Students held hostage!

I think this situation reflects the desperation experienced by our fellow Filipinos. This man was so desperate to get the children under his care higher education that he staged an attention grabbing stunt. Attention grabbing is even underestimating what he did. It was a show stopper! CNN, BBC, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, Jerusalem post, and the other major publications and networks all covered the hostage drama. The desperation is just ever so great than before that the government must do something drastic to quell these reputation staining events.

Many people are taking advantage for their own personal benefits. If Ducat wants to be a hero, he should not involve innocent children. Then those who are fond of getting publicity went there also to pursue their own vested interests. The victims are the innocent children.

The news also rocked this part of the world. Are the people getting crazy day by day? What is left to do to draw public attention? ...and he is successful in his intention. Abusing innocent kids to fulfill vested interest! We, the full grown matured people today, need to get some fundamental training of ethics and morale value, that might improve over the situation...

Another drama is passed. There are many people fond of staging a drama to pursue their own personal interests. And they can't do that alone so they involve innocent people. And that happened again. Authorities should know how to deal with the culprits better so that the same thing does not encourage others to do things similar to what has been happening.

yah i saw that in tv.. and while watching it.. i feel like..God i don't know what to do if i am the one whose there.. but thanks god the children are ok..

finally the crisis was over and it was done peacefully. the hostage taker surrendered voluntarily and ready to face whatever the punishment would be. actually the whole situation isn't acceptable for me. he should have addressed his grievances in a proper forum. there is the right agency where to file your complaints against the government. in the course of events, his grievances were not considered by the agency, perhaps he could have asked an audience with the people closed to the chief executive, or just we saw, he could have asked assistance from his friend senator bong revilla to bring the matter to concerned oficials.

That is really sad and scary I hope and pray that they do also.

That's terrible.. no one should have had to experience something like that. I have yet to hear any updates, but I'm praying that this incident does not result in unnecessary bloodshed.. I feel sad too, for the hostage-taker. But I hope he realizes that a wrong does not make a right, and that though he simply wishes better lives for the children, things are not really achieved through violence.