Checkpoints used as multcting points
By Ben O. Tesioma - Sun Star Davao

CHECKPOINTS are common sight nowadays. With the reported terrorist threats, many would welcome any checkpoint set up by the police and military.

But a checkpoint along the national highway in San Isidro, Davao Oriental seems to have another objective aside from ensuring the safety of travelers.

It was on April 28, at around 3p.m. when passenger van from Davao City going to Mati was flagged down by elements of the Regional Mobile Group 11 3rd Company at the said checkpoint.

As standard operating procedure, the policemen checked on the baggage and passengers of the van to which this reporter was among the passenger.

Minutes passed after checking, the RMG personnel continued asking the conductor whether the van is a passenger or private vehicle.

This reporter noticed however that while the policemen were holding our vehicle they were letting others pass. Inside the van, the driver kept on telling the passengers that these policemen just wanted to ask money from them.

From that point, this reporter wanted to berate the driver for his negative impression on the RMG personnel. But when the conductor returned to the van, he said the policemen were asking him for "pangkape".

"Pangkape lang daw. Wala man hinoon gisulti kung pila basta pangkape lang daw nila. Guihatagan na lang nako ug P60" was the conductor's statement.

When informed of the incident, Davao Oriental Police Director Bienvenido Latag promised to investigate the matter.

RMG 11 director Nestor Quinsay also vowed to look into the matter once he returns from Manila.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2005/....as.mulcting.p..

ANOTHER FLAGRANT DISPLAY OF UNABATED CORRUPT PRACTICES OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE PNP.

IF THIS CAN HAPPEN IN A HIGHLY VISIBLE PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT, ANYONE CAN SAFELY SAY, THAT THE PNP IS STILL INHABITED WITH PACK OF WOLVES PREYING ON HAPLESS CITIZENS.

Where is the reform that they said the new PNP is all about ? :dunno:

Kakapal ng mukha ng mga yan tapos kung makahingi ng dagdag sahud kala mung pagkabubuting pulis!

:grrr:

That's one of the reasons why crime surges in most part of the country.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY CIVILIANS ARENT RELAYING VITAL INFORMATION TO THE AUTHORITIES WHICH COULD LEAD TO THE ARREST OF CRIMINALS ... BELIEVING THAT THE COPS THEMSELVES ARE INVOLVED SOMEHOW.

:agree: Harassing drivers of Public utility vehicles in a check point to extract money by group of armed men is no different from Highway Robbery "Brigandage" as what the penal code decribes it. The only difference is, that these offenders are in uniform and victimizing the citizens they have sworn to protect.

Now, the real picture of the new PNP has emerged.

What a shame!

That's the saddest part.

When a cop or someone in authority becomes the criminal....

... THE THREAT TO SOCIETY COMPARED TO THE THOSE CRIMINALS WHO ARENT COPS MULTIPLIES EXPONENTIALLY.

Kung yung kriminal mahirap ikulong eh.. yun pa kayang may kapangyarihan.

How can you jail them when they can do anything to stop you from even reaching the courtroom?

That is what angers me the most! :grrr:

If I am PGMA, i will lift the moratorium on the death penalty and execute first all cops who are convicted of serious crimes.

The point there is to protect the society.

To prevent the cops from committing crimes, the punishment for wayward cops MUST BE heavier than that of the civilians.

This will deter them from preying on hapless civilians.

Our existing criminal laws has prescribed stiffer penalties for accused who hold the position involving public trust, these are called aggravating circumstances. But, since the prosecution of an offence starts from the law enforcement agencies before reaching to the courts, cover-up and protection always prevail in a corrupt environment, and they can easily get out of it.

Totally revolting! :grrr:

:exactly:

That's why the rebels and criminals are thriving because they find reasons in this to carry on.

THE GOVT MUST FIRST CLEAN ITSELF BEFORE THEY START WINNING BACK THOSE IT LOST OUT TO DESPERATION AND HOPELESSNESS.

