Navotas firm loses P.2 M to burglars

A Navotas shipping firm lost P240,000 to burglars last Saturday.

Emy Guingco, employee of Western Shipyard Inc. on M. Naval Street in Barangay San Jose, learned of the burglary when she reported for work at 7 a.m.

Police Officer 2 Randell Andres Adora said Guingco, a trusted employee of the company’s owner, Rogelio Sianguio, told investigators that the main door of their office was already unlocked when she arrived and their cash vault was destroyed.

Missing was the P240,000 cash intended for the salaries of Western Shipyard workers and the company’s documents, including Sianguio’s passport.

Adora said all of the firm’s workers who were present when the break-in was discovered are included in their investigation.

He said that they found no sign of forced entry and Guingco is the only employee who has the key to the office.

Policemen are also questioning security guards Abdul Nasser Gualel and Richard Undangan, who were detailed to guard the firm during the night of the robbery.

"There was no sign of forced entry at the office and the guards said they had seen no outsiders in the shipyard’s vicinity during their watch," Adora said.

He said the robbers broke the fiberglass panel of the cash vault using a blunt object but the guards claimed they did not hear any noise during the break-in.