What? Manila is safe? I am a resident of Manila. A one-way street now becomes a two-way street tomorrow and then back to one-way the following day. Try visiting Manila now. Most streets don't even have street name-signs. When you elect an OLD politician in the City, be ready to say goodbye to safety, efficiency, and innovation.
So now it is clear that it's Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim who ordered the Police Generals to give instruction to ARREST the brother of the hostage-taker Rolando Mendoza. You have a psycho Police Officer who snapped into a hostage-taker and combine your concoction with an old almost-senile Mayor who meddles with the professional police operation, what output do you expect to get?
I think Mayor Lim should push his own emergency eject button. Well, to be fair to him, instead of resigning, he can opt to voluntary RETIREMENT to have a graceful exit.
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That name "Merceditas Gutierrez", I have already heard thousands of media exhortations against the ineffectiveness of the Umbudsman kahit noong panahon pa na mainit ang Jocjoc Bolante Fertilizer Scam. Rinding rindi na ako sa pangalang yan, nandyan pa rin yan? Kaya nga naging kengkoy si PNoy na magtatayo na lang na sarili niyang Umbudsman operation na tinatawag na Truth Commission dahil wala talagang silbi yang Umbudsman na yan eh. Etong si Rolando Mendoza kung binigyan lang ng copy ng Umbudsman ng complaint and investigation against him eh naka-sagot sana siya ng maayos sa charges sa kanya. Yang umbudsman na yan masyado marami kalansay dyan, hindi yan effective in anti-corruption. Heads must roll there in Umbudsman, huwag nang hintayin na bala ang gagamitin ng mga tao para gumulong ang mga ulo.
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Biro mo? Na-una pang umangkin ng responsibility si Gen. Magtibay kesa sa nag-utos sa kanya sa kapalpakan. Si Mayor Lim ang puno at dulo ng kapalpakan na yun!
Sabi ng operative ng SWAT eh "biglaan" daw ang utos na lumusob. Ura-urada! Ibig sabihin yung platoon leader nila hindi sila pina-formation, hindi binigyan ng last minute reminders, NI HINDI ININSPECT ang mga bit-bit nilang gamit! Basta pinalusob na lang! Walang binigay na assignment kada tao! Nag-kumpul kumpul pa sila sa likod ng bus ng ilang minuto, nuti hindi sila nilaglagan ng granada. Pinasubo ng mga officers ang mga tauhan nila sa alanganin. Atsaka bakit mahahabang M16 ang dala ng mga assault team eh ang sikip ng combat zone? Sa ganung CQB, hand-gun lang ang dapat!
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Does Tulfo or RMN have liability? Of course NONE! When the hostage taker saw that his brother was harassed, he assumed the negotiator has breached the "peace". As a result, the hostage taker did his best to talk to the Media as his last desperate resort to pressure the government to stop the instigation.
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Ang sabi pa nitong isang General, they did not shoot Mendoza when they had the clean-shot opportunity because they respect any individual protester and the democratic right to air grievances? HA? Ang bobo! Sir, Hindi po ganyan ang DEMOCRACY! Ang Democracy hindi gumagamit ng baril para makapag-salita at mag-air ng grievance! Pag ganyang may baril na dala, at nag-kukunwaring democracy siya, lokoloko ka kung maniwala ka, TERRORISM yan! Barilin dapat agad pag ganyan. Sa susunod ha!
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Do you know the meaning of PROFESSIONAL? A Professional had undergone TRAINING and follows specific PROCEDURE on specific SITUATION. A Professional Doctor follows a PROCEDURE. A Professional Real Estate Broker follows a PROCEDURE. A Professional Engineer follows a PROCEDURE.
In hostage negotiation, the Police and the Negotiator are professionals and they follow a PROCEDURE. These are US-Trained, right? I think we should review the PROCEDURE taught to them by the Americans.
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