P60 is chicken feed, ask the drivers of fish cars travelling from Mindanao to MM via the Pan Philippine Highway the total 'tong' demanded by PNP, AFP, DENR, DA, etc. checkpoints and you'll never wonder again why fish and other commodities are expensive nowadays.

Explosives found in bus

July 12, 2005
Updated 04:51pm (Mla time)
Tonette Orejas
Inquirer News Service

Military bomb experts on Monday night recovered at least 3.4 kilograms of explosive materials inside a bus filled with students in Zaragoza town, Nueva Ecija province.

Senior Superintendent Alex Monteagudo, Nueva Ecija police director, said three pieces of timing fuses were also found inside the JP mini bus.

Zaragoza police officers stopped the bus at the town center’s checkpoint on Monday night, and found the explosive materials, according to Inspector Whelmer Carillo, the town's police chief.

Carillo said the person who brought the explosives alighted before the bus reached the checkpoint.

Carillo said the bus, carrying 25 students, left Cabanatuan City at past 9 p.m.
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This checkpoint prove its worth :thumb:

Checkpoints to be installed to curb kidnappings


By ARIS R. ILAGAN and ROY C. SINFUEGO

Checkpoints will once again be a familiar sight in the metropolis.

Director General Arturo C. Lomibao, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered the activation of at least 37 police checkpoints in strategic areas of Metro Manila to respond to the reports of rising incidents of kidnap for ransom (KFR).

The PACER-NAKTAF checkpoints will reportedly be stationed in kidnapping prone areas such as schools, factories and subdivisions.

This was disclosed by PNP spokesman Chief Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil who also said that Lomibao met with officials of the National Anti-Kidnapping Task Force (NAKTAF) and Police Anti-Crime Emergency Response (PACER) in Camp Crame in an effort to curb kidnapping incidents.

Also present in the meeting was Mrs. Teresita Ang-See, head of the Citizens Action Against Crime (CAAC).

Ang-See earlier claimed that there were seven kidnap for ransom incidents that occurred in the past two weeks.

Officials of the PACER-NAKTAF coordinated with the CAAC to validate their figures on the number of kidnapping cases that initially appeared to have discrepancies.

Lomibao yesterday conducted an on-the-spot inspection on the checkpoints established by the PACER-NAKTAF in Malinta, Valenzuela, Bulacan area to determine their readiness to respond to reports of kidnapping incidents.

According to Bataoil, the PNP has monitored 17 kidnapping incidents since January this year.

With the renewed campaign against KFR syndicates, Bataoil said that the PNP leadership is optimistic that they can reduce the number of kidnapping cases "to the barest minimum level."

Bataoil said that the directors of the five police districts in Metro Manila were likewise directed to "increase police visibility" as an effective deterrent against criminal elements.

Police authorities blamed the series of mass actions that were staged in Metro Manila during the last two months in diverting the attention of PNP elements from their primary duty of neutralizing criminal elements.

Meanwhile, in an effort to further improve the delivery of its services, the PNP launched its transformation program in rites held at the PNP Multi-Purpose Hall in Camp Crame yesterday.

The six to 10-year program is being undertaken by the government together with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

PNP Deputy Director General Avelino Razon, Jr. said the program will complete the reforms in the criminal justice system and will be coordinated towards the achievement of the PNP’s objectives.

Among the priorities of the program is to remove the mechanisms that politicalize the police force and undermine its integrity infrastructure; to put in place a policy framework and strategy that will synthesize and veer into mutual direction all peace and order programs; to weed out the morally, mentally, psychologically and emotionally unfit officials and personnel; and the development and maintenance of an elite corps of police force with a high sense of integrity.

UNDP representative Kyo Naka, in his message said that there is a crucial link between the rule of law, poverty eradication, human rights and sustainable human development.

Checkpoints are to be installed in situations where urgency can be justified, otherwise public utility and commercial vehicles will fall prey to scalawags that will be manning it.

To deter cops manning the checkpoint from engaging mulcting activities, regular inspection and clandestine operation must be done regularly just to test if they are not doing nefarious activities while manning the checkpoint.

