Nine dead in RCBC Cabuyao bank robbery
Nine people were killed and another critically injured when still unidentified suspects robbed the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) branch at Science Park in Cabuyao, Laguna Friday morning.
Seven of the casualties, who were found inside the bank, were identified as employees while another was a client. The ninth victim, a security guard on duty, was found outside. The fatalities were identified as Roberto Castro, bank manager; Ma. Theresa Umayam, teller; Olga Gonzales, new accounts teller; Benjamin Lidao, junior teller; Bernardo Lapaan, customer’s cashier; Noel Miranda, operational assistant; Juan Layva, janitor; Ferdinand Antonio, a client; and Aguilando Baltazar, security guard. All of them were shot in the head while two of them were seen near the vault. The crime is considered the bloodiest bank raid in the country’s history.
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May 18th, 2008 at 8:56 am
yesh…una ko sa wakas!!
May 18th, 2008 at 8:57 am
ded wawa aman huaha dami kasi populasyon sa mundo kaya nagbabawas na haha!!!
May 18th, 2008 at 10:51 am
cant believe you people actually find this incident funny
May 18th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
wow..condolences to their family..
May 18th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
sana mabitay o ma shoot to kill ang mga suspects kawawa kasi ang family ng mga naiwan ng mga biktima…
May 18th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
wawa talaga di mag kakaganito kung walang food crisis pati taasan ng presyo ng bilihin at langis! ><
May 18th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Dpat ibalik ang Death Penalty because of that…
May 18th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
nakikipagtrabaho lang ang mga yan swelduhan hindi nila pag aari … bat kailangan p nila patayin. di ba nila naisip na may mga pamilya mga YAN. sana lahat ng gumawa na yan PATAYIN nalang din wag u na iharap sa press PATAYIN NA agad.
May 19th, 2008 at 12:22 am
i really felt deeply sad when i saw this in the news last friday… those robbers don’t fight fair in life. they just live their life from other people’s money, and after they have taken what they wanted… they just shoot and kill their victims. i just hope and pray that these people should be caught right away and be brought to justice.
May 19th, 2008 at 8:19 am
OMG! grabe! ano ba nangyayari sa mga tao ngaun? wla nang mga awa.. haiixz.. condolence dun sa family na namatayan.. just pray for justice.. =(
May 19th, 2008 at 8:59 am
@1st of all :
This is not something to joke about.
Condolence to the victims’ family.
May 19th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
To Fiona:
Who the hell are you? Why do you have to drag people like Charo Santos and who si Dewdew? And how totally rude can you be by saying behlat to the victims? Are you a human being? Nag aral ka ba? To say behlat to innocent people who merely came for work that day at the RCBC branch, how could you say something like this? You must be out of your mind or you must not be human at all? You must be something of a lower life form.
May 19th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
To Fiona,
How could you say something like that.
Hindi ka ba naawa sa mga biktima? Eh kng sa kaanak mo kaya mangyari yun and someone say “behlat” to them. Matutuwa ka ba? I guess, wala kang pakialam….
May 19th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
kung sino man ang gumagawa ng karma, sana tamaan na yung gumawa ng mga karumal dumal na ito. Tska dun sa mga tao na insensitive sa balitang ito, tamaan sana kau ng lintik para nman magtino kau!!!!
May 19th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
mas mabuti kung may kapamilya na
kasama dun sa rcbc ang mga “tao”
diyan pra d cla gnyan mgsalita.
condolences at nhuli na mga suspects,
sna d na yan mkalabas at d palabasin!
May 19th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
To Fiona… you are not human, you are totally insane… ‘Wag sana mangyari sa yo ‘to at nang maintindihan mo ang pinagsasabi mo. You r really insensitive. Kawawa ka naman. Magsama na kayo ng killers. Duh!
May 19th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Ilang “Fiona” at “1st of all” pa ba ang natitira sa mundong ito? Ano ba ang puwedeng gawin para mabawasan sila sa mundong ito? Nope, ayokong gawin ang katulad ng ginawa ng mga RCBC killers. No way!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Dignity? Wala ka nyan Fiona, mahiya ka naman. Imbis na makiramay ka, binabastos mo pa ang mga biktima. Matakot ka sa karma.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Fiona — KAMPON KA NI SATANAS! LUMAYAS KA!
