Noy leans on AFP for hostage rescue ops 09/10/2010

Noy leans on AFP for hostage rescue ops
09/10/2010
As if adding insult to injury suffered by the Philippine National Police (PNP) for the botched police assault during the hostage-taking at the Quirino Grandstand, President Aquino has asked the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to showcase its capability in addressing emergency and terrorist situations like hostage-taking.

AFP Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ricardo David Jr. yesterday said the AFP’s demonstration of capability to react on certain emergencies will be conducted today in compliance

to Aquino’s order and apparently in relation to what happened last Aug. 23 when eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in a hostage-taking.

David said the commander in chief will personally witness the demonstration by members of two elite units under the AFP’s Joint

Special Operations Group (JSOG) during separate occasions in Sangley Point, Cavite and Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija.

“That’s the order of the President. We should, I think, tell the people that we have this type of capability because the AFP is capable of doing so of any emergency, terrorist activities – hostage-taking, seajacking, airport situations,” said David..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20100910nat3.html