This can be done by police intelligence personnel to board public utility vehicles, logging trucks or any commercial vehicle that passes regularly in a particular checkpoint, this way, they can be easily caught, and could be a sufficient deterrence.

[/B]Checkpoints set up near Quiapo church, US Embassy[B]

Two major police checkpoints were set up by the Western Police District (WPD), which will soon be known as Manila Police District (MPD), after midnight yesterday in Manila to ensure peace and order in the city.

The checkpoints were put up in front of the Quiapo Church at the southbound lane of Quezon Boulevard, Quiapo, and near the gates to the United States Embassy at the southbound lane of Roxas Boulevard corner United Nations Avenue in Ermita.

"This is an anti-criminality drive. Our checkpoint here in Quiapo is set up anytime of the night. We are also on the lookout of suspected holdup men aboard jeepneys, buses, and taxicabs," said Inspector Melvin Urmatam, detachment commander of WPD Station 3’s Plaza Miranda Police Community Precinct Block 4.

Holding a flashflight, Urma-tam was very busy joining his men in checking passenger jeep-neys and all types of vehicles passing through the checkpoint.

Over at the corner of Roxas Boulevard and United Nations Avenue, WPD Station 5 Lawton PCP Block 4 commander Inspector Alfredo Opriasa said they are also on the lookout for people riding in tandem aboard motorcycles.

Opriasa said these people could be suspected holdup men or snatchers who usually grab the belongings of unsuspecting pedestrians and promenaders, using the motorcycle as getaway vehicle. "If they couldn’t grab the loot, one of the riders would get off and get the things at knifepoint or gunpoint," he said. (Joel C. Atencio)

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This modus operandi are true. Had a co-employee drag by such motorcyle men a few blocks from our office. They failed to get her bag but she needs to be brought by us at the hospital for bruises. But believe it or not, another fellow employee was dragged also, but this time by a Honda CRV riding fellow. He got her gym bag with her falling down the gutter with some bruises. And that happened at 4 in the afternoon.

The effectiveness of a checkpoint depends on the personnel manning it, otherwise it can only contribute inconvenience to the motoring public especially during traffic rush hours when bottlenecks bring traffic flow into a snail's pace, moreso if there is no proper strategic analysis of the area where it is suppose to be mounted.

Pentagon kidnap gang leader falls

A LEADER of the Pentagon kidnap-for-ransom gang was arrested at an Army checkpoint in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Norte late Tuesday evening.

The suspect, Norham Amil alias Commander Ramsie, has a 500,000-peso reward for his capture and is included in the list of most wanted kidnappers of the National Anti-Kidnapping Task Force (NAKTF), reports reaching Camp Aguinaldo said.

Army special forces troops intercepted Amil at a checkpoint at around 11 p.m., reports said.

The Pentagon gang operates in Mindanao.

The government stepped up its anti-kidnapping drive by setting up checkpoints nationwide after officials admitted that kidnapping cases were again on the rise.

http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?in...&story_id=50192
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This one is by the Army! :thumb:

http://pdff.sytes.net/index.php?showtopic=2204&st=0&#last

Although different fishermen is casting the net, it still can catch the same fish.

We would recognize this as a credit to our army for accomplishing a task supposedly by the PNP. :thumb:

I was a victim of these so-called check points by the manila police. They will try to find fault in you and once they do they will try to intimidate you into submission. They talk so arrogantly they forget that they are public servants. Goddamn these cops, who do they think they are. Sometimes you can't tell a cop from a criminal. God save us. :headbang:




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yup, also was a victim of the wpd.... years back, i went into one of those notorious one-way streets in the malate resto district..... (it was dark, and i swear there was no one-way street sign).... got accosted by a wpd patrol car.... after paying my "fine" i saw the same patrol car accosting another car in the same area.... tsk tsk....

