Robinson's Galleria Ortigas Ave/Manila -early crime incident :(

crime rate is very alarming. it does not happen only in the philippines but everywhere. it does not happen only in manila but everywhere in the country. that's why being a parent, i always feel scared for my kids when they go out or they go out and stay late at night. besides, even in your own house, crime could happen.

Grabe! Bank robbers are now so courageous. How could those robbers passed by the guards of the mall without them seeing their weapons? It's scary indeed that these bank robbers can just rob a bank at the earliest part of the day.

I think it is a drastic response to close all banks that is located inside the mall. I get your point but these banks are really very helpful and much accessible to most people cause they have longer banking hours and convenient. But we can't also deny the fact that due to the unselfish act of those who want to do harm in order to gain money the easy way affects the lives of the innocent people. In the past crimes such as this is done discreetly but now the "bad guys" are also targeting locations that are crowded such as malls and other public places. What I suggest is to deepen the security and protection of such establishments. I just wish that the stricter implementation of actions during mall hours such as the inspection of bags and not allowing weapons in the premises is not only implemented when the incident was done already.

Hello Angel,that's basically why I don't usually go out anymore. there's obviously a large syndicate behind this. not to mention, in past robberies, which involves former cops or military officials, people should be more careful bringing their money and belongings on public stalls or recreation areas.

oh my gosh! what a terrible news. i really wonder how these people can sleep after doing such crime. i think banks should not be removed but just put in a place that is more secured and away from part of the mall with so many people.

That is a tragic and unfortunate incident, but taking banks out of malls is not the answer. I see from the story these actors used grenades in the commission of the crime, so obviously they had no regard for life, or at least a lower regard for life than they had for money. There will always be people like this; criminals who care about no one but themselves, and that is a sad fact. But removing a convenience for the general public just to eliminate one avenue for the criminal will do only that, eliminate the avenue. A criminal will still find a way to commit crimes, they will just change where they commit the crime, and any crime involving people always puts innocents at risk. There are probably stores in the mall that use the bank in the mall for their banking needs, rather than have someone take the money out of the mall to another bank. The robbers entered the mall before it opened, because they knew a money delivery was to take place. If the bank was not there, they could simply observe when employees were taking money to other banks to make drops, and target them. Simply put, if you eliminate one source of income for a robber they won't stop robbing, they will just find another source.

i heard the news and well it was shocking and knowing about this, there is no safe place! imagine these people would do such a daylight robbery and they even shot and killed one guard. i think though that there may be someone from the bank or the money changer that tipped someone from the robber's side, because they knew the time of the money drop off. i hope though that it is not correct.

Ok.Now I'll be practicing extra caution.It's good that I never encountered such incident that I'm always safe.

Now a days anywhere you go there are a lot of incidents happening around us and one of them is the robbery incident in Robinsons Galleria this morning,as days goes by people are thinking if they/we are safe when we travel or go everywhere for our own security and for the sake of our lives we are not sure that everyday is ok or at peace so we must be alert and let us pray for our everyday lives

I just heard about this a few hours ago..It is really scary, the suspects attacking inside a mall and they even killed someone. I hope the police catches them, they even injured lots more people and stole the money of others..

Late last year, Robinson's Dasmarinas here in Cavite was also in the same scenario. "A bank teller and his two security escorts were killed by five armed men who carted away a bag containing P5 million cash during a robbery on the ground floor of a mall in Dasmarinas City, Cavite". http://www.interaksyon.com/article/16182/teller-2-others-killed-in-cavite-bank-robbery Very alarmimg, knowing that it's located inside the mall which happen to be a very busy place and believing that it's a safe one too. Well, seeing securities in every door of the mall and they indeed inspects incomming carriage. Whoah! How did it happened by the way?! It's either, the inspection was not religiously applied or it's an inside job! Well, there's no safe place to think about *sigh! Even in our very own home...

hi angelagee! omg what is happening now a days , its my first time to here crime like this , i think that it is okay if they will not close a bank inside the mall they just need to add more police and more security guards and to have a strict facility because honestly it is really difficult to let other people be hurt especially if they just go there just to shopping and to be happy being with there family and love ones.

Hello, angelgee14! As far as I know, it's not bank, it's a money changer. The name of the money changer was mentioned in the flash report this morning. I was posting here when the hosts of the program in TV 5 announced that there's a flash report about a robbery in Galleria. I think the name of the money changer is SANRAY. I'm not that sure, but it does sound like Sanray.

The same crime happened last year at a branch of Robinson in Dasmarinas Cavite. A money changer shop was held up at midday and one of the employees was shot. The mall became very strict with security as an aftermath of the crime. A friend of mine happened to be at the scene when the exchange of gunfire happened between the guards and the criminals. Fortunately the business establishment she was in at that time kept them inside and closed the doors so that no one will get hurt. it is very alarming when holdups occur even in the morning with lots of innocent people who can get hurt. However, closing the banks inside the malls is not very convenient for us. It is only in the malls where we can transact business with the banks eve on Saturdays. I guess we just have to be always on the alert.

It created shivers through me when I first heard about it since I usually pass by the store when I get back from work to home. I think that it was not a bank they robbed but a currency exchange store. I really do not think that banks should be removed from this establishment since this robbers will take advantage of anything inside the store they see and feel that is left unsecured. I think that the mall should tighten their security measures instead since I have observed in my daily entrance to the store that the guards have become lax in inspecting the bags of the people entering the mall. I think this was the opportunity that the robbers saw when they decided to attack and robbed them. It is not the banks that caused them this since if the robbers did not saw this opportunity they would not try to enter the vicinity at the middle of the day.

hi angelgee, This is really sad Having a bank inside a mall is really convenient but if it will just lead to a crime like this well it is better to move out or they should have a maximum protection inside the mall. happy mylotting