May 20th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Please don’t be cruel to persons like “Fiona” and “1st of all”… can’t you see? They obviously badly need attention!!! They’re sick already, let’s not make them sicker than they are now… Maybe we can give them a gift of understanding… Just let them say what they want, they don’t know what they’re talking about anyway… again, let’s understand them.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Fiona and 1st of all, I wish you all the best in life… don’t lose hope, it’s not too late… I suggest you listen to the song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” ;-P
May 20th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Mga kapatid, ang mga taong katulad ni Fiona at 1st of all ay di dapat kinamumuhian, kundi kinahahabagan… kaya lang naman sila nagkakaganyan dahil sa hirap na kanilang dinanas buhay na ito… sabihin na nating mahinang klase sila, pero tae, este tao pa rin sila… siguro if di na lang natin papansinin ang mga tulad nila, magiging mas mapayapa ang ating pamumuhay… subalit di ko sinasabi na wag tayong maging maingat… basta sabihin na lang natin na kailangan lang nila ng kalinga at pagmamahal, na sadyang pinagkait sa kanila ng tadhana… sa mga kriminal at tulisan, tingnan natin kung makakatulog kayo ng mahimbing hanggang sa pagtanda ninyo, yan ay kung aabot pa kayo sa ganun… naisahan na naman kayo ni Satanas… yari kayo
May 20th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
or baka naman si Fiona and !st of all ang one of the robbers? Especially to Fiona… parang galit na galit sa mga victims eh.. but anyway, guys, tama si observer, huwag na nating pansinin at baka sumikat lang siya.
To the family of RCBC Victims, condolences. We will always pray for them. Let’s pary that God will help us to solve this bloody crime. Let’s hope for the best. Again, this is too painful for the family and relatives of the victim. Imagine nyo na lang, nag report lang sila to work without knowing na last day na pala nila yun. Maiintindihan mo pa kung nalunod, lumindol, tinamaan ng kidlat or kung ano mang natural disasters eh.. kaso hindi, isang walang pusong tao lang tumapos ng life nila at ng life ng buong pamilya nila….
May 20th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
hmmm for the person who wrote
1st of all Says:
May 18th, 2008 at 8:57 am
ded wawa aman huaha dami kasi populasyon sa mundo kaya nagbabawas na haha!!!
you think it was funny? I hope you were one of those people who were there and be the 1st to die! i hope your life will be miserable. You are one poor child I say! Funny that you are happy to be the first to place your comment here too? well well ang baba ng kaligayahan mo. ano kaya utak meron ka? i think you are just as poor as those who are staying in the m. palace and corrupt officials who like to kill people.
May 21st, 2008 at 10:06 am
Oo nga, sa mga tulisan at mamamatay tao isipin nyo na lang na ang iyong kinakain at pinapakain sa mga anak/kamag-anak nyo ay may bahid na ng dugo ng mga pinatay nyo, mas masahol pa kayo sa aswang… patabain nyo ang iyong mga sarili at ang mga anak nyo sa dugo ng mga pinatay nyo… mga demonyo kayo, kahit ano pang dahilan nyo hindi makatao ung ginawa nyo, sana magdurusa kayo habampanahon sa ginawa nyo… at ganun din sa mga magnanakaw sa gobyerno, kung tutuusin kayo na ang pinakamasahol sa lahat ng kriminal kasi kayo ang dahilan ng lahat ng ito…
sa mga naging biktima, condolence din po… di ko ma-imagine gaano kasakit ang nangyari sa inyo pero life must go on, and siguro ‘yun din ‘yung gustong sabihin ng mga namatay…
May 21st, 2008 at 4:50 pm
lahat naman may karma sa mga ginagawa naten it’s either a good karma or bad karma. sa mga gumawa ng krimen na un bad karma sa kanila. di man nila maramdaman pa at nagpupunyagi pa sila sa mga pera na nalikom nila sa pagnanakaw may araw din sila. isa lang naman ang magpaparusa sa kanila e yung pinaka makapangyarihang tao at dun hindi nila magugustuhan ang parusa na ipapataw sa kanila. may rason man kung bakit nila ginawa ang krimen na un pero mali ung rason nila. marahil naman ay nasa pinagbabawal na gamot kaya si satanas ang may hawak sa kanila. lets just pray for their souls. sana matahimik ang kanilang kaluluwa at kung hindi man bahala na cla sa mga pumatay sa kanila malamang nakita nila ang mga mukha ng mga un at mabisita nila saan man nagtatago ang mga taong un.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Don’t find the issue funny! This is something to do with the lives of innocent people who work for their family but then ended up that way. Just want to give you (Fiona & 1st of all) an advise, always pray! God never pulls you down. If ever you 2 guys have problems, just ask Him on what you want in your life and He will surely give it to you. Don’t make your lives miserable!
