The hostage taking incident today wherein an irate police officer took an entire bus load of Chinese tourists as hostages once again highlighted the incompetence, as well as the plight, of our Philippine National Police. Five hostages out of 15 ended up dead in the rescue attempt by the "Special Unit" of the PNP NCRPO.The entire world watched live as the Philippine Police made an embarrassment of the entire country.We do not have to be members of an elite commando unit to observe what went terribly wrong. Plain and simple Common Sense - which unfortunately was absent today - could have resulted in a different outcome and lives saved. Continue Reading