s tourist belt could be the work...

Metro