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Monthly Archives for August 2010
Bakit wala man lang mensahe sa Canada?
Pangwalong araw na ngayon mula nang mangyari ang trahedya ng panghu-hostage sa Rizal Park kung saan namatay ang walo sa 25 turista na galing Hongkong ngunit wala pang mensahe ng pakikiramay or paghingi ng paumanhin sa pamahalaan ng Canada. Hindi … Continue reading
China’s flag raising
While China was protesting the draping of the Philippine flag on the coffin Senior Police Inspector Rolando Mendoza, who hostaged a bus-full of tourists from Hongkong last Monday at the Rizal Park which resulted in the death of eight of … Continue reading
Natuto ba tayo?
Dumadaan sa matinding pagsubok ngayon ang pamahalaang Aquino dahil sa trahedya na nangyari noong Lunes sa Rizal Park kung saan walong turistang galing Hongkong ang namatay sa palpak na operasyun ng pamahalaan sa panghu-hostage ng isang napatalsik na pulis. Hindi … Continue reading
Hindi pa rin lusot si Mayor Lim
Akala siguro ni Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, mababawasan ang sisi sa kanya sa paghingi daw ng tawad sa kanya ni Chief Supt. Rodolfo Magtibay na siyang nagsabi na si Lim ang nag-order na arestuhin si SPO2 Gregorio Mendoza, kapatid ng … Continue reading
Chinese Vice Premier cancels Manila visit
By Tessa Jamandre VERA Files Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has cancelled his official visit to Manila, supposedly set for the first week of September. But the Department of Foreign Affairs clarified the cancellation had nothing to do with the … Continue reading
Unending confusion
Our efforts to get clarification on why Hongkong Chief Executive Donald Tsang was not able to talk with President Aquino during last Monday’s hostage-taking crisis has led us to more confusion. In his press conference Monday evening, after eight of … Continue reading
Postscript: How the media covered the Grandstand carnage
by Tessa Jamandre VERA Files Despite the criticisms hurled at the media for the way they covered last Monday’s hostage crisis, most of them observed journalist manuals and safety guidelines on dangerous assignments, and only a few seemed unaware of … Continue reading
Hong Kong leader Tsang’s phone calls stopped with President Aquino’s aides
Update: Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma issued the following statement on Inquirer’s story on his statement re President Aquino’s failure to take HK’s Donald Tsang’s call last Monday. See story in the comments: The headline of this story is not correct. … Continue reading
Jackie Chan, a voice of reason and friendship in times of sorrow and recrimination
by TJ Dimacali GMANews TV Action movie superstar Jackie Chan provided a voice of reason and extended a hand of friendship to Filipinos over the recent hostage crisis via his verified Twitter account, @EyeOfJackieChan. Jackie Chan explained that he had … Continue reading
Making up to Hongkong (subtitle:Donald Tsang who?)
President Aquino yesterday called up Donald Tsang, chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, to personally express his condolences to the families of eight Hongkong residents who died last Monday in Manila … Continue reading
