MERGED: Quirino Grandstand Hostage Crisis

[masakiton]

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kung ikaw presidente mo adto ka didto ug mag comment2x ka?

unsa imong buhaton?

naka hinomdom ko atong time nga gi hostage ang mga red cross members.
gi istorya ni gordon (as head of red cross) ang nang hostage ang nang kidnap aron i release ang iya mga members

[Rajzh_niX]

i can't really blame the president....unsay gamit sa iyang mga galamay who are in control of these policemen....kung tatanungin kung sino ang nagkulang, klaro nga ang PNP mismo....and in the first place, dugay na man guro ni nagdumot ug nagplano si Mr. Mendoza.....

[Golden Thief Bug]

im not blaming him for what has happened. im blaming him of the negative reactions and all the hatred we get. simple, he has the highest authority in the land, he's the commander in chief $##%#%#%. mura raman ug walay paki cya sa nahitabo. basan gamayng sturya wala man jud. nangita na gali ang mga tawo niya sa iyang FB page lols. its so ironic that several months ago, there was a grand occasion in the quirino grandstand w/c is the oath taking of the president with people all over cheering his name and him showering his speech of "wisdom" and now theres this tragedy took in the same place, then the president is no where to be found and leave all the people wanting of his presence.

[masakiton]

i can't really blame the president....unsay gamit sa iyang mga galamay who are in control of these policemen....kung tatanungin kung sino ang nagkulang, klaro nga ang PNP mismo....and in the first place, dugay na man guro ni nagdumot ug nagplano si Mr. Mendoza.....

pero ang presidente pud baya mo make sure ang iya galamay is performing pud
erap part 2 nani puhon. mag salig nalang sa mga advisers ug sa uban pang galamay

[Rajzh_niX]

mau sad....pero sa decentralization, gihatagan na man gud niya ang DILG and PNP power to regulate themselves....(opinion)

[Golden Thief Bug]

pero ang presidente pud baya mo make sure ang iya galamay is performing pud
erap part 2 nani puhon. mag salig nalang sa mga advisers ug sa uban pang galamay

3 to 4 yrs from now. my bet

[boom_box]

If only people set aside politics and request PNP SAF commando to take the initiative in bringing down the hostage taker, perhaps results could had been different. SAF had most of the top of the line equipment for such scenario and other domestic counter-terrorism. They recieved training from FBI's Hostage and Rescue Team (HRT), YAMAM (Israel), RAID (France) and most specially from CIRG (FBI). During the Manila Peninsula siege we can see them wearing gas mask and Kevlars. The unit's motto speaks for itself "By virtue of skill, we triumph"...training breeds confidence which the SWAT team in that tragedy surely lack.

Unfortunately, they were not there in that tragic scene or if not sideline for some reasons- politics perhaps? If they were there they could had been the plan-B but as it turn out- No plan-B, hence the ensuing debacle witness internationally played in prime time.

Why politics? PNP SAF together with the army were always the forces Pres. Gloria's can depend on during her stay and most favored when it comes to training and equipment...just my two cents opinion.

Unsaon taman... Basta para sa mga Noytards, anything from GMA is allergic to them..
So si Noy kailangan magpasikat jud... but it was recipe for disaster and the price was too big..

Remember what he said in his previous interviews and the media's "hands off" excuse

Palusot sa Malacanang

At a news briefing aired live on government television and radio early Tuesday, Mr. Aquino said he deliberately stayed out of the public eye during the crisis because he was working behind the scenes.

He monitored developments initially in Malacañang but “toward the end” of the crisis, he went out to meet with Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim and police officials at a restaurant close to the hostage site in Manila, according to Carandang.

Way miy labot wui....

ABS-CBN said: "Ressa: We did not know at that point that he had television. I found that out later on. And he wasn't watching ABS-CBN."

Noy's Killer Smile?

"My smile might have been misunderstood. I have several expressions. I smile when I'm happy, I smile when I'm faced with a very absurd situation...and if I offended certain people, I apologize to them,” he said.

Hadlok sa media...

Asked whether officials erred in not imposing a news blackout, the President said if he ordered one, the media would say that the government was “guilty of censoring a priori.”

[Motownkid]

The two negotiators did OK, the rest (some media people & police) nagdala ug lawgaw.

The hostage-taker was calm most of the time until, for some reason, he snapped.

[Rajzh_niX]

but at times like this we need to stick together coz we are on the same ship boy...

i AGREE to this........let us COOPERATE....

[trax]

another lesson learned from Police and SWAT'S mistake that caused lives