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Deputy Ombudsman fired for liability in hostage incident

By Jun Pasaylo | April 1, 2011 - 12:01pm

The Palace has dismissed Deputy Ombudsman Emilio Gonzalez III for gross neglect of duty in the complaint filed by Rolando Mendoza, the hostage-taker who went into shooting rampage during the August 2010 hostage incident...

Headlines

Killer bus drivers

December 23, 2010 - 12:00am

The death of former Makati RTC judge Rey Laygo and his wife Lilia in a traffic accident involving a Corimba bus brings out once again the insanity of bus drivers who act as if they are kings of the road without any...

Business

Mendoza's dismissal from PNP affirmed

By Michael Punongbayan | September 7, 2010 - 12:00am

Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez has affirmed her decision dismissing from the service for grave misconduct former police senior inspector Rolando Mendoza, who was killed along with eight Hong Kong tourists whom he...

Headlines

Ombudsman set to rule on case of slain hostage taker

By Michael Punongbayan | August 31, 2010 - 12:00am

Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez is set to rule on Thursday on the case of slain hostage-taker Rolando Mendoza.

Headlines

No cabinet secretaries in P-Noy's midnight presscon?

By Bobit S. Avila | August 27, 2010 - 12:00am

We got a lot of responses to our column last Wednesday about the botched hostage crisis that gave the whole world an idea that a 3rd World police like ours and their SWAT team just cannot subdue a tourist bus with...

Nation

The blame game

August 26, 2010 - 12:00am

As usual, the blame game is on with a lot of finger pointing on who is responsible for the bloody end to the hostage crisis last Monday.

Business

Feeling the effects of the hostage crisis

By Bobit S. Avila | August 26, 2010 - 12:00am

The fallout or the ripple effect of that blotched hostage crisis has already started. Many hotels and resorts here in Cebu already received several cancellations from Hong Kong.

Freeman Opinion

EDITORIAL - Day of mourning

August 25, 2010 - 12:00am

Whether or not his dismissal from the police service was unjust, former senior inspector Rolando del Rosario Mendoza’s way of getting redress could never be justified, and simply showed how truly unfit he was...

Opinion

Mendoza victim fears for his life

By Michael Punongbayan | August 25, 2010 - 12:00am

Fresh from international culinary school, Christian Kalaw was enjoying his hard-earned money as a promising young chef for the plush Mandarin Oriental Hotel – until the night of April 9, 2008.

Headlines

Opisyal sa PNP nang-hostage og 25 turista, 3 ka Pinoy

By Edwin Ian Melecio | August 24, 2010 - 12:00am

Usa ka gitaktak nga opisyal nga polis ang mi-hostage sa 25 ka mga turista ug tulo ka Filipino nga sakay sa usa ka tourist bus diha sa Quirino Grandstand sa Rizal Park, Manila kagahapon nga miabot kagabii.

Banat Balita