President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s statements on the hostage crisis display his government’s militarist and violent frame of mind. It appears that the Aquino government merely went through the motions of negotiating with the hostage taker while waiting for the opportunity to use an overkill of violence. The government’s handling of the hostage crisis therefore…
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HK OFWs Express Condolence And Sympathy to Hostage-Crisis Victims, Call for Thorough Investigation
Press Release August 24, 2010 As the hostage crisis in Manila ends, the United Filipinos in Hong Kong (UNIFIL-MIGRANTE-HK) condoles with the families in Hong Kong of those who died and sympathizes with the other victims who got out safely but were surely traumatized by the tragic event of the past hours. Filipino migrant workers…