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Bizwoman, Grab driver robbed

Merlinda A. Pedrosa

A BUSINESSWOMAN and a Grab driver lost their cash, gadgets, motorcycle and vehicle to three unidentified assailants who robbed them at Boss Restaurant in Regent Pearl Homes Subdivision, Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City Tuesday morning, August 3.

Police identified the victims as Pearl Joy Dequena, 26, her boyfriend Patrick Ledesma, 29, both residents of Barangay Alijis, and Ray Calvario, 29, of Glendale Homes Subdivision, Barangay Granada.

Police Captain Elmer Bonilla, chief of Police Station 7, said that around 2 a.m., Dequena, the owner of the restaurant, Ledesma, and Calvario, a Grab driver, were inside the restaurant when three unidentified men, who were on board on a color gray sedan vehicle, stopped in front of the restaurant.

He said the three unidentified robbers, who were armed of unidentified firearms, went inside the restaurant and declared hold-up.

The robbers took three cellular phones, laptop and Toyota Wigo vehicle owned by Dequena and Ledesma. They also took the cellular phone, P10,000 cash and motorcycle of Calvario.

Bonilla said the motorcycle and vehicle were parked outside the restaurant and Calvario was only ordering a food when the perpetrators robbed them.

He said the Wigo vehicle was also found abandoned along Gonzaga Street in Barangay 25 Tuesday morning while the motorcycle is still missing.

He added they are still conducting a thorough investigation to determine the identity of the robbers, who are in their early 20s.

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