Just saw on TV the hostage taking involving young children and teachers in a bus. Was told that the kindegarden owner was the hostage taker. What was his motive? Is the Phillipines a dangerous place to travel to ?
2007-03-28 01:21:13 · 15 answers · asked by Frankenstein 3 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
the guy is nuts... he has a history of kidnapping people yet he never got punished for his past crime... it only emboldned him to be more cavalier....
does the means justify the cause? hell no!
2007-03-28 02:10:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
no one really knows why the hostage taking took place in the bus,maybe it was easier for him to contain the kids and to control the place since he had to do it all by himself.
the demands we're good. yes he has the right to demand that from the government. but the thing there is, if one has to do some hostage taking i think the person has to ask for a more feasible demand, don't you think? i think i've been watching too much TV,hehe but it's true. that's how it is. though i symphatize with him,it was a very symbolic act of calling the government's attention to look after the problems of their people and look for effective means to provide all the basic social services of the filipino people.
2007-03-28 06:14:01 · answer #2 · answered by warrior is a child 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was shortcircuited between the ears.
Its safe to travel to the Philippines but just like most countries around the world, there are places wherein you have to use common sense and be streetsmart. In the few times I've visited the US, I've seen more nuts on the streets of LA and New York than in Metro Manila in my entire lifetime.
2007-03-28 04:38:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
bottomline of the issue is the world is not a safe place anymore..and if you think about it what ever part of the world. Regarding the hostage taking you have to take in mind that sometimes people do crazy things to get attention or to have the people open their eyes to what is neglected
2007-03-28 08:44:50 · answer #4 · answered by stilettofan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the Philippines is about as safe as any other country in the world to travel to. However, there are just people with screwed up minds who does stuff that shocks us. I heard the reason behind was that he wants the public to be aware that it is election time. THAT shallow.
2007-03-28 20:57:29 · answer #5 · answered by WAHMaholic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no,phil. still the safe place to travel, regarding the hostage taking it is just another media hype and a well planned political picture taking for some governemnt official and aspiring senatorial candidate like chavit singson, trying to gain media mileage from the opposition,just treat this as another gimmickry from some tradional politician.
2007-03-28 13:24:23 · answer #6 · answered by lepactodeloupes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hostage taking began at around 8am, i grow to be nonetheless snoozing :) woke up at 11am, ate brunch, log in y!a, logged in fb, drove around city with my cousin, we bought burgers at acontinual via then have been given abode, watched television i found out approximately whats happening at 6pm once I replaced the channel to ABS CBN.
2016-10-20 03:04:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just happen on a day & it's not that scary. Philippines is still okay to visit or else the government will declare that the state is not that safe to travel.
2007-03-28 20:46:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was asking for good education for the children. What he did is wrong but we all know that the intention is good. If you're scared to go anywhere then just stay wherever you are. Don't go out.
2007-03-28 06:24:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's just one of those nut heads in the world. It just happens that he had more exposure in the media. That doesn't say that the country isn't safe to visit anymore. That's foolish.
2007-03-28 04:26:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The dude wanted better education for the kids, because they were situated in a poor district.
2007-03-28 01:29:33 · answer #11 · answered by The World Ends with You 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