While most Filipinos whole-heartedly accepted Jackie Chan‘s assurance of peace, his countrymen feel like as if they ended up with the short end of the stick. “If they killed the guy sooner, they will say why not negotiate first? If they negotiate first, they ask why not kill the guy sooner? So sad,” the Hong [...]
Manila, Philippines – Update (Aug. 26): seems like Jackie is in hot water for these statements Just like his role in most of his movies, action star Jackie arrives to placate the rising anger in Hong Kong for the bloody ending of the hostage crisis on August 23, calling on the citizens of both countries [...]
With the whole world tuned in to the events of August 23, several experts in the field of handling this sort of situation collectively shook their heads at both the outcome and the steps the police force took leading up to it. Charles Shoebridge, a security analyst who has worked in counter-terrorism with the British [...]
Should the media receive part of the blame for providing Live Coverage of the events of the hostage taking in August 23? Everyone had access to the video stream, radio stream and even live updates of and by the mediamen. At no point in time did the PNP or any of those in charge of [...]
Manila, Philippines – The televised drama of the bus hostage-taking gripped the Philippine nation and those following the events through social networking sites like Twitter, Plurk, Facebook, Friendster, etc. A lot of us saw several instances where lapses in the response of the police force, the local media and how the government handled the event. [...]
Here is President Noynoy’s statement regarding the 10-hour hostage drama which took at the Quirino Grandstand, Philippines. STATEMENT of His Excellency BENIGNO S. AQUINO III President of the Philippines On the hostage-taking incident at the Quirino Grandstand [August 23, 2010] With the rest of the Filipino people, I wish to offer our deepest condolences to [...]
Yes! It’s been hours only since the bus hostage took place in Quirino Grandstand, Philippines. Ex-police Rolando Mendoza attracted a lot of facebook ‘hate’ pages , tweets, plurks, posts — and even a GAME! “Seeking to arm-twist authorities into reinstating him back, a dismissed policeman has taken a bus with 25 passengers hostage here. Can [...]
Manila, Philippines — The 10-hours stand-off between the ex-police Rolando Mendoza and law enforcement agencies took a bloody turn as it ended with the death of the hostage taker as well as several hostages of the hijacked tour bus. The rapid stacatto of full automatic weapons that Mendoza stored in the bus echoed in the [...]
