{"id":64007,"date":"2015-11-02T03:20:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T09:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=64007"},"modified":"2015-11-02T03:20:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T09:20:55","slug":"alleged-tanim-bala-scam-victimizes-a-senior-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/11\/02\/alleged-tanim-bala-scam-victimizes-a-senior-citizen\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged \u2018tanim-bala\u2019 scam victimizes a senior citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/shutterstock_1317858231.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64008\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/shutterstock_1317858231.jpg\" alt=\"(ShutterStock Image)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/shutterstock_1317858231.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/shutterstock_1317858231-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manila\u2014Another passenger at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay, City has been caught with a bullet in her handbag on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Nimfa Fontamillas, a 65 year-old grandmother was to board a plane to Singapore with her daughter, Menchu Tan, when airport authorities found a .9-mm bullet in her bag\u2019s side pocket when it passed the x-ray scanner at 5:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Clint Estandarte, Fontamillas\u2019 attorney latter arrived at the airport to represent his client. The Philippine National Police-Aviation Security Group said in an interview with Manila Bulletin that they had to use a knife in order to open the bag\u2019s pocket while Fontamillas and Estandarte were present.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod knows that I am not at fault. How could I be bring a bullet, when we don\u2019t have a gun in our house?\u201d Fontamillas told Manila Bulletin in Filipino.<\/p>\n<p>Tan said in the same report that she and her mother were flying to Singapore to see her 11-year-old son play football in the Singapore Singa Cup. \u201cMy son and his team left for Singapore via Philippine Airlines, while we booked on Tiger Airways,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Fontamilla was detained at the Philippine National Police Aviation Security Group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Duterte\u2019s resolution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, known for ruling Davao with an iron fist, said yesterday in his TV program \u201cGikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa\u201d that if the syndicate behind the \u2018tanim-bala\u2019 scam would be proven to have targeted innocent civilians in Davao, he would kill them. \u201cIf I\u2019d become a president, you\u2019ll be finished off. I will order your execution within 24 hours,\u201d said Duterte.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s incredible. Innocent people caught with .22 or 9-mm bullets? These people do not even own guns. They just travel to go home from abroad, or for vacation, or to attend meetings. You better stop it. I know that the PNP is conducting an investigation on this matter and I hope that it will really exonerate you,\u201d Duterte added.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte also called on the prosecutors in Davao city to investigate the case of Augusto Dagan, an engineer who was arrested when two bullets were found in his suitcase at the Davao International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou better study the matter very carefully,\u201d Duterte ordered Davao\u2019s prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pacquiao gives legal assistance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Manny Pacquiao of Sarangani province who is also the vice-chairman of the House Committee on OFW Welfare promised to have his personal lawyer give legal aid to alleged victims of \u2018tanim-bala\u2019 at the NAIA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese activities are destroying the image of the country and the reputation of innocent victims,\u201d Pacquiao said in the same report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manila\u2014Another passenger at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay, City has been caught with a bullet in her &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":64008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-64007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-rewrite","mauthors-katherine-padilla","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}