a friend, with an expired drivers license, was brought to wpd un ave hq.... he was told that he will be jailed overnight coz his license was expired, also coz of their anti-terror alert and all that, unless he calls someone who can help him.... he called another friend who brought P4,000.... as he was waiting for his friend, he stepped outside of the office (found at the back of the hq) for a smoke, when he was told to get back inside because "someone might see him" (?).... a few minutes later, another cop comes in and massages the one behind the typewriter, saying "boss! bossing!" (?).... afterwards, the police stressed that they were only "helping" him, since the total fine plus lawyer amounted to P7,000++ plus jail time (?), and also told him that it was he who asked for the "help"..... made him sign a release form of some sort....

a year ago, another friend was also accosted in a checkpoint near st scho and la salle.... his lto registration was expired by 2 months, and he was told that his car needed to be "impounded", again the prevailing terrorist alert was cited to explain their strictness.... to avoid hassle, the cop told him to just give his men an "allowance"....

is it a coincidence that these patrol cars and checkpoints are set up in areas where a lot of people going to and from party places drive by?

then we hear violent carjackers operating with impunity along edsa...... :headbang:

the best behaved cops i've encountered are the north tollways patrol crew (not the old pncc guys who mulcted like there was no tomorow)....

This one is a military checkpoint:

Attempt to bomb Davao bus foiled

The Philippine Star 01/19/2006

ZAMNBOANGA CITY — Government troops foiled a plot to bomb a JBI Express bus last Monday after they discovered an explosive inside it in a checkpoint in Davao City, the Armed Forces’ Southern Command said.

Maj. Gamal Hayudini, Southcom information chief, said the bomb, containing four kilos of ammonium nitrate, was planted on board the JBI Express bus which had come from Carmen, Davao del Norte. — Roel Pareño

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200601199905.htm

:thumb:

ahh, ONE absolutely commendable job by the army (tho its debatable if they were the ones who really "found" the bomb, or who planted it)....

to be eclipsed in a few weeks time by FIVE OR TEN ABSOLUTELY STUPID MISTAKES....

i think the REAL reason why bombs are not going off every week is not because of our military's efforts but the ordinary pinoy's disdain for violence and killing innocent women and children...... the army just likes to take the credit for this fact

I'm also skeptical on this piece of news- how a bomb failed to detonate before it passed the checkpoint. :dunno:

140 sacks of explosive materials seized in Cavite

By Arnell Ozaeta
The Philippine Star 02/17/2006

Carmona, Cavite — Police seized 140 sacks of ammonium nitrate, a chemical component used in making explosives, at a checkpoint here Wednesday morning.

Superintendent Leo Francisco, chief of the Special Operations Group of the Cavite Police Office, said two suspects, including a policeman were arrested when they were flagged down in an intersection along Governor’s Drive here at around 11:45 am.

Charged with illegal possession of explosives were Jovito Berido and PO3 Nixon Ilagan of the 402nd Police Mobile Group in Batangas.

Investigators said the suspects were on board a passenger-type jeep, with license plate DKA-966, when authorities received a tip from an informant on the alleged shipment of chemicals from Batangas to Cavite.

Probers said the chemicals were stacked underneath a pile of charcoal to conceal the delivery. It is under the name of Monte-Vil Trading of Taysan, Batangas and was to be delivered to a still unidentified recipient.

"Based on our initial investigation, the chemicals would be used for illegal fishing in the coastal communities of Tanza, Cavite," Francsico told The Star.

The two suspects are undergoing investigation at the Cavite Provincial Police Office for proper case disposition.

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200602179901.htm

another positive result:

9 suspects in Benguet raid nabbed

The Philippine Star 02/17/2006

La Trinidad, Benguet — Nine suspected communist guerrillas who were reportedly part of the attack on an Army detachment in Mankayan, Benguet on Feb. 10 were seized by Benguet policemen on Tuesday afternoon.

The rebels, whose identities are yet to be ascertained by authorities, were reportedly retreating from Mankayan town on board a stolen dump truck when nabbed by policemen at a checkpoint in Barangay Bangao, Buguias town.