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:01 am
I’m devastated to learn about this news…I was really shocked…
I hope and pray that this event would cause us to pray and ask the Lord for mercy and to heal our really dying land…
let’s pray, it’s all in God’s mighty hands now…
Godbless you guys…
and also, the issue is not just about “Fiona’ or “1st of all’, or about the victims or the killers but it’s actually about our poor and beloved country…instead of focusing our attention to them, “Fiona’ or “1st of all’ let’s just pray…
again Godbless…
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
These kinds of people are the people I fear for my unborn child. When me and my husband are trying to conceive, we always ask ourselves.. “Will we raise a child in this kind of world?” I guess we can never be out of these kind of people, we can only be the best parents and pray that our children don’t come across Satan’s people.
I dearly pray for the souls of the victims, their families and for those who find this incident a joke. This may not be new to us, it happens everywhere, everytime…but for those among us left with sympathy and hope, lets pray for God’s guidance and keep hoping that there is still chance even at least for our country.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:19 am
ay nako korek tlag si Observer for saying na don’t give too much attention kay Fiona at 1st of all.. Anyway I really felt bad when I heard the news, in fact I watched last nyt documentary in SOCO. I believe very professional tlga ang mga gunmen na yan or they must be ex militar who were so brutal to shut those innocent people. They’r not in the state of any drug but I believe they were under the force of Satan,, sobra tlaga.. how could these unmerciful robbers took away such lives easily.. Im sure at the end of the nyt di sila maka2tulog ng mahimbing unless nag tatake sila ng sleeping pills to get proper sleep. Lets believe that vegeance is not ours.. its God.. God is in control .. to those robbers, i know you too have families, unless sobra na manhid ng pagkatao nyo to did that horrible crime.. To the family of victims,, condolence.. may God pour His comfort and may somehow ease ur pain..
June 9th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
First my deepest condolonces to the families of RCBC employees who died there at the robbery, especially the three who were close to my heart..namely Mr. Isagani Pastor, Mr. Roberto Castro and Teresita. Three main characters there actually, I said they were close to me as I have worked with them for years..from another bank previously they worked for..YEARS, colorful..YES I was a banker too. Roberto..(betong) as we used to call him was my college friend and used to court me, Gani used to be the branch head in one bank in Calamba I used to worked for, he was my boss, I learned a lot from him too, we were like family inside the branch..So you see these three I mentioned here played a part in my life. As I am now working overseas, it’s not really that clear to me when I learned about what happened there, but as a banker too I know the risks they took just to have a decent living, to earn, to feed their families and to support the studies of their children, and help them realise their dreams..To those insensitive two here..1st of all and what’s the other’s name? i couldn’t remember..SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!, Imagine if those were your parents who were killed there? and nobody will love you and support you..To be an ORPHAN is not a joke..Any child doesn’t deserve to lose their parents and their dreams in that way!!!Siguro you two are very lonely creatures (NOT HUMANS) existing (NOT LIVING), ..A BACTERIA of the lowest form.. I will not wish na mag sorry kayo..hindi na nyan mababago ang klase ng pagkatao (?) nyo..SHAME ON YOUR PARENTS too, or there’s really a blood of criminals na dumadaloy sa mga ugat nyo…PATAWARIN sana NILA kayo at wag nyong maranasan ang dinaranas ng pamilya nila..