Three suspected car thieves were killed in a police operation along EDSA in Quezon City Tuesday night.ABS-CBN News was able to capture on video the final minutes of the operation, which authorities said began in Mandaluyong City when police spotted and pursued a vehicle reported stolen last month.Police claimed the suspects opened fire on them forcing them to fire back.But the footage captured by ABS-CBN shows several policemen firing their weapons inside the suspects' car at close range.The footage was shown to Human Rights Commissioner Leila de Lima, who said the police violated rules of engagement."Jesus Christ!...This is very disturbing and highly questionable in our viewpoint," de Lima said after seeing the footage."This is potentially a case of excessive and blatant violation of operational guidelines," she added. "Ano na nangyari sa mga human rights education and training namin all these years for the PNP?"As of posting, Quezon City police district deputy director for operations Federico Lasiste said they have yet to see the footage.Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno said it will take several weeks for forensic investigations to be completed, but he stressed it was a legitimate encounter.Meanwhile, the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) will investigate last night's shootout amid allegations it was a rubout."Hindi dapat na mangyari na ang mga tao na nakasakay sa isang kotse, kung yan man ay nanlalaban o ano man ay papuputukan ng point blank na ang ibig sabihin ay hindi lumalaban yung mga nasa loob," said Eduardo Escueta, vice-chairman of the NAPOLCOM, after seeing the footage."Hindi maganda ang ating nakita diyan at umpisa pa lang ay maari nating sabihin na hindi ito dapat ginawa ng police officer," he said.
-http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/02/18/09/3-killed-police-rubout-qc
malaya spot:
the pnp's duty as seen in almost all papers is to serve and protect. but with this issue, there seems to be a cloud of doubt as to how the police interprets and realizes this objective. the victims may be criminals guilty of inflicting disorder in the society but this does not fully justify the kind of treatment they got from the police operatives. in a nation that struggles in every step to attain the real spirit of democracy, the failure to observe the proper treatment of a suspect is relative to the failure to pursue the right direction to real democracy.
it could be that we're lost.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
im excited.
this is the emotion i felt when our proposal to represent our university in the luzonwide press conference was finally approved. But there exists a more delicate concern which may prejudice our travel to palawan. we have'nt reserved yet for our flight going to palawan and back home and we barely have 3 days before our scheduled event.alas! there are no available and practical flight going to palawan.
strategy.
instead of going there as a group, we decided to travel there by batch to accomodate the available schedule of the plane. there are no available flights back to manila so we grabbed the lowest rate available in super ferry, its pegged at 1500 for the mega value class. its almost the same with the economy class rate.comfort.all things are prepared from the budget, to the reservations and documents needed except our personal 'things'.a few hours from our scheduled trip to manila, i went home, packed my things (i almost packed all my shirts..im anticipating an adventurous episode in palawan, hehe) and went back to school.there i met my co-officers and had a dinner with them.
the time is 10:40pm.
the bus starts the engine. passengers began entering. a few minutes later, then a few hours passed, we found ourselves at manila.its 4 early morning. the capital is a busy place and its also a place where vigilance is necessary especially when your not that familiar with the place. we stayed at pasay bus station until 5am then went to mcdonalds for a breakfast.
6:30am.
we're at the ninoy aquino international airport terminal 3. the place is a tough area especially for the first timers like us, its also a cool place to discover things adding it to experience. our flight is scheduled at 9:20. its almost 10 when we finally departed manila.high. higher!it's my first time to ride a plane and its an experience which offered my a sense of being high. the moment the plane started to run, the beat of excitement becomes strong. as the plane takes off from the ground, the beat becomes stronger. the feeling of seeing yourself riding a plane brings back the childhood dreams of a super hero and it tickles the senses existing in your childhood dimension. while at the plane i struggled over surpassing the point of sleeping with the desire to expereince the feeling of flying and without missing any detail which may add up to that childhood masterpiece.. the plane flew from manila to puerto princesa for about an hour yet it seemed to me like it just existed for a few minutes.
the plane landed.
this is the emotion i felt when our proposal to represent our university in the luzonwide press conference was finally approved. But there exists a more delicate concern which may prejudice our travel to palawan. we have'nt reserved yet for our flight going to palawan and back home and we barely have 3 days before our scheduled event.alas! there are no available and practical flight going to palawan.
strategy.
instead of going there as a group, we decided to travel there by batch to accomodate the available schedule of the plane. there are no available flights back to manila so we grabbed the lowest rate available in super ferry, its pegged at 1500 for the mega value class. its almost the same with the economy class rate.comfort.all things are prepared from the budget, to the reservations and documents needed except our personal 'things'.a few hours from our scheduled trip to manila, i went home, packed my things (i almost packed all my shirts..im anticipating an adventurous episode in palawan, hehe) and went back to school.there i met my co-officers and had a dinner with them.
the time is 10:40pm.
the bus starts the engine. passengers began entering. a few minutes later, then a few hours passed, we found ourselves at manila.its 4 early morning. the capital is a busy place and its also a place where vigilance is necessary especially when your not that familiar with the place. we stayed at pasay bus station until 5am then went to mcdonalds for a breakfast.
6:30am.
we're at the ninoy aquino international airport terminal 3. the place is a tough area especially for the first timers like us, its also a cool place to discover things adding it to experience. our flight is scheduled at 9:20. its almost 10 when we finally departed manila.high. higher!it's my first time to ride a plane and its an experience which offered my a sense of being high. the moment the plane started to run, the beat of excitement becomes strong. as the plane takes off from the ground, the beat becomes stronger. the feeling of seeing yourself riding a plane brings back the childhood dreams of a super hero and it tickles the senses existing in your childhood dimension. while at the plane i struggled over surpassing the point of sleeping with the desire to expereince the feeling of flying and without missing any detail which may add up to that childhood masterpiece.. the plane flew from manila to puerto princesa for about an hour yet it seemed to me like it just existed for a few minutes.
the plane landed.
palawan experience
a few hours from now, we'll be leaving puerto princesa city, palawan. For the past five days, it's not just the press conference (which we attended to) that entertained me rather the excitement that out of the warm temperature in this place springs out the cool feeling of seeing the scene that once entertained you in the computer, the cool feeling of touching the sand, the water or probably the rocks that were once limited only to your imagination and the feeling of feeling yourself to be in a place you once or just saw in the the two-dimensional world of virtual reality.For the past five days, the feeling was oppresingly great. I thought i could just see the underground river in the realm of the internet, but it is more amazing to be at the same place your thought has imagined.Ah, it's 12:24AM!. We're staying at circon lodge. Its a nice place that offers you good bed, good service and good food. hindi kasi ako makatulog kaya naisipan kong magblog.I'm starting to get sleepy. i'll update you about my experience from our first and last day in palawan when i come back to baguio on monday.
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