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$100K reward in Rebong killing
It is one of New England’s most intriguing cold cases. It’s been 11 years since Connecticut hotel employee Mark Rebong was killed by a bullet while driving to his office at the Danbury Hilton, and police have nothing to show but a couple of improbable theories. Mark would have been 39 today. “We may never […]
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The spy who comes home from the cold
By Cristina DC Pastor The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to send fugitive Michael Ray Aquino back to the Philippines after he has served most of his 76-month prison term for espionage. The move to extradite Aquino, accused in the 2000 killing of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito, must be […]
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• R.I. nanny files trafficking suit vs UAE colonel, wife • Visiting DLSU profs wow Washington
Classic case of human trafficking, if you ask the nanny’s lawyer. United Arab Emirate Colonel Arif Mohamed Saeed Mohamed Al-Ali and his wife brought their Filipina nanny to the U.S., promising to pay her fairly for a light amount of domestic chores. But when Elizabeth Cabitla Ballesteros got settled into the family’s home in Rhode […]
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Women’s advocate Pilar Pilapil survives stabbing attack
By Ludy A. Ongkeko, Ph.D. Actress-beauty queen Pilar Pilapil’s voice rang loud and clear on April 14 as a well-known advocate for abused women. Yet, her voice was unheard several hours later as she cried “help” as she was being stabbed repeatedly by two armed men. That same date, paradoxically and woefully, Pilar joined the […]