When Disaster Strikes




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 Summer is here in the Philippines. Schools are closed. Our children are having the best playtime while some do extracurricular activities. While they are at it, we, parents, should take time to discuss earthquake and fire drills. Drills are safety activities that keep kids prepared for earthquake, flood or fire hazards. These activities show kids how to behave in an emergency situation and help increase children's safety awareness. Build a disaster kit with your kids so they will be aware of its use and the importance of having one inside our homes. Please go to http://kurukuronimye.com/2012/03/when-disaster-strikes/

Bluffing in MRT

On January 2012, two MRT passengers reported that they fell prey to a group of pickpocketing syndicates while inside the train. One victim caught the suspect but was quickly deceived by the suspects’ accomplices that he jumped out of the train.


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 Modus
Several members of a pickpocket syndicate will mingle inside a crowded MRT train. Once spotted a potential victim, one member of the robbery group will do the deed – steal the bag, wallet, mobile phone or laptop in a crowded train. If the victim will not notice the act of stealing, the robbery group successfully brings home the victim’s valuables for reselling.

For further information please go to http://kurukuronimye.com/2012/02/bluffing-in-mrt/

Gas Gangsta!!



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Is there a new crime wave going on? Residents have been gassed and burgled by robbery syndicates. Home burglars used a potentially lethal sleeping gas to incapacitate all occupants of the house before breaking in to rob all cash and valuables. After waiting outside the house for the gas to take into effect, they crawl back in and they take their time in looting every room for cash, jewelries and all personal valuables of the occupants.

To know more on the latest operandi, please go to http://kurukuronimye.com/2012/01/gas-gangsta/

For Rent!! Criminals Posed as New Tenants

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Loaded with cash and connections bigtime syndicates have a new modus to improve and expand their illegal operations – to pose as unsuspecting tenants to elude arrest and mislead government authorities of their safehouses. These criminals blend in with legitimate residents of gated communities and populated residential areas to victimize more people as well.

For more information on this article please go to http://kurukuronimye.com/2012/01/for-rent-criminals-posed-as-new-tenants/

Poison Ivy Escapes Again!!!



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Anamie Livrando known as “The Poison Ivy” escaped from Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Muntinlupa City by scaling the perimeter wall for the second time on November 19, 2011. The suspect, who posed as a housemaid, is responsible for poisoning and robbing 10 Chinese Filipino families. Her modus is to pose as a housemaid looking for a job. Once hired, she would feed household members with food laced with poisonous substances, then rob her employers of cash and valuables. At times, when the suspect cannot find a suitable employer, she will befriend security guards and beg them to recommend her to people looking for a housemaid.

Brief History of Arrests
On August 22, 2008, Manila police arrested the suspect in her hideout in Duhat Street, Project 7, Quezon City. She escaped in Manila City Jail by passing through a hole inside her detention cell on February 28, 2009.

On April 7, 2011, Quezon City police arrested a housemaid named Shanly Denega for qualified theft filed by her recent employer from Quezon City. It turned out the apprehended suspect was Anamie Livrando, known as Poison Ivy. She was convicted and detained for multiple frustrated homicide and robbery in CIW until her escape last Saturday.

Kurukuro believes that Anamie Livrando established friends and cohorts inside the Women’s City Jail. Friendship and connivance among jail detainees and a few jail guards are being considered as the main reason of her successful escape. She fled because...... for more information regarding Poison Ivy and her profile please go to http://kurukuronimye.com/2011/11/poison-ivy-escapes-again/

Akyat Bahay Gang Levels Up

Some impoverished Filipinos resort to illegal activity just to alleviate their families’ hardships. The Philippines was recently hit by typhoon Quiel directly affecting thousands of people and driving those more into poverty particularly in Bulacan, Pampanga and Tarlac Provinces. The combined impact of the storm, high unemployment rate, increasing prices of basic commodities and the much awaited Christmas season drive people to commit a crime. They are left with no choice especially if family members go hungry and sick.

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Home burglaries are not random.  Criminal elements like Akyat Bahay Gang usually put one community or building under surveillance for some time to find vulnerable homes. These criminals return while most residents are at work, in school or sound asleep. Akyat Bahay Gang members gain access inside a victim’s house by breaking into the sliding doors, windows and aircon duct. Nowadays, the group’s schemes have evolved, improved and gone bolder.
A house/ condo unit is considered vulnerable when:

• The whole family members are following a single routine wherein homeowners go to the office while kids go to school and go home the same time every day. Domestic helpers are the only ones left the whole day.
• The homeowner is always out. Frequent trips out of the country can be monitored by a tipster.
• All female residents can be magnets to robbery syndicates.
• Most residents are senior citizens with only domestic helpers to assist them.

If you want to know the latest trend in Akyat Bahay Gang, go to the official website on http://kurukuronimye.com/2011/11/akyat-bahay-gang-levels-up/ 

Turok Gang

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Recently, Kurukuro has received emails, text messages and Facebook (FB)  notices about a group of unidentified male suspects using spiked perfume samples in the parking lot to render victims unconscious then rob them of their personal belongings. Kurukuro has been monitoring all newspapers and news coverage to check if there are incidents similar to this case. Fortunately, no cases similar to this were reported. However, the Kurukuro administrator encountered one attempted carjacking/robbery incident wherein two male suspects used a drug spiked syringe to knock out a female victim and run off with her car and belongings in San Rafael, Bulacan Province.

On September 1, 2011, an unidentified man attempted to carjack the Toyota Fortuner of a female physician after she parked her car inside a compound of her clinic in San Rafael, Bulacan Province. The victim had come out of her car when the suspect approached and hit her leg with a sharp object wrapped in a newspaper. The victim immediately shouted for help before she passed out which prompted the suspect to escape. The shout for help was heard by the clinic’s utility worker and run after the suspect. Bystanders apprehended the fleeing suspect. The utility worker recovered a sweat shirt, belt, a blue bonnet and a syringe with needle cap wrapped in a newspaper thrown by the suspect in a drainage canal. During interrogation, the suspect admitted that he was asked by an unidentified mastermind to inject a chemical substance to the female victim so they can forcibly take her valuables and car.

To know more about the Turok Gang and safety tips please go to the official website http://kurukuronimye.com/2011/10/turok-gang/