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President NoyNoy Aquino and PNP admitted that mistakes were done

President Noynoy Auino and Philippine National Police (PNP) admitted that mistakes were done in handling the situation during the Quirino hostage taking where ex-Police Officer Rolando Mendoza hostaged 25 Hong Kong tourists inside a bus. This is in lieu upon his request for the Ombudsman to reverse his extortion charges 2 years ago.

The 11-hour hard core drama resulted in 8 casualties that has put Hong Kong government to immediately release a BAN to TRAVEL in the PHILIPPINES for all its residents. (what a shame for our country, we got blocklisted!) I just hope that this will not result to harsh treatments to our fellow kababayans in Hong Kong and that it won’t affect their jobs as domestic helpers and the rest.

President Noynoy Aquino already expressed his disappointment on how the event ended. “How can I be satisfied when there were people who were killed,” he said.

The president stated few things that he observed and needs to be reviewed as part of “redefinition of limitations.” Here’s what he said:

“What were the limitations imposed on the media, I think none,” the President said, noting that the journalists sought to get “the latest tidbit” throughout the crisis.

Mr. Aquino said that media’s intensive coverage “provided a wealth of information” to Mendoza, whom he noted was watching television on the bus and listening to the radio “throughout the whole time.”

“And each time he got a new piece of information that obviously factored into his equations and it didn’t help our security forces any,” he said.

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 priority.”

“We cannot censor you for things you have to do,” he said, but noted that something could probably be worked out between the government and the media that will see the media being able to do its work without impeding security operations.

On the other hand, there are many defects in the police actions. Senior Supt. Agrimero Cruz, PNP spokesperson, mentioned “There are plenty of observations. Like the broadcasting live (of troops movements) and it was monitored (by the hostage-taker). There were a lot of usis (bystanders) during the assault and immediately after. The usis were there before the ambulances. These things have to be corrected.”

Above all these things PNP reported that they have nothing to be ashamed of. They have done their best and they did a good job. They admitted that there are many things that need to be improved and they are going to improve them to the soonest possible time.

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Related posts:

1. Inaugural Speech of President Benigno S. Aquino III in Filipino
2. Corazon Aquino (1933-2009)
3. President Noy Noy Aquino’s Official Statement on Quirino Hostage Taking

Tags: ban to travel in the philippines, defects in PNP

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