Critic on Hostage Incident - Part II

Idiot 9: The treatment of the brother and family of the hostage taker
It was seen on TV that the wife, daughter and brother of the hostage taker
were treated poorly. Nobody helped them, not even the media. No person tried
to help the family. In most society, a group of people will form a circle
around the family to help them…nobody did that for them. Where is the people
power…Philippines have done it before, why didn’t they do it then? No one
offered help to the wife and the pregnant daughter, they saw their father
killed in front of them. That is no way to treat people….for a country who
claims to be ‘mapagmahal’, catholic and christian that was an utter
embarrassment.

Idiot 10: Corrupt police
The hostage taker wanted to clear his name because he was charged with
corruption. Corruption…in the Philippines….that’s news to me (sarcastic)!!!
One policeman charged with corruption is not going to make a difference.
Catching small corruption is not going to make a difference….the real
corruption happens at the top of government (ie Marcos, Erap,
Arroyo).Us foreigners laugh at stupidity because you do not learn,
you get rid of Marcos because he was bad and corrupt, but still vote for
Imelda and her children to become congressman and governor, give them a
second chance to be corrupt again……so, nothing changed. That’s
Corruption….and ‘katangahan ng Filipino’. In other countries, police treat
one another like brothers and help them when they need it. It did not happen
here.

Idiot 11: Media and dead people
This is the most idiotic and unacceptable behavior that was displayed to
the world. Filipino media is to be blamed for this. Respect and sensitivity
should have been exercised by the media. They showed (in close up), the
dead body of the hostage taker hanging from the door with blood and brains
dripping from the head, the dead body of a child and other dead bodies with
blood being taken out of the bus. This should not have been televised. The
relatives of the dead will not want it televised but the Filipino media did.
This is not good. Respect for the dead should have been observed.

Idiot 12: Laughing sniper
The sniper was interviewed by the media and he seemed to be happy and
laughing when he told the reporter how he shot the hostage taker in the head
and that he was proud he killed him. The wife, daughter and father of the
hostage taker (watching from their province) will obviously will not want
another person to hear how proud they were when he shot their husband /
father. I hope that the sniper have a son, father, brother and I hope one
day someone will shoot them in front of him and I want to know how he feels
then.

CONCLUSION:
This will only give Filipinos a bad name overseas. It will also affect
Filipinos who are born overseas, even though they have nothing to do with
this, they will be judged of what Filipinos in Philippines did.

For Filipinos trying to get a visa to Canada, USA, UK, Europe etc…forget
it…you will be judged by their immigration office for this kind of event.
They already know that most Filipinos are likely to be TNT and this backlash
will make it even harder for Filipinos to get visa.

Ganti on DH
I am sure, that Hong Kong / China will go on a massive revenge on Filipina
DH in Hong Kong. I am sure of it. HK and Chinese only see Filipinas as lowly
people who’s only role is to clean houses. PS: Chinese people don’t know
that Europeans look at them as lowly immigrants who clean toilets in
Europe….ganti din.

Ganti on japayuki
Also, Japanese people will take revenge on Japayukis in Japan. Japanese
people already treat Filipinas like dirt and they will even treat them even
worse because of this. Japanese people to not take Filipinos in high
regard…Japanese only see Filipinos as dirt people who will do anything just
to get money (ie be japayuki in japan).

Ganti on OFW in Saudi
I’m sure too, that OFW in Saudi will also feel the revenge of people there
because of this.

I am sure that my children will be teased and bullied at school because of
this. My children, regardless of being half-white are still brown in color,
with black hair (but with blue eyes) and people know they are
half-Filipinos.

So Filipinos in Philippines, your stupidity in your country is also
‘hawa-hawa’ to other Filipinos overseas…they get judged by what you
Filipinos in Philippines do to yourselves or to others.

Internet order Filipina brides will always get foreign husbands,
unfortunately for Filipino lalaki, there is no such thing as internet order
Filipino husbands (I never seen white woman with Filipino husband), as more
Filipina marry foreigner more Filipino lalaki are left behind in Philippines
(my wife said she does not like Filipino lalaki because they are ‘tanga’…..I
know she married me for money and green card so she can send dollars to her
batugan parents and batugan brothers, batugan cousins and batugan
kapit bahay)….so, the only hope for Philippines is for half-foreigner and
half-filipino children, half is better than stupid full-blood Filipino.

Hostage expert is one of Philippine’s 10 best cops

By Tarra Quismundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—Supt. Sidney Villaflor took a chance on a tighter shot amid a drizzle and a power blackout. In a split second, the hostage-taking drama ended with a single, nonfatal bullet wound in the right shoulder of the knife-wielding man.

Villaflor, the hostage negotiator and police chief of San Jose City in Nueva Ecija, was recalling the three-hour evening standoff on Sept. 28, 2008, in which both the hostage-taker and his captive were safe after the gunfire.

It might have been far in proportions from the Aug. 23 hostage-taking on a tourist bus in Manila this year, but it was challenging nonetheless. And for the officer manning a city of almost 200,000 with just 70 men, it was a “win-win” finish to one of the most difficult cases he has faced in his 18 years in the force.

For averting a tragic end to the incident and cultivating close ties with the San Jose community in anticrime efforts, Villaflor has been one of the 10 police officers chosen for this year’s most outstanding men in uniform in annual awards of the Metrobank Foundation, PSBank and the Rotary Club of New Manila-East.

The winners of the Country’s Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) will formally receive their awards in Malacañang on Tuesday, a recognition that comes while the Philippine National Police grapples with criticisms for a bungled rescue mission in last week’s hostage drama, not only at home but also from around the world.

The force is under fire for the death of eight Hong Kong tourists held hostage by a dismissed police officer, Rolando Mendoza, on board their bus. Standing on an already shaky human rights record, the PNP is also under investigation after the release of a video showing a Manila precinct commander allegedly torturing a robbery suspect.

So many demands

In the San Jose case, Villaflor said the hostage-taker—a farmer enraged by his separation from his wife and three children—had “so many demands.”

Aside from his wife and three children, the farmer wanted “fried chicken, cigarettes, his siblings, the barangay captain … Unfortunately, after giving him all his demands, the negotiations deteriorated and he was on the verge of stabbing his mother,” Villaflor said of that night almost two years ago.
After the farmer was hit in the shoulder, his hostage—his own 84-year-old mother—was saved from what would have been fatal stabs he was about to take before Villaflor pulled the trigger.

“It would have been an easier shot to aim at his head, but I opted to shoot him on his shoulder even though it was risky because he was hiding behind his hostage. But I opted to endeavor a win-win ending where no one will die,” he told the Inquirer.

As police officers across the country reel from the Manila hostage-taking backlash, Villaflor reminded the public that many other officers remained steadfast to their sworn duty.

No hostage killed by SWAT

In the August 30 issue of the Philippine Star, the news is that an examination of the shells showed that the hostages were killed by former police officer Rolando Mendoza.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=607445&publicationSubCategoryId=63





I don't get it. How can a forensic examination of the spent shells reveal that the hostage-taker killed the hostages? What I know is that the shells may reveal that they came from the hostage-taker's gun but they will never reveal if the slugs that came from those shells killed the hostages. The slugs themselves will determine that and not the shells. No wonder the Philippine police is not exactly respected for its investigative techniques.

from JP