NEWS: Tourist Bus held hostage at Luneta (Aug 23 2010)

[loki_chaos]

I just going to be sure that this incident will have our politicos blabbing on and on about our cops and such. Endless sessions, hearings and such. But nothing to be done about it. And after a few months, it will be forgotten as another "incident" will grab the attention of the country and the politicos.

Such is the sad state of our beloved country.

Maguindanao Massacre anyone?

[chua_riwap]

Tangna, grabe mga uzi. Ibang lkase talaga....likas na tsismoso mga Pinoy. Kahit ang lakas ng ulan sugod sa incident site.

Ang PNP, pumalpak na nga sa hostage situation, pati sa crowd control bagsak pa rin. 'Nak ng teteng talaga oh........

[chua_riwap]

HongKong: Ganti-ganti na lang. I-firing squad nyo na si Ronald Singson. Ok lang!





http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-fi...-hostage-siege

Hong Kong govt 'disappointed' about Philippine hostage siege


HONG KONG (1st UPDATE) - The Hong Kong government Monday lamented the "tragedy" of the hostage siege in the Philippine capital which left at least seven Hong Kong tourists dead.

"The outcome is very disappointing. It is a tragedy because a pleasure trip has ended up with casualties and injuries," the city's Chief Executive Donald Tsang told a press briefing.

Tsang said he had been unable to reach Philippine President Benigno Aquino and urged the Filipino authorities to provide a full account of the deadly incident to the Hong Kong government.

"I tried to contact the Philippine President this afternoon, hoping to put to him in person the request to take the safety of the hostages as the top priority. However, I am still unable to get hold of him."

The day-long ordeal began when disgruntled ex-policeman Rolando Mendoza armed with an M-16 assault rifle hijacked a busload of Hong Kong tourists in Manila's tourist district in a desperate bid to get his job back.

Negotiations broke down after nightfall when the gunman began shooting the passengers, and commandos stormed the bus.

Police said Mendoza was shot dead by a sniper after he used his captives as "human shields" in the final moments of the 12-hour standoff.

Tsang said he was saddened and angry by the loss and described the gunman as cold-blooded.

He said in addition to the dead, two Hong Kong citizens on the bus were seriously injured, while six others were under observation in hospital.

"We have to get the information from the authorities there. Until now I still cannot have a full grasp of the situation. The numbers (of casualties and injured) keep changing."

[navigator2377]

Quoting PNoy:

“This led in a tragedy. Obviously we can improve and we should be improving. We are also cognizant of the circumstances, training and budget," he said.

Aquino also said the media’s live coverage of the incident “severely hampered" the efforts to rescue the hostages, most of them Chinese tourists who were inside a bus.

“Of course with the nonstop coverage of all the media outlets—we now understand the hostage-taker was viewing the TV and listening to the radio the whole time—[the] actual movement [of responding policemen] to areas where they can effect a successful assault were severely hampered," he said.

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Sana man lang nalaman na nila ito nung una pa lang nangyayari yung sitwasyon.. Late assessments resulting to conflicts resulting to simultaneous uncontrollable situation like that. The Media probably just closed their ears na live ang feed nila sa Hostage drama which benefited the hostage taker for the Bus' onboard TV and or Radio, or they're just simply doing their job which totally damaged the whole process.. tsk tsk.. RIP for the souls lost in that tragedy.

[CoDer]

The international news agency should publicly condemn our spoiled local media. Ni wala man lang pakialam na nilalagay nila sa alanganin ang mga buhay ng hinostage.

[cktlcmd]

The international news agency should publicly condemn our spoiled local media. Ni wala man lang pakialam na nilalagay nila sa alanganin ang mga buhay ng hinostage.

This might be impossible for it is like kicking yourself in the ass.

Now here is the important part... "Does the media know what they have done to the already tarnished reputation of our country?"

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[Monseratto]

Masaya ang ABS CBN, kahit napahiya ang bansa sa harap ng mundo. Tiba ng kita nila sa live feed connection sa mga major news organization.

[CoDer]

This might be impossible for it is like kicking yourself in the ass.

Oo nga no!

[CVT]

The international news agency should publicly condemn our spoiled local media. Ni wala man lang pakialam na nilalagay nila sa alanganin ang mga buhay ng hinostage.

Agree. They sacrificed everything in the altar of TV Rating and Press Freedom. Kaya siguro nagpaputok ng 5-6, dahil nakita niya sa TV na inaaresto ang kanyang utol....

Media, taking full shots of the movement of troops around the bus-.... E, kung may granada, puwede silang hagisan sa labas,- alam eksakto kung saan sila nakapuwesto....

10.7K:naughty:

[rsyu_88]

Pnoy the authorithies in HK been trying to contact you yesterday afternoon..but they can't contact you till night time.. akala ko ba kami ang boss!! and your mad about not informing you regarding weather situations??