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[ArticleID] => 208200
[Title] => Lessons from a hostage tragedy
[Summary] => A year after a group of Pasay City policemen bungled the rescue of four-year-old hostage victim Dexter Balala, their colleagues say they have moved on from the trauma of the incident, which has been described as an "eye-opener."
"There was really a need for us to be trained and develop special skills in various situations like a hostage taking," said Senior Police Officer 3 Danilo Unico.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-31 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1620721
[AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon
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[ArticleID] => 182705
[Title] => 17 Pasay cops post bail, plead ‘not guilty’
[Summary] => Seventeen of the 21 Pasay City policemen charged with the death of a four-year-old hostage victim last May have posted bail and pleaded "not guilty" before a Pasay City judge.
Jo-Mark Belarmino, officer-in-charge of Regional Trial Court Branch 113, said four other policemen have yet to post bail. He added that these are the lawmen who have been dismissed from the service.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-05 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 166877
[Title] => Pasay cops paid P250,000 to family of slain hostage?
[Summary] => The Pasay City policemen who were involved in the botched rescue attempt that resulted in the death of four-year-old hostage victim Dexter Balala allegedly paid his parents P250,000 in "blood money."
A ranking police official, who requested anonymity, confirmed that the policemen, led by relieved Pasay City police chief Superintendent Eduardo de la Cerna, collectively raised the money for the boy’s impoverished parents Darius and Salvacion Balala.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-03 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1620752
[AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon and Non Alquitran
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[ArticleID] => 166984
[Title] => Pasay cops paid P250,000 to family of slain hostage?
[Summary] => The Pasay City policemen who were involved in the botched rescue attempt that resulted in the death of four-year-old hostage victim Dexter Balala allegedly paid his parents P250,000 in "blood money."
A ranking police official, who requested anonymity, confirmed that the policemen, led by relieved Pasay City police chief Superintendent Eduardo de la Cerna, collectively raised the money for the boy’s impoverished parents Darius and Salvacion Balala.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-03 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 166747
[Title] => Pasay hostage case: 8 cops face ax
[Summary] => The Metro Manila police’s Internal Affairs Service (IAS) recommended yesterday the forced resignation of Pasay City police chief Superintendent Eduardo de la Cerna and the dismissal of seven of his men who figured in the tragic hostage-taking incident last May 31.
At the same time, IAS regional director Senior Superintendent Romulo Adduru exonerated 14 other policemen after finding no direct evidence linking them to the botched attempt to rescue four-year-old Dexter Balala from hostage taker Dio-medes Talvo.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-02 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[ArticleID] => 164674
[Title] => ‘Sharpshooters only need to disable him’
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"They (Pasay City policemen) failed to read the hostage taker’s body movements. The hostage taker should have been neutralized when he made changes in his movement."
This was the striking observation made by lawyer and retired police Inspector Jaime Santiago, who served as head of the elite Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit of the Western Police District from 1995 to 1998.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-15 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1097368
[AuthorName] => Mike Frialde
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[ArticleID] => 164100
[Title] => Dexter laid to rest, family seeks justice
[Summary] => SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga – There may be forgiveness, but justice must be served first.
This was the call made by the family of slain four-year-old hostage Dexter Balala, whose remains were interred at the public cemetery here yesterday afternoon.
Thousands of people came out of their homes along the route to the cemetery to bid Dexter a final goodbye as the funeral cortege passed.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-10 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804849
[AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes
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[ArticleID] => 163695
[Title] => 21 Pasay cops, 8 guards charged
[Summary] => Police filed yesterday with the Pasay City prosecutors’ office homicide charges against 21 Pasay policemen and eight security guards of the Philtranco bus terminal for their involvement in a bungled hostage rescue last week.
Southern Police District (SPD) director Chief Superintendent Jose Gutierrez said the policemen and security guards were charged with reckless imprudence resulting in homicide only for the death of four-year-old hostage Dexter Balala because only the boy’s family filed a complaint.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-07 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1620721
[AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon
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[ArticleID] => 163765
[Title] => Bakit kailangang parusahan ang lahat ng pulis sa kasalanan ng iilan ?
[Summary] => KUNG ‘‘overkill’’ ang nangyari sa kaso ng hostage- taking sa Pasay City noong nakaraang Biyernes mukhang ‘‘over-reaction’’ naman ang kautusan ni Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Dir. Gen. Leandro Mendoza na isubo sa re-training itong 110,000 kapulisan natin sa buong bansa. Bakit kailangang parusahan ang lahat ng pulis natin sa kasalanan ng iilan?
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-07 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133167
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096526
[AuthorName] => Bening Batuigas
[SectionName] => PSN Opinyon
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[ArticleID] => 163613
[Title] => Cops in hostage face homicide raps
[Summary] => The Philippine National Police (PNP) is set to file homicide charges today against 21 Pasay City policemen, including Senior Superintendent Eduardo de la Cerna, for their part in the bungled hostage-taking incident last Friday.
This developed as the PNP Internal Affairs Service (IAS) directed yesterday 19 of the policemen to submit counter-affidavits on the incident that resulted in the death of four-year-old Dexter Balala and hostage taker Dio-medes Talbo.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-06 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096615
[AuthorName] => Christina Mendez
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November 5, 2002 - 12:00am
