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Every journey has to start from somewhere. This could have began like many mornings at Figaro’s along Emerald Avenue. I’m at my favorite spot, by the window, right under the air conditioner, sipping my latte and eating a sandwich. Every morning, 32 oz of latte. Five years back, there was hardly any pedestrian walking at six thirty [...]
Sen. Chiz Escudero reminded government yesterday that it has a sufficient budget to address the problem of kidnapping. “The President has at her disposal at least P500 million in intelligence funds as allocated for the Presidential Anti-organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) by this year’s national budget. It is time to use it wisely,” he said. In [...]
grim appeal has been made by the Int’l Committee of the Red Cross to the Abu Sayyaf Group of Al Bader Parad as a March 30 headline deadline approaches in the latest terrorist kidnapping holding us all hostage. Please pass this post on until bloggers like Angela Stuart Santiago should receive it and have their [...]
In yet another slap to Manila’s “no ransom policy” the Basilan Electric Cooperative has paid “board and lodging fees totalling, according to one report, some P800,000 in exchange for the freedom of four of its linemen from the clutches of what the military last week called the “degraded capability” of the Abu Sayyaf Group in [...]
Ces is back! She’s safe! Whee! Now, after the love-fest, answers. Who kidnapped her? Can she identify them from mugshots and such? Did she know where she was held? What can she remember about the place where she was held? Any geographic landmarks? How many people held her? How were they armed? How were they [...]
With the deadline come and gone, the kidnappers are now said to be contemplating scaling down their demand. From cash to livelihood projects. That’s good, of course. It just calls into question how much we needed the ‘ticking clock’ drama. Every line of text devoted to these jokers gives them incentive to up the ante; [...]
It’s funny how after initially not wanting to talk about it, media now can’t stop hyping up the abduction of Ces Drilon. Here in Voices, most especially, Ding Gagelonia’s constant updates are nothing short of cinematic. Reading through his posts, one can feel a palpable build-up of tension and fear – bordering on hysteria even [...]
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