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What now, Noy EDITORIAL 12/19/2010

Sunday, December 19, 2010

What now, Noy

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12/19/2010
What is considered as the first test of Noynoy’s capability as president goes on trial in Hong Kong on Feb. 14 as Hong Kong would be subjecting 116 Filipinos, including likely some Cabinet officials under its scrutiny within the ambit of its law, over the bungled hostage rescue operations last Aug. 23 that left eight tourists dead. They were residents of the Chinese territory.

Noynoy came out a miserable failure, in a global view, from the way he handled the incident, during and after it happened.

The incident remains a huge and likely recurring black eye on the Aquino administration which Noynoy had helped along by watering down the recommendations of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) report on the incident.

Nothing was heard from Hong Kong regarding the findings of the IIRC which did the job of probing the controversial incident exhaustively under the short time allotted to it, indicating a guarded acceptance of it..... MORE

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