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De Lima: 10 officials, cops, media liable

By Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima Thursday ruled out friendly fire in the killing of eight Hong Kong tourists but recommended charges against 10 officials, police and media people in the bungled hostage rescue last month.

De Lima did not identify those accountable for the Aug. 23 fiasco or the charges to be leveled against them in the report, which she said was “95 percent” complete. The fact-finding committee will submit its report to President Benigno Aquino III on Friday.

De Lima described the report as “very exhaustive, fact-intensive, and incisive.”

Asked during a news conference how far in government the five-member committee was pinning accountability, she replied, “High enough.” But she stressed that the panel was not a quasi-judicial body and could only make recommendations.

“We have (had) discussions on specific accountabilities of specific officers and (other) personalities … We expect the President to act on the basis of our recommendation.”

De Lima said that the panel had determined that the hostage-taker, dismissed Senior Insp. Rolando Mendoza, killed the tourists before he himself was gunned down during the police assault before an international TV audience that triggered widespread ridicule of the Aquino administration’s bungling.

She said that the conclusion was based on eyewitness accounts of three Hong Kong tourists who survived the carnage toward the close of the 11-hour standoff in front of Quirino Grandstand at Rizal Park.

De Lima said the survivors corroborated the testimony of Alberto Lubang, 33, the driver of the hijacked tourist bus, who said he saw in his rear-view mirror how Mendoza sprayed gunfire at close range at the hapless tourists.

“We will include that in the report. Based on the survivors’ accounts, they were really killed by the hostage-taker,” De Lima said.

Lubang used a nail file to unlock his handcuff and escaped by jumping through a window as gunfire erupted around him at nightfall under a heavy rain.

Glaring errors

Autopsies carried out by Hong Kong police also supported testimony by witnesses that those killed were shot by Mendoza, De Lima said.

During the nationally televised public hearings, the panel was told of glaring errors by those who handled the hostage crisis.

These included key officials leaving the scene at the critical moment to go to a Chinese restaurant, passing up chances to take down the gunman, and not involving the best trained security unit in the rescue.

Members of the panel had also accused Radio Mo Nationwide of hogging the telephone line to the hostage-taker before the shooting started.

Testimony during five days of marathon hearings revealed that Mendoza started firing after his demand for reinstatement and dismissal of extortion and robbery charges against him were denied; that he was further enraged when he saw on the TV receiver in the bus the arrest of his brother, also a policeman who was accused of being his conspirator.

SPO2 Gregorio Mendoza, the hostage-taker’s brother, went to the park ostensibly to help but was ordered handcuffed by Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, a former police chief reputed to be the local version of the San Francisco cop in the “Dirty Harry” movies.

Lim was the head of the crisis management committee, which also included Undersecretary Rico E. Puno of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Philippine National Police Director General Jesus Verzosa, who retired this week.

“More or less 10 will be recommended (to face charges),” said De Lima, some of them from the media, the Philippine National Police and public officials.

Even a ranking official of the Office of the Ombudsman would also be subject of an “appropriate recommendation,” De Lima said.

The panel’s vice chair, Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, has been criticized for not inhibiting himself in the inquiry as the PNP is under DILG supervision.

Out of the loop

Robredo has claimed that he was “out of the loop” during the crisis and said that Mr. Aquino had designated Puno as PNP overseer. Puno, a gun enthusiast and shooting buddy of the President, testified he had no experience in hostage situations.

The report will later be submitted by a high-level government delegation to the Chinese government and Hong Kong authorities who have also mounted a parallel investigation of the bloodbath that sparked outrage in China and Hong Kong.

Asked what she thought the administration could do to repair its image abroad, De Lima replied: “The government has to really show resolve in terms of going after those that we will recommend [to be held accountable].”

“The powers of the committee are merely recommendatory,” she added.

“We were never clothed with quasi-judicial authority. Our main mandate is to find out exactly what happened … and make appropriate recommendations based on the evaluation of the actions, non-action, the missteps, the lapses, the negligence, the incompetence, etc.”

Extortion attempt

De Lima said that one “interesting discussion” concerned Deputy Ombudsman Emilio Gonzalez.

