Friday, February 22, 2008 (Philippines)

THOSE ARE THE ROBBERS. Employees of A1 Financial Services, a lending company, identify two of the suspects from police photographs. (Sun.Star Photo/Amper Campaña) THREE men armed with pistols robbed a money lending firm located just a block away from the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) headquarters yesterday afternoon. Robbers pulled off the heist in less than 10 minutes, taking P25,000 in cash and three cellular phones from A-1 Financial Services Inc.’s branch along Gen. Maxilom Ave. Not a single shot was fired during the robbery past 2 p.m. yesterday, the first major heist in the city this year, a police official said. [full story]