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    The resolution directs three House committees to conduct a joint inquiry into the bloody hostage-taking incident in Quirino Grandstand, Manila on August 23, 2010 where a police officer took hostages on a bus and demanded reinstatement. It notes the incident resulted in 8 deaths and highlighted the police force was unprepared, ill-equipped, and disorganized in their response. It also notes concerns around the negotiations, media coverage, assault plan, equipment, and crowd control. The resolution aims to review PNP procedures and protocols around hostage situations and media coverage of volatile incidents.

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    The resolution directs three House committees to conduct a joint inquiry into the bloody hostage-taking incident in Quirino Grandstand, Manila on August 23, 2010 where a police officer took hostages on a bus and demanded reinstatement. It notes the incident resulted in 8 deaths and highlighted the police force was unprepared, ill-equipped, and disorganized in their response. It also notes concerns around the negotiations, media coverage, assault plan, equipment, and crowd control. The resolution aims to review PNP procedures and protocols around hostage situations and media coverage of volatile incidents.

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    The resolution directs three House committees to conduct a joint inquiry into the bloody hostage-taking incident in Quirino Grandstand, Manila on August 23, 2010 where a police officer took hostages on a bus and demanded reinstatement. It notes the incident resulted in 8 deaths and highlighted the police force was unprepared, ill-equipped, and disorganized in their response. It also notes concerns around the negotiations, media coverage, assault plan, equipment, and crowd control. The resolution aims to review PNP procedures and protocols around hostage situations and media coverage of volatile incidents.

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    Republic of the Philippines

    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
    Quezon City, Metro Manila

    FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
    First Regular Session

    House Resolution No._______


    Introduced by Akbayan Partylist Representatives Kaka Bag-ao
    and Walden Bello

    A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEES ON LOCAL


    GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY, AND PUBLIC
    INFORMATION TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY,
    IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE BLOODY THE HOSTAGE-TAKING
    INCIDENT
    THAT TOOK PLACE IN QUIRINO GRANDSTAND, MANILA CITY, ON
    AUGUST 23, 2010

    WHEREAS, on Monday, August 23, 2010, a ghastly carnage happened when


    a hostage-taking incident led to the killing of seven Hong Kong citizens and
    one Filipino;

    WHEREAS, the hostage taker, Rolando Mendoza, a police officer who was
    facing dismissal from service because of robbery, extortion, and grave
    threats, took over a bus with 25 people, mostly Hong Kong citizens, in
    Quirino Grandstand, Manila, and demanded for his reinstatement;

    WHEREAS, Mendoza released nine hostages earlier in the stand-off while he


    negotiated for the dismissal of the charges against him before the
    Ombudsman and while he sought the intervention by the media;

    WHEREAS, it was reported that the hostage-taker had access to live TV and
    radio reports of the incident;

    WHEREAS, as the situation unfolded, it became evident that the police force
    was unprepared, ill-equipped, and severely disorganized to resolve the
    incident peacefully;

    WHEREAS, the negotiation even includes public officials outside the police
    force, including Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez and Vice-Mayor Isko
    Moreno, raising concerns about the lack of control and command during the
    negotiations and the absence of capable hostage negotiator;
    no clear assault plan and decisive implementation thereof
    WHEREAS, officials of the police force were routinely speaking to media and
    were even discussing their plans to the public, giving the hostage-taker
    strategic advantage over the disorganized assault team;

    WHEREAS, no news black out was imposed on media coverage, and blow by
    blow accounts of the actions being undertaken by the assaulting team were
    broadcasted live by various TV stations and radio outfits;

    WHEREAS, the police used mediocre equipments in assaulting the bus;

    WHEREAS, it was likewise clear that the police assaulted the bus
    unprepared and ignorant of the engineering, make-up and safety features of
    the vehicle, therefore bungling the operation several times and giving the
    hostage-taker time and advantage to prepare for the attack and revealing
    that there was no clear assault plan and decisive implementation thereof;

    WHEREAS, no crowd control mechanism was in place, and during the


    shootout, a 13-year old bystander was hit by a stray bullet and immediately
    after Mendoza was gunned down by a sniper, the bystanders rushed towards
    the bus unimpeded, compromising the rescue operation and restricting the
    mobility of the ambulances in the area;

    WHEREAS, a TV crew was seen accompanying the Scene of Crime Operation


    (SOCO) operatives inside the bus;

    WHEREAS, as a result of the incident, Hong Kong issued a Black Travel Alert
    for the Philippines, warning its citizens against going to the country because
    of ‘severe threats’;

    WHEREAS, there is a need to review the standard procedures of the PNP in


    handling hostage-taking situations to prevent the recurrence of the same
    tragic mistakes;

    WHEREAS, there is a need to review the protocol on media coverage and


    crowd control during extremely volatile situations like the Quirino
    Grandstand hostage-taking incident where the lives of civilians are at stake;

    NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that


    a joint inquiry be conducted by the House Committees on Local Government,
    Public Order and Safety, and Public Information, in aid of legislation, on the
    Quirino Grandstand hostage-taking incident.

    Adopted,
    HON. KAKA BAG-AO HON. WALDEN BELLO
    Akbayan Party-list Akbayan Party-list

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