The Office of the Ombudsman was included in the panel’s report after police negotiators testified that Mendoza angrily accused someone on the phone of trying to extort P150,000 from him, seemingly in exchange for a review of his case.

Through Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno, Mendoza was able to talk to Gonzalez and Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez on the phone during the negotiations.

“We are not going to profess complete knowledge or we don’t have the answers to all the questions [but] definitely, [the panel has the answers] to most of the questions especially to the key and vital ones,” De Lima said. With a report from Associated Press

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59 Comments

  1. Finally!

    Bravo, Sec de Lima!

    I wonder if the report will be made public by Malacanang and not sanitized…

  2. chi chi

    I’d like to read the report first.

  3. florry florry

    You’re right chi, we have to read the report first before we can make a comment.

  4. perl perl

    but recommended charges against 10 officials, police and media people in the bungled hostage rescue last month.
    Ito lang ang hindi ko gusto, nag bigay ng exact figures sa media… parang tinalian si PNoy at diniktahan kung ano ang dapat maging aksyon…

    kapag binawasan ang kinasuhan, kahit isa lang .. siguradong uulanin na naman ng batikos si PNoy..

  5. perl perl

    chi, siguradong ma disappoint ka lang pag hindi naisa publiko ang report…

  6. baycas2 baycas2

    We have to read the report first.

    I’m pretty sure they didn’t employ a psychologist to analyze what caused the “killer frame of mind” of Rolando (Mendoza).
    I think they didn’t stitch the taped RMN interview with the video footages and survivors’ accounts.

    It’s not only that the RMN guy “hogged the telephone line” but also captured and shaped the mind of Rolando into becoming a killer. All things were negotiable to Rolando, inherently not a killer, even up to the “last 2 minutes.” It’s DO THIS OR ELSE…

    (1) the pullout of the snipers
    (2) the withdrawal of support
    – both to remove threat to his life, and
    (3) stop the arrest of Gregorio
    – to remove threat to his family

    If only he was talking to the police then and they can easily grant the instant requests, perhaps Rolando was pacified for another round of negotiations.

    Too bad Michael wasn’t a genie to grant the 3 instant requests/commands. Too bad Rolando trusted Michael. Too bad Michael let Rolando down.

    —–

    I just hope they won’t forget to put the blame on Orlando Yebra, the inept negotiator, and the RMN guys, the meddlesome people. They are directly involved in sacrificing precious lives and a cause of our bitter global shame.

  7. baycas2 baycas2

    Oops, No. 2 pala:

    “the withdrawal of the SWAT team”

  8. baycas,
    from what i heard from the ground… why don’t they uncover the “truth” about mensodoza’s criminal and administrative cases? why did gutierrez sit on his appeal?
    …his case should have been dismissed long ago, and he didn’t have to be dismissed from the service…someone wanted to teach him a lesson…and he’s unfortunately a close ally again…hay naku…
    …lastly, who arrested dirty h son for drug pushing? dapat kasi tinimbrehan muna si dad at binalato na lang…

  9. we must learn not to force the circumstances to meet our expectations but the rule of law…and accept the inevitable, change what we can change…we can only start with the things we can control, the things we can influence, mostly its just our own reactions to whatever comes our way…we’ll just have to bring our own sunshine wherever we go…

  10. Mike Mike

    My prediction. Not in anyway part or result of official report by IIRC. In short
    IMHO. 😛

    1. Mayor Lim – Nag hapunan sa Emerald Garden Restaurant
    2. Robredo – Walang alam, out of the loop daw. Kaya walang K sa DILG
    3. Puno – Di raw trained sa hostage crisis management.
    4. Michael Rogas – Pakialamerong tiga media.
    5. Erwin Tulfo – Isa pang pakialamero.
    6. Magtibay – Inako ang kapalpakan. Need I say more?
    7. Verzosa – Iniwan ang hostgae crisis sa mga tauhan. Namasyal sa CDO
    8. Vice-mayor Isko Moreno – Utusan ni Mayor, nadamay tuloy.
    9. P02 Gregorio Mendoza – Ang baril niya di pa sinosoli hanggang ngayon. 😛
    10. John Doe – ????

