MBJ
MBJ is a veteran news writer, and was editor of a major Philippine newspaper. Currently he is a freelance journalist and has been writing for major news publications in the Philippines and overseas.
By MBJ on September 6, 2010
The chief of the Manila Police District (MPD) “ignored” an order for the deployment of an elite force in the botched rescue attempt that led to the killing of eight Hong Kong tourists, according to a witness in his testimony before a government panel.
Posted in Headlines, Nation | Tagged chief, Hong Kong, MPD, pnp, tourists |
By MBJ on September 5, 2010
A member of the Aquino Cabinet reported that a $400-million approved by the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a big boost to the government’s poverty reduction programme.
Posted in Headlines | Tagged $400-million, ADB, Aquino cabinet, dswd, loan, poverty reduction programme |
By MBJ on September 5, 2010
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino is not resigning although he has taken full responsibility for the botched police rescue attempt that resulted in the killing of eight Hong Kong tourists in Manila, a Malacanang official stressed on Saturday.
Posted in Headlines | Tagged Aquino, DoJ, Hong Kong, malacanang, police rescue |
By MBJ on September 4, 2010
Filipino and world boxing icon Manny “Pacman” is on leave as a member of the House of Representatives and is now in the US for a promotional tour of his upcoming fight with a Mexican brawler, the House speaker has confirmed.
Posted in Headlines | Tagged Antonio Margarito, brawler, house of representatives, lawmaker, Mexican, pacquiao, World Boxing Organization |
By MBJ on September 4, 2010
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino on Friday took full responsibility for the bungled police rescue attempt that resulted in the killing of eight Hong Kong tourists who were held hostage by a dismissed Manila police captain on August 23.
Posted in Headlines | Tagged china, dilg, fiasco, Hong Kong, hostage taking, noynoy aquino, pnp, Puno |
By MBJ on September 1, 2010
A member of the influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Tuesday warned against any attempt at “whitewash” as he urged officials to hasten the investigation of the recent Manila hostage-taking drama that claimed the lives of eight Hong Kong tourists.
Posted in Headlines | Tagged Buddhist monks, cbcp, Hong kong tourists, hostage taking, malacanang, manila, whitewash |
By MBJ on August 30, 2010
The death toll in the Manila hostage crisis rose to 10 on Tuesday, police reported even as President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino declared Wednesday as a “” for the victims of what is now called as the “Luneta bloodbath.”
Posted in Headlines | Tagged Department of Tourism, Hong Kong, hostage taking, Luneta bloodbath, malacanang, philippines, President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino |
By MBJ on August 29, 2010
The estimated 1,000 kilos of cocaine bricks which were thrown overboard by the crew of a vessel off Samar province in the Visayas in late 2009 came from Colombia, the chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has disclosed.
Posted in News, Region | Tagged cocaine, Colombia, drug lords, Hong Kong, pdea, South America, visayas |
By MBJ on August 29, 2010
For the second time, the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) reversed itself and declared as unconstitutional the creation by Congress of 16 new cities. In a close 7-6 vote, the SC ruled in favor of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) which protested that the “wholesale conversion” of the 16 towns into cities violated the 1987 Constitution.
Posted in Headlines | Tagged 1987 Constitution, cities, congress, League of Cities of the Philippines, supreme court, towns |
By MBJ on August 29, 2010
Residents and friends, estimated at more than 1,000, joined the family in burying on Saturday the dismissed police captain who was slain in Monday’s botched rescue attempt of 22 Hong Kong tourists whom he had held hostage in Manila.
Posted in Nation, News | Tagged burying, Hong Kong, hostage-taker, luzon, manila |
By MBJ on August 28, 2010
China on Friday condemned the draping of the Philippine flag on the coffin of a dismissed Manila police captain whom it described as a “cold-blooded hostage-taker.”
Posted in Headlines, Nation | Tagged Aquino, china, coffin, flag-draped, hostage-taker, Luneta Park, philippines |
By MBJ on August 27, 2010
A member of the Aquino Cabinet will ask the lower court to declare the Abu Sayyaf extremist group as a “terrorist” organization which has been blamed for a series of kidnap-for-ransom cases and the execution of hostages in Mindanao.
Posted in Headlines | Tagged abu sayyaf, Aquino, DoJ, Human Rights Commission, terrorist |
By MBJ on August 27, 2010
The chief of the Manila Police District (MPD), who has been relieved from his post, testified on Thursday that Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim had ordered the arrest of the brother of a dismissed MPD captain who killed eight Hong Kong tourists in a botched rescue attempt.
Posted in Headlines | Tagged brother, Hong Kong, Luneta, manila, Manila Police District, mayor alfredo lim, Senate |
By MBJ on August 26, 2010
The chief of the Manila Police District (MPD) on Wednesday took full responsibility and offered to go on leave for the “fiasco” that attended the Monday hostage-taking bloodbath that resulted in the killing of eight Hong Kong residents and the wounding of several others.
Posted in Headlines | Tagged Hong Kong, hostage taking, malacanang, Manila Police District, ofws |
By MBJ on August 24, 2010
Peace talks with the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) could resume before the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on September 9, the chief government negotiator disclosed on Friday.
Posted in Nation | Tagged Constitution, Kuala Lumpur, malacanang, milf, moro islamic liberation front, noynoy, peace process, peace talks, philippine supreme court, University of the Philippines |
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