Hostage Taking

Last Monday, a hostage taking occurred at Quirino Grand Stand. A dismissed policeman, Rolando Mendoza, was the hostage taker. He took over a tourist bus filled with Chinese tourists. He said that he wanted to hitch a ride then when he got in, then thats when it all started. The hostage taking took more than 12 hours. And there were 9 people that were killed including the hostage taker.

Now, the citizens of China have declared a "travel ban". Right now they are mourning because of that tragic event. There are hundreds of Chinese mourning since Tuesday. The Chinese are accusing us that there was discrimination when the hostage taking was going on.

I think that the S.W.A.T. team could have done better. They should have made sure that they had all the thing they needed. They forgot their gas mask when they brought the tear gas with them. And they also forgot to bring a ladder. They might have failed in getting the hostages out quickly, but at least Ronaldo Mendoza is now dead and we can all make sure that this will not happen again.

All we can do know is trust the government and pray that this tragedy won't effect our country's tourism than it is now.