flash report!!! school bus held hostage near manila cityhall

[oldblue]

malamang ang ending neto sila Atienza ang hostage negotiators

[wally]

Hahaha! situations like this bring all sorts of messiahs, nuts and egostistical maniacs out of the woodwork. Earlier Sen. Lim (then the Director of the NBI) said that the grenade that Ducat used in his earlier charade was fake and made of plastic. Now, here comes Wally Carbonell in the ANC interview claiming that he was responsible for the peaceful conclusion of the earlier hostage taking involving priests, he stated that" I risked my life by grabbing the pin of the grenade which was about to explode, paving the way for the police to safely rescue the priests!" Maybe he prevented Ducat from exploding his ultra deadly FART!!!

[kimpOy]

siya rin pala ang may ari ng day care eh...
so private ang day care na to... bakit pina pa assure niya ang education ng 130 kids... pano na yung ibang daycare...

selfish act imho...

tapos may land title pa kanina sa usapan...

[mazdamazda]

Siya ang may ari ng daycare? Now that's weird... mukhang may kuliling na ang loko...

[roninblade]

i'm not a shrink, i hope you are... and also hope you're right. because if this doesn't end peacefully, they will either be traumatized or dead.

kaya nga sabi ko dapat peaceful yung resolution - which is what we're all praying for.
im not a shrink, im just stating my opinion.

[garci]

Sana payagang sumakay sa bus yung mga politicians na gustong pumapel in exchange for the hostages. Tapos pwede na ng ratratin ng SWAT yung bus.

[awing]

UPDATE

Tears, fears for parents of child hostages

[SIZE=2]Gemma Arroyo was near hysterical as she reached the police line cordoning off the bus in downtown Manila where her six-year-old daughter was among 32 children being held hostage. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]"Please, please sir, let our children out," Arroyo wailed as she tried to break through the police line. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]She said she had thought her daughter was at a mountain resort, the destination of the pre-school's field trip, when she heard the news. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]"They do that every year and then I saw the hostage drama on television. My heart broke," Arroyo told AFP, tears streaming down her face. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Nearby another terrified mother was screaming hysterically, demanding that police and negotiators do something to get the children freed. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Police cordoned off an entire block around Manila city hall as anxious parents and relatives tried to make sense of why the head of the pre-school center himself, Armando "Jun" Ducat Jr., had taken his young charges hostage. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]"He told us it was a field trip. We knew Mr. Ducat and he has been very kind. Please let our children go," said Clara Moreno. "They are innocent. We know you set up the school, so we don't understand why you are doing this." [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]She said she feared for her son, Reynard, because he easily gets scared by guns and armed men on television. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Claiming to be armed with grenades and handguns, Ducat hijacked the bus and demanded to go on the airwaves. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]In a rambling message aired on local radio, Ducat said he was upset because many people remained poor and that rich politicians were not doing enough to shore up the economy. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]He pledged not to harm the children but promised to prolong the crisis if the government failed to meet his main demand -- that 145 pre-schoolers, including the hostages, be given free housing and education until college. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]"Even if our blood would spill, I will not fire a gun," Ducat said, before demanding that Sen. Ramon Revilla, an action movie star he claims to be a friend, negotiate on his behalf. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]After 45 minutes, Revilla convinced Ducat to free one child and said the hostage-taker wanted to get more air time. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]"He wants candles and batteries for his cell phone. The children are okay. He just wants to talk," Revilla said. "He promised not to hurt anyone. But his hands were shaking while he was holding the grenade." [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]"I think this may last until nightfall," he said, describing Ducat as a "man of principle" who can be tenacious when he wanted to. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Revilla then negotiated for ice cream and food for the children, who peeked from the window and waved their hands. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Sen. Alfredo Lim, a former Manila police chief, said Ducat had a history of seeking attention. He held hostage two Roman Catholic priests elsewhere in Manila in 1987 using fake grenades over a building contract dispute. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]The priests were later freed unharmed and Ducat was charged, but the case failed to finish, Lim told reporters.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]"I'm sure this will end peacefully as well," he added. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Ducat's son, Buboy, said his father had been railing about poverty and dirty politics and wanted his voice to be heard. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Authorities said Ducat was a successful businessman and building contractor who had run for various local electoral posts but never won. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]"I don't have an idea why he did this," he said. [/SIZE]

[mayana]

Earlier Senator Revilla ensured Ducat that one of his demands (these children’s education) will be granted. But Ducat said he wants an agreement and signed by no less than Mrs. Arroyo dahil baka daw after nito wala rin mangyari. At gusto rin nyang makausap mismo ang presidente.

[awing]

UPDATE
[SIZE=2]In a rambling message aired on local radio, Ducat said he was upset because many people remained poor and that rich politicians were not doing enough to shore up the economy. [/SIZE]

Tumakbo na lang siya sa SENADO! Mangako sa mga TAO!

[BRROOOMMMM]

sana maging mahinahon lahat, para sa kaligtasan ng mga bata