our driver harassed by a soldier in cabanatuan

[malinkelly]

ok yung driver ha, talagang hindi nagpa-uto sa siraulong sundalong yun.. buti at hindi sila nasaktan.. sobra talaga, marami ang taong abuso sa kapangyarihan at feeling na sila ang dapa masunod sa lahat ng oras..

[nic]

When I was young madaming beses nako minaliit at niloko porket bata ako. Now that I'm in my 30's ang dami ko nang natutunan na mga diskarte sa "kalye".

Pag maayos kausap- always cooperate & be respectful.

Pag naninindak ng ganyan, sindakin mo din. How? Yung mga ganyan na maangas usually mga small time lang yan at b*bo. Madaling "bolahin at takutin".

Example: google the provincial headquarters of the place you're visiting or mga madadaanan na province. Get the name and phone number of a "key personnel", and save it in your phone.

Sa confrontation, be very calm, and if you can, amuhin mo yung kausap mo. Last thing you want is a "defensive" na kausap.

Sabihin mo bisita/kamag-anak/etc. ka nung "key personnel", sabay tanungin mo sya "Ano nga pala pangalan at ranggo mo kuya?" at pumorma ka na isusulat mo sa paper or phone. Kakabahan yan lalo na kung mababa ang ranggo coz you are "exposing" his status.

When things go bad, you can even actually call that number and ask for police assistance. Bonus na yun.

Though it is not good, always remember guys NAME DROPPING makes a HUGE difference in this country.

[renzo_d10]

It's a soldier, what do you expect ?

Pilipinas to, those in power could step on us ANYTIME.

Kitams, walang ginawa yung pulis. Pinaalis nalang yung sundalo, sana kung hinuli .. pero hindi.

And those people in power really could freak us out by just showing their guns. Syempre ang tendency niyan " ui, may baril. sh*t, delikado ako. Sunod nalang ako ". Kung puro ganun actually, walang mangyayari. Uulit ulit yan.

And I don't really expect change on them. I guess, we just have to live with it. After all, we're in the philippines ... it's nothing new, really.

[foresterx]

*forester, may picture ba kayo nung driver ng owner or nung sundalo? Kasi kung meron, I-PM mo sa akin. Dun ang province ko e. baka makatulong lang.

thanks for the offer bro, pero ok naman na may tumulong naman na samin. we have a copy of the license of the oner driver, pero from what my driver told me mabait naman daw yung driver ang maangas daw yung tatay. yung tatay yata kasi nakaka kilala don sa sundalo, sabi nga nung driver namin nung sila daw nag uusap nung driver nung oner ok na daw usapan nila, bigla lang daw sumali yung tatay at yon na nag ka gulo na. also i don't want it to escalate any longer, what's important for me is no one was hurt and every one got home safe. sayang lang talaga di namin nakuha name nung sundalo o pulis o wanna be sundalo na yon.