Hostage Deaths: Count going Up

Finally, the police force admits to their stupidity in handling the hostage taking of the tourists from Hong Kong yesterday, August 23, 2010. As of today, the death count went up to nine including the taker. Only in the Philippines you allow the hostage drama to run for ten hours and be fed live on national TV and on the international stage.

Quick to seize opportunities, P. Noy and the rest of his media group announced in a pre-dawn press conference about the  shortcomings of Philippine National Police in handling hostage situations.