Actress Pilar Pilapil stabbed by carjackers

UPDATED 1:00 a.m. Apr. 16- Veteran actress Pilar Pilapil was rushed to the hospital Thursday night after she was stabbed by suspected car thieves in Marikina City, police said. A spot report sent by the Antipolo Police Station to GMA News Online indicated that 60-year-old Pilapil was with a female companion named Rosalie Jakosalem Peñas when two armed men forcibly boarded their gold Kia car at the Marikina Riverbanks area at around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday. The report said Pilapil bore multiple stab wounds and was left behind by the carjackers in a grassy portion of Piedra Blanca Homes in Brgy. San Luis, Antipolo City. Pilapil's companion, Rossalem, was taken by the suspects in the carjacked vehicle, according to the police, who are still looking for her. In an interview over GMA News TV's Balitanghali, PO3 Rodel Druha of the Antipolo Police said Pilapil, despite being injured, still managed to ask for assistance from the residents, who rushed her to the Antipolo District Hospital. According to a GMA News report by Cedric Castillo aired Friday evening over the SONA newscast, a spokesperson of the Pilapil family issued a statement saying she is now conscious and in the recovery stage at the Medical City. The report added that Medical City will not issue any medical bulletin for now upon the request of their patient to be given enough time to rest. Druha said the case has been turned over to the Marikina City Police Station and that they have already issued an advisory about the carjacked vehicle.
Speech about battered women Hours before the incident, PEP.ph said Pilapil was at the press conference of her stage play "The Vagina Monologues" at the Cercio restaurant in Tomas Morato, Quezon City. The report said that one of the topics in the press conference was battered women. Pilapil has been an actress for the past 30 years and has won two best actress awards. She was also crowned as the Binibining Pilipinas-Universe in 1967. - with Karlitos Brian Decena, VVP/HS, GMA News