  11. parasabayan parasabayan

    Will Pnoy have the guts to have dirty Harry reprimanded or suspended? Palaging nasa tabi ni Cory yan nun. All the other people involved will not matter but dirty Harry is very close to the Aquinos. Abangan natin ang susunod na kabanata.

  12. parasabayan parasabayan

    Si de Lima lang ang hinahangaan ko sa lahat ng mga Cabinete ni Pnoy. I hope she will be just all the time.

  13. gusa77 gusa77

    S.I. Mendoza,has a long list of unknown dirty tricks to pay “NINONG”for the dismissal of RAPE ,EXTORTIONS and other cases,due of non appearances of complainant{S},ng masilat sa kasong extortions,illegal detention at drug planting at ng humihingi abswelto sa kaso, ang another extortionist sa isang kutongero ng 150k pesos para lamang pag-aralan,aba’y sobra naman,9 months nakabinbin ang MR,di niya alam sa haba ng panahon ay para GUMAWA naman ng paraan upang mapunan ang kanyang OBLIGASYION,sa kinauukulan.Ayon nangungutong para ibayad naman sa mga Super KUTONGERO,para madali HOSTAGE ang drama,upang linisin ang kanyang maruming pagkatao,dahil sa malapit niyang retirement sa 2011,dahil kulang sa pagiisip si UTOL,gumawa naman ng eksena,para indefinite retirement w/o pay si KUYA,at may kasama pang walong dayuhan at isang malaking kahihiyan sa boung mundo ang ating bansa.

  14. Rudolfo Rudolfo

    I pray and strongly wish, this won’t be likened to the ” Mayuga Report vs Magdalo “…( pag may tama sa mga naka-upo, or the admin, winawalis, as whitewashing )..” the government has to really show resolve in terms of going after those that we will recommend [ to be held accountable ], DOJ, L.de Lima said..This is the only way, that can save the face of the present admin of Pnoy from the Hongkong nationals, the chinese and hatred of other chinese around the world. Pnoy should sacrifice the “bad eggs” ( R. Puno, PNP, Ombudsman,etc…) around him vs the image of the country and the Filipinos all over the world of nations. Pumuri siya ng husto sa pnp, baka bandang huli, lunukin niya ang kanyang mga sinabi…dapat hinay-hinay lang,huwag
    mabilis and be discernment siya, at, gawin ang nararapat sa mga nirikuminda ng DOJ.Malaking pagsubok ito sa anak ng yumaong Ninoy, at Cory Aquino ( kaibigan-kapanalig vs the only son of Ninoy and Cory for a change and hope of the country ).

  15. parasabayan parasabayan

    De Lima has to put weight on the Chinese witnesses’ testimonies. This will be the only way the Hongkong people will be able to respect the Filipinos anew. Whitewashing the de Lima report will not help the case.

  16. parasabayan parasabayan

    Kanina 10 lang ang makakasuhan. Ngayon 12 na.

  17. parasabayan,
    sa buong pag akala ko ang linis nitong si dirty harry, sayang, hinahangaan ko pa naman siya dati…marami din palang tinatago, gahaman din sa pera…
    …kaya kayang galawin no noynoy to?

  18. gusa77 gusa77

    Di lang 12 ang sankot kung gagamitin the Backhoe of JUSTICE,bakit lumalala ang naging pasiya ni S.I.Mendoza sa hostage drama,sanay magsimula,imbestigahan ang bawat motibo upang di namaulit ang nangyari dahil maraming AHENSYA ng gobierno ang may bahagi sa isang pangyayari,Una bakit na nadismiss ang kaso,isang criminal capital offense ang rape,at di nadala sa korte upang bigyan ng karapatan kong ito ay isang gagawa lamang ng isang gustong mangutong sa nasawing MENDOZA.Hanapin sino ang mga nangungutong kay Mendoza,maliban kay 150k KUTONGERO,dahil kung walang nagungutong kay MENDOZA,bago masilat sa pangalawang pagkakataon,ay may nagtutulak sa pobreng kriminal para ulitin ang kanyang gawain upang may ipambayad sa mga NINONG.

  19. martina martina

    The root cause of why Captain Mendoza resorted to hostage taking was the long delay of his pending case with the Ombudsman. It is more believable that it did not move because of lack of grease. Napuno ang salop in Kapitan. That Gonzales guy from the office of the Ombudsman has a lot more to answer than those officers onsite .

  20. ken ken

    Good to hear that media is also one of the respondents. I hope not only one but two persons to be charged. These media people had gone too far in this incident. I hope they follow our protocol if there’s any in the future.

  21. ken ken

    Isama na rin si asst. ombudsman Gonzales.

  22. ken ken

    Dapat isama ang mga taga ombudsman. Para maituwid ang landas at kapalpakan ng mga taga Ombudsman.

  23. baycas2 baycas2

    jug,

    thanks for the info. i zeroed in on the two guys who directly “assisted” Rolando in pulling the trigger. i’ve listed before who, to my belief, were directly and indirectly party to the blame.

    at least from the government side, they accepted their faults and limitations (except, of course, mercetigas! uhmm, probably some others too…but P.Noy somehow covered them).

    but these RMN guys, esp. Jake Maderazo, still do not accept that what they did (the interview) was wrong. “trabaho lang daw.”

    kahit na may maaaring mamatay sa pakikialam nila, trabaho lang?!!!

    —–

    naku, siyempre, iba pang mahabang usapan diyan ang tv broadcasters, lalo na mga boss, na laging ang pulis lang sinisisi. parang wala ring kasalanan!

  24. NFA rice NFA rice

    Ang nakaka-irita nito ay may authority ang police na mag news blackout. Alam nilang may tv sa bus. Bakit hinayaan nila ang media na magcover live? Pwede namang ibroadcast pagkatapos ng insidente.

  25. chi chi

    I just hope they won’t forget to put the blame on Orlando Yebra, the inept negotiator, and the RMN guys, the meddlesome people. They are directly involved in sacrificing precious lives and a cause of our bitter global shame.- baycas

    I pray that the de Lima report will not be tainted, just facts kahit sinong tamaan sa mga nagsikain sa Emerald.

  26. chi chi

    I’m pretty sure they didn’t employ a psychologist to analyze what caused the “killer frame of mind” of Rolando (Mendoza). –

    Ala CSI sana. I don’t think they are interested in this angle.

  27. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    Do we get to read De Lima’s report? Or do we get to read what is released by Calaco (Carandang Lacierda and Coloma)?

    Ayaw ko ng damit na amoy clorox.

  28. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    Yung Mayuga report, wala pa bang nag-de-demanda under the right to information?

  29. olan olan

    Credible work Sec. De Lima. Keep it up. Also, MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino for doing a good clean up drive to minimize risk of dengue in metro manila. Keep it up. Good job. As for the others in Aquino Administration hope to hear good work from your end.

  30. Destroyer Destroyer

    Isama si Pnoy/Abnoy/Noynoy sa 10… siya ang umako sa hostage taking. Isama ang apat na itlog na secretaries, una si lasenggo ochoa, carandang, coloma at malaya. Isama rin si surot alfredo lim.

  31. vic vic

    I hope along with the findings of culpability, the Inquiry came up with meaningful recommendation of measures to correct the defects that resulted in the tragic ending to the incident. And I believe that is the most important part of its mission.

  32. baycas2 baycas2

    Ala CSI sana. I don’t think they are interested in this angle.
    – chi

    Last week I asked:

    Did Teresita (Ang-See) ask Alberto (Lubang) if the door of the bus can be opened freely even if there’s a dead body at the stairs? I understand she’s pinning on police negligence on intelligence about the now-revealed secret lever to open the bus door from the outside.

    I think we can see the answer by looking at this picture from the HuffPost:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/23/manila-hostages-rolando-m_n_690848.html

    I’m wary of our forensics report. How do our experts compare with their counterparts from Hong Kong’s Forensic Science Division?

  33. chi chi

    baycas, thanks for the link. It will be another problem if findings of the two are heaven and earth apart. Sana hindi masyadong magkalayo.

  34. …what if somebody didn’t want mendoza to live after this incident even from the start? what a mess…

  35. Mike Mike

    Jug, pwede naman after release of hostage. Pwedeng sabihin while in police custody, inagaw yung baril ng escort kaya napilitang putukan si Mendoza. Remember Pepe Oyson? 🙂

  36. gusa77 gusa77

    These are the “FRUITS” of corrupt societies and goverments when instead of reformed and rehabs,they molded more citizens into “CRUEL BEAST”,just to satistified thier needs,now where we start again,back to square one,to think after horrible mistake,anything that are not been learned from the past will be another lesson if history repeat itself.If citizenries of a country tolerated the conditons and the way the people who’s running the whole systems of any agency,will be dragged to the edges of cliffs,pits or in a hole w/c nobody could have chances to see another rays of sunlight.

  37. Tedanz Tedanz

    Itong de Lima report sa akala niyo ba ilalabas pa? Wala yan pinag-iba sa Mayuga report.
    Kailangan talaga natin ay yong isang Pangulo na kinatatakutan ng mga alalay niya … kung may isyu ang isa … tanggalin agad. Maraming pamalit diyan na mas matitino.
    Kaya tiis na lang tayo ulit hanggang matapos ang termino ni Noynoy.
    Tuloy pa rin ang ligaya natin dito sa Ellenville … lol

  38. Tedanz Tedanz

    Ayos pa naman itong administrasyong bago … wala pa namang tongpats na isyu.
    Yon nga lang kay aga namang nagpapayaman ang mga alalay niya kung totoo ang mga bintang sa kanila. Isama na rin kaya nila sa Trot Komisyon itong mga bagong isyu na ito.

  39. baycas2 baycas2

    For lawmakers, interested lawyers, and research assistants:

    The First Amendment bars Congress from making any law abridging freedom of speech or of the press. These rights generally involve the dissemination of information, not the collection of it. Nevertheless, the Supreme Court said in Branzburg v. Hayes (1972) that the right to free press “could be eviscerated” if there were no corollary right to gather news. The news media serve as surrogates for the public, reporting information that individuals would want to know if they could witness it themselves.

    Where a proceeding or an area is off-limits to the general public, the news media have no clearly established right to gain access to it. Although the Supreme Court said in Branzburg that newsgathering is protected by the First Amendment, it also cautioned that journalists “have no constitutional right of access to the scenes of crime or disaster when the general public is excluded.”

    From http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/press/topic.aspx?topic=journalist_access

    In today’s modern world, newsgathering by gaining access through mobile phone can always be done. Interviewing a perpetrator (e.g., a hostage taker) can be made unlawful inasmuch as the general public is already barred from getting information because of the ongoing criminal act.

    Of course, it’s a different story if the perpetrator requested for an interview with a particular journalist and authorities acceded to the request. Just like what happened with Susan Enriquez (though the reporter revealed that it was not really an interview and that it was not aired live).

  40. sychitpin sychitpin

    i guess ff will be sanctioned:

    1. Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez
    2. deputy ombudsman Gonzales
    3. Usec Rico Puno
    4. Gen Santiago
    5. Gen Magtibay
    6. Mayor Lim
    7. Vice Mayor Isko Moreno
    8. RMN reporter rogas
    9. Erwin Tulfo

  41. baycas2 baycas2

    The Aug23 (read: Uhg! 23) Incident really captured the ineptness, incompetence, or clumsiness (or plain stupidity?) of our government in their failure to secure everyone and to save precious human lives in times of crisis.

    But there is another powerful sector of society that shares the responsibility in bringing about global shame to us Filipinos. This is media…specifically, the Broadcast Media.

    Michelle Ward Ghetti laid down the two general areas of conflict that particularly caused media coverage during publicity-seeking crimes to become the hotbed of controversy.

    1. On media dissemination of information

    Media can serve as the “intelligence arm” of the criminal in many ways. Today, in most hostage situations, the criminal has a television or radio device within near proximity. By broadcasting police strategies, activities, plans, or the presence of hidden persons or escaping hostages, the media endangers the lives of the hostages, law enforcement personnel, and innocent citizens. They also assist the criminals in determining escape routes and repelling police assaults.

    2. On media interference with law enforcement…

    Direct media contact with the criminal:
    a. can tie up telephone access,
    b. incite the criminal by use of inflammatory questions or phrases,
    c. goad the criminal into action to prove himself in the spotlight, and
    d. can have the effect of isolating a trained professional negotiator from the mediating process by increasing the role of the untrained media person

    (From http://law.indiana.edu/fclj/pubs/v60/no3/8-Ghetti.pdf )

    It appears the TV broadcasters and the RMN people had not learned from past lessons and so were guilty in complicating things and possibly helped Rolando Mendoza to pull the trigger of his M16.

    However, it also appears that the most the media will get is probably censure (or a “slap on the wrist”) or Grave Offense sanction for the two meddling radio broadcasters [unless there really is “a law against interference to police actions” – contrary to Nene’s (Pimentel) trumpeting words that no ethical code or law was violated by the two clowns Rogas and Tulfo, backed-up by the stout ringmaster Maderazo!].

    Sadly, the all-too-powerful media that even our senators are in fear of could probably be “scot-free” again to go on their merry-way of being a “watchdog” of government…all for the sake of public service…and, of course, NOT for the ratings as some insinuated!

    Anyway, Ghetti also explained in her paper the Media’s Reasoning why they continue to cover (with eagerness and zest! I believe) publicity-seeking crimes such as the Aug23 Incident.

  42. baycas2 baycas2

    dinggageloniadotblogspotdotcom has this:

    The scuttlebutt:

    1. At least two political figures “will be recommended for prosecution or suspension.
    2. Up to eight police officers will also be leveled with severe sanctions.
    3. Two news media personalities and their media entities will be publicly reprimanded while further investigation may be sought with regard possible infractions of the terms of their broadcasting franchises.

    —–

    Sec. de Lima said “high enough” when asked who were accountable. How we FERVENTLY wish it’s gonna be truly high enough…both in government and in media

  43. gusa77 gusa77

    The defensive statement of not been charged yet media personalities,are non sense to the real issues,nobody in the media violated anything.The issue 4w’s[WHY WHERE,WHEN,WHO}and how the finality of events happened.Even those UZI’s[expectators in there area] are indirectly and has part in the failure of negosation of Hostages crisis,are added problem to the authorities of maintaining control of the off limit zones.Take a good look on communicating HOSTAGE TAKER & the authorities,been broken ’cause of manipulating action of “pakialameros”,we are not setting aside thier good intentions,but choking the lifeline of hostages are not justified for good intentions,time are precious in the critical moments.The phone the hostage taker used was Yerba owns or gov’t issue,that why those PAKIALAMEROS got hold and having communicating on the subject.w/c contributed some factors for the failures of everything.Freedom of PRESS are subsided when ENDANGERING LIFE of somebody else,not because you are obligated to informed curiosities of public,Media think first,reality are not for entertaiment,to satisfied your Expectators.

  44. NFA rice NFA rice

    The guilty ones are PNoy and the police. Why didn’t they enforce a news blackout? They have the authority to do that.

  45. NFA rice NFA rice

    Why are the media guilty? Because PNoy and the police allowed them to be. It still baffles me why PNoy did not enforce a news blackout.

  46. NFA rice NFA rice

    Oo nga pala. May utang na loob si PNoy sa media.

  47. parasabayan parasabayan

    Pnoy was the media darling just like Obama. Whenever a negative news on Pnoy was out, seconds lang sa media ang exposure. But if the same negative news were on his opponents, the news lingered, even for weeks. Kaya tama ka NFA rice, malaki ang utang na loob ni Pnoy sa media.

  48. balweg balweg

    RE:…recommended charges against 10 officials, police and media people in the bungled hostage rescue last month.

    Finally, dapat may managot sa SWATik kapalpakan na ito. Ibig sabihin if 10 gov’t officials + police and media personalities…aba marami ang makakasuhan nito?

    Dagdagan ko ang huli ni Igan sychitpin…i guess ff will be sanctioned:

    10 Gov’t Officials:-
    1. Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez
    2. Deputy Ombudsman Gonzales
    3. LGU J. Lobredo
    4. Usec Rico Puno~as head of Security and Peace and Order at the DILG.
    5. Mayor Lim~who headed the crisis management committee dealing with the standoff.
    6. VM Isko Moreno~side-kicked of Mayor Lim who talked to much about this hostage drama.
    7. ?
    8. ?
    9. ?
    10.?

    Police:-

    1. PNP Chief Gen. J. Verzosa
    3. Gen Santiago
    5. Gen Magtibay~acted as ground commander
    6. MPD SWATik assult team
    7. SPO2 Gregorio Mendoza

    Media Personalities:-
    1. RMN reporter rogas
    2. Erwin Tulfo

    Panagutin ang mga PALPAK…di pala kaya ang pamunuan ang tulad ng hostage drama na yan e bakit ang lalakas ng loob na akuin ang trabahong ito.

    Kaya dapat akuin din nila ang karumaldumal na pangyayaring ito…kahihiyan ng Lahing Pilipino ng dahil sa mga akala mo ang gagaling pero mga bopol pala.

  49. baycas2 baycas2

    Two things THE SELF-REGULATING media (i.e., not the whole media but members of the Broadcast Media) was wrong about the handling of the Aug23 Incident. These are:

    (1) The dissemination of information (esp. the live TV coverage) was too detailed as to reveal police strategies, activities, hidden personnel, etc. This could highly influence the mind of a viewing perpetrator. Of course, it’s the network bosses’ job to filter their news coverage…whether to air the footages live or not! For example, GMA-7 had shots of the bus (as background) and a sniper (as foreground); and video of the arrest of the gunman’s brother.
    (2) Media interference with law enforcement is present. Direct contact with the perpetrator through mobile phone was made by a radio broadcaster.

    —–

    Journalists’ Operative Words

    CRIME AND CRISIS SITUATIONS* – The coverage of crimes in progress or crisis situations such as hostage-taking or kidnapping shall not put lives in greater danger than what is already inherent in the situation. Such coverage should be restrained and care should be taken so as not to hinder or obstruct efforts of authorities to resolve the situation. An example of an EXCEPTION to this Rule is the Aug23 Incident

    LIVE COVERAGE – blow-by-blow account of a particular event, e.g., Manny Pacquiao fight and Aug23 Incident with long-shot camera views from a snipers’ vantage point starring the sniper himself

    SELF-REGULATE – imposing news embargo ONLY when a colleague’s (“kabaro”) life is at stake, e.g., Ces Drilon in the hands of the ASG

    SELF-RESTRAINTjustwaiting for authorities to stop whatever journalists are performing, e.g., live broadcast of an “arrest” starring Susan Enriquez and Gregorio Mendoza

    —–
    *Art. 6, Sec. 1 of the Broadcast Code of 2007; Grave offense category

  50. baycas2 baycas2

    ANG KARUGTONG
    Ilang karagdagan sa buod…na may iwang katanungan

    1. Umaasa nang husto si Rolando Mendoza sa hatid na “magandang balita” mula kay Isko Moreno, ang sugo
    2. Nadiskarel ang negosasyon gawa ng di-katanggap-tanggap na alok na solusyon ng Ombudsman at sa nadiskubreng pagsisinungaling ni Orlando Yebra
    3. Lubhang ikinagalit ni Rolando ito na siyang nagbunsod sa pagpapaalis o pagpapalayas niya sa mga negosyador. Sa katunayan nagpaputok pa siya ng isang bala (kita ito sa video)
    4. Ayon kay Orlando may iniwan siyang panibagong alok — ang alok daw na pagbibigyan na ang kahilingang maibalik na sa serbisyo si Rolando
    5. Subali’t ni minsan ay hindi nasambit ni Rolando kay Michael Rogas ang ganitong bagong alok ng negosyador. Sa katunayan, humiling na siya ng bagong negosyador na mapagkakatiwalaan
    6. Nagpatuloy ang paputol-putol na pag-uusap ni Rolando at ng mga taga-RMN
    7. Bumalik sa command post si Orlando at nag-ulat sa nadiskarel na negosasyon
    8. Nagmiting ang mga pinuno kasama si Orlando
    9. Sa panayam kay Isko Moreno, sa kaniyang panlulumo sa masamang balita ni Orlando ‘di niya namalayan na nag-alisan na pala ang mga pinuno matapos ang miting. Nguni’t nasabi ni Isko na nagpupulasan na ang mga pulis o “militar” at mga rescue personnel
    10. Wala pang putukan pero nang paalis siya mula sa command post ay may nasaksihan na siyang aktibidades na nangyayari
    11. Samantala, bago pa ang putukan, may naiulat na rin si Rolando kay Michael na nagtatakbuhang miyembro ng SWAT sa paligid
    12. Hiniling niyang paalisin ang mga ito

    Dalawa lang ang maaaring aksiyon ng mga awtoridad sa ganitong krisis: (a) Makipagnegosasyon, o (b) Lumusob, isalba ang hostages, at igupo ang salarin. Sa karagdangang salaysay sa itaas, makikita nating nabigo sa negosasyon si Orlando.

    Mahirap na ngayong paniwalaan si Orlando dahil nagsisinungaling siya. Hindi niya masabi nang tuwiran kung nabasa na ba niya ang sulat ng Ombudsman bago niya ipabasa kay Rolando o hindi niya muna ito binasa.

    Sa kaniyang kasanayan sa negosasyon, maliwanag na hindi ginampanan ni Orlando ang kaniyang tungkulin. Binasa man niya o hindi ang sulat ng Ombudsman bago niya i-deliber kay Rolando ay parehong lubhang kamalian. Kung nabasa na niya, dapat ay ‘di na niya ibinigay kay Rolando sapagka’t sadyang ikagagalit lang ito ng huli. Kung hindi naman niya binasa, ay isa siyang tangang negosyador.

    Hindi rin siya tapat sa bayan nang sabihin niyang may bagong alok siya kay Rolando. Ipinalalabas niya na may pag-asa pa rin sa negosasyon. Subali’t wala namang nasabing ganito si Rolando. Sa katunayan galit na si Rolando kay Orlando.

    Sa ganitong kalagayan, naibaling ni Rolando ang kaniyang tiwala sa ibang tao liban sa isang magaling na negosyador. Isa sanang negosyador na tapat. Isang taong maaasahan. Isang mahusay magsagawa ng isang dayalogo mula sa humihiling at sa nagpapatupad ng hiling. Isang taong magpapahupa sana ng tensiyon sa magkabilang panig. Bigo si Orlando Yebra sa mga ganitong aspeto.

    Ang tanong, ano talaga ang naiulat niya sa mga pinuno at ano ang pasya ng mga ito? Sinungaling si Orlando. Ano ang sinabi niyang tunay kina Lim at Magtibay?

    Hindi kaya ang pasya ng mga pinuno ay lusubin na ang bus sa mga oras bago pa mamaril si Rolando ng mga hostages?

    Patunay rito ang mga aktibidades na nasaksihan ni Isko at mismo ng hostage taker na si Rolando!

  51. sychitpin sychitpin

    i guess ff will be sanctioned:

    1. Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez
    2. deputy ombudsman Gonzales
    3. Usec Rico Puno
    4. Gen Santiago
    5. Gen Magtibay
    6. Mayor Lim
    7. Vice Mayor Isko Moreno
    8. RMN reporter rogas
    9. Erwin Tulfo
    10: SPO2 Gregorio mendoza
    11. Gen Versoza

  52. NFA rice NFA rice

    @sychitpin #58,

    12. Benigno S. Aquino III

    A pity he cannot fire himself.

  53. sychitpin sychitpin

    just read IIRC report now, mukhang tama lahat ng hula ko

  54. nwsnhstry nwsnhstry

    Alam ni dinky soliman na malaki ang project allocation ni gloria dahil bago ito madiskubre ay nag-usap silang mga miyembro ng hyatt 10, parang nagkabalikan na si gloria at ang hyatt 10 ah

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