AKO Bicol congressman Garbin robbed a day after party mate’s murder

Rambo Talabong

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AKO Bicol congressman Garbin robbed a day after party mate’s murder

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The robbery happens while Representative Alfredo Garbin Jr is at a press conference in Daraga, Albay, announcing the P15 million reward for the arrest of suspects in Rodel Batocabe's murder

MANILA, Philippines – A day after his fellow AKO Bicol representative Rodel Batocabe was killed, Representative Alfredo Garbin Jr got robbed on Sunday, December 23.

According to the police spot report, Garbin’s Legazpi City home was infiltrated at around 9:30 am by an unidentified suspect who took cash and checks worth P500,000 and wristwatches.

The robbery happened while Garbin was at a press conference in Daraga, Albay, where AKO Bicol and the provincial government of Albay announced their offer of P15 million for any information that would lead to the arrest of the mastermind and the accomplices in the murder of congressman Batocabe. 

Cops have requested for scene-of-the-crime experts to process the crime scene at Garbin’s house as of posting time. – Rappler.com

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Rambo Talabong

Rambo Talabong covers the House of Representatives and local governments for Rappler. Prior to this, he covered security and crime. He was named Jaime V. Ongpin Fellow in 2019 for his reporting on President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. In 2021, he was selected as a journalism fellow by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics.