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DARIUS AND SALVACION BALALA

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Lessons from a hostage tragedy

By Nikko Dizon | May 31, 2003 - 12:00am

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...

Metro

Pasay hostage case: 8 cops face ax

By Non Alquitran and Nikko Dizon | July 2, 2002 - 12:00am

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...

Headlines