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Breaking News: Bo’s Coffee Katipunan Hold Up
According to my sources, Bo’s Coffee Katipunan branch was held up by 2 robbers on a motorcycle. It happened just before noon today, Friday, May 4, 2007. This is the second time Bo’s coffee was robbed. I’m not sure on the other details of what happened, how much was taken or if customers were robbed too or not. In the first holdup, my sources said laptops were taken from the customers. I was going to blog about this before but a few days lapsed before I had the time to do so and I thought nevermind, I don’t really know the details anyway. However, this second time, I think it may well be worth writing even if details of the event are not complete, just to let people know and be aware. Crime along Katipunan Avenue or at least reports about it have increased the past few years.
Anyway, to get back to the news, the first time the holdup happened was a Sunday morning, about the same time as today’s holdup. That was roughly two months ago. Before it was a Sunday which was a weekend and now a Friday, a weekday. These robbers don’t really pick a certain day of the week. People have been speculating that they are already “suki” of the robbers or maybe it was an inside job. The security they had for the daytime was only 1 guard while they had 2 guards for night time. My sources also speculate that these are the same robbers who robbed them last time. A lot of policemen, mobile units came right after the incident today which gave reason for my sources to go and check out the story for themselves.
Pancake House also had its share of a holdup last year in September, also by men on motorcycles. See this link on aboutmyrecovery.com for more information. Could this be a growing trend along Katipunan? Anyone out there who knows additional information or related news, please post here and provide your links!
UPDATE: May 8, 2007
I just found out another link, the Ateneo Online Bulletin, that gives a more detailed story of this robbery incident. Go to this story directly here.
May 4th, 2007 at 8:19 am
Red Ribbon in Jupiter ave, makati was robbed just last april 30 and injured 2 women in the process.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view_article.php?article_id=63195
May 4th, 2007 at 8:50 am
its a good thing that i dont drink coffee.
well what can i say there is no more safe here..
May 4th, 2007 at 10:01 am
no more safe place.
June 15th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
last night, june 14,2007 thursday i was at Bo’s coffee,katipunan. I ALMOST GOT SHOT. the guard was standing less than two feet away from me (inside the cafe..ground floor)i was in front of my laptop so i wasn’t really paying attention to what he was doing when all of a sudden i heard a very very LOUD explosion. he fired his SHOT GUN!!!!!! FREAK!!!! he could have killed me or the girl beside me! and all he said was he didn’t know it was loaded.what the???it was so careless! i was so shocked and traumatized. good thing he hit the chair instead! but what if this happens again and a person gets hit????? the owner has not apologized for this incident yet. THUNDERBIRD is the name of the agency. they should really really be punished for handing loaded guns to staff who are obviously not trained! it is so irresponsible!i still can’t believe it!
April 24th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
grabe, a lot of things have been going on at Bo’s last year… at least this year, all i heard was a movie (or tv series?) shooting at Bo’s. So far, they’ve increased security guards and put security cameras accdg to my sources. Will have to take a look for myself one of these days.
@chin: this is a bit delayed but sorry to hear what happened to you. greatest fear ko yan whenever i pass by a guard with a large shotgun… pointed downward.. or sideways. it can really happen pala. does anyone out there know where we can report these things so these security people (& shop owner) can be forced to take these reports seriously?