The nine guerrillas were "positively identified" by witnesses and militiamen as among those who attacked the Philippine Army detachment in Barangay Cabiten. Three government forces were killed in the encounter and 23 high-powered firearms were carted away by the raiding guerrillas.

The rebels were reportedly bound for Mountain Province where they are suspected to regroup with other guerrillas who participated in the daring midday raid. — Artemio Dumlao

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200602179913.htm

DILG eyes civic groups, NGOs at police checkpoints


By Cecille Suerte Felipe
The Philippine Star 04/27/2006

To ease public apprehension over police abuse and violence at police checkpoints, Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno is planning to tap the assistance of civic groups and non-government organizations to assist officers manning them.

Puno said the plan will help establish an environment friendly to both policemen and ordinary citizens.

"One aspect where our friends in the private sector can help improve the image of the PNP is in the manning of checkpoints," said Puno, who pointed out that representative of private groups would be asked to be present when police conduct inspections.

Under the proposal, Puno said organizations like the Rotary Club, Kiwanis, the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other private groups would be invited to help the PNP in its crime prevention drive.

Puno pointed out that the police cannot easily win the trust and confidence of the public without the cooperation of the citizenry.

"One of my goals is to overhaul the PNP’s image by setting up an environment where everybody will have confidence in our law enforcers," the DILG chief said.

He noted that while checkpoints should help reassure people that the police are doing their job of keeping the public safe from criminal elements "what has been happening is that many have become hesitant when they approach checkpoints."

There have been allegations that some policemen assigned to checkpoints commit abuses.

Puno, who is concurrent chairman of the National Police Commission, ordered an immediate review on police operational procedures, particularly at checkpoints and during protest rallies.

The DILG secretary tapped Napolcom Commissioner Miguel Coronel to head the review and determine if there is a need to establish additional safeguards and measures.

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200604276302.htm

the midnight police checkpoints are scary holding their m16 for intimidation, and the police tmg "tambay muna group" that pops around stopping anyone they want especially motorcycles.

Why Bro, where you one of those hard-headed motorcyclist not wearing the presrcribed helmets, no lights, plate numbers and documents that suddenly zig-zags along the road as if death could not cope up with them?

If you are not, no need to be afraid of those guys. A lot feels safer knowing they are around doing their job than needing them and don't know where to ask for help?

They should know the limitations and legal boundaries when executing search on vehicles stopped in the checkpoint to spare the public from undue inconvenience and abuse.

i always go on the road so i experience some abuse by some police in checkpoints already, and im not a motorcyclist.

im planning to put an onboard video camera on my car so i can get back at them in case something happened.

Been planning the same for a long time now. And I've love to post photos of violations made by some cops. Maybe a thread titled "Law Enforcers, Law Breakers"!

I see many of them in scooters, motocross and even the official motorcyle cruisers with no helmets, plate numbers and even lights at night.

I as recall, aren't PNP police personnel not allowed to issue tickets for traffic violations anymore? i believe those jobs were delegated to the MMDA.

PNP Police are only for crimes, homicides, etc.. but i still see a lot of them flagging down motorists, together with some MMDA. If we get pictures of these policemen, were can we e-mail these? since most of the e-mail for for the PNP i found on the web are not active anymore.

Also, gun-ban checkpoints target the high-class SUVs instead, to get more kickback i suppose. :rifle:

The authority of the PNP to issue traffic citation tickets cannot be taken away from them because this is an absolute power reposed upon them thru one of it's Operational Support Unit which is the Traffic Management Unit to enforce traffic laws and regulations as mandated in the constitution governing the set-up, duties, and powers of the PNP.

And it is the PNP who trains civilian local traffic enforcers in cities and highly urbanized metropolitan areas.

More APCs are really needed to protect the police stations in vulnerable areas and enhance the firepower at checkpoints.

Probably, for this base security enhancement we can use the "indigenous armoured vehicles" being developed by Steelcraft.



http://pdff.sytes.net/index.php?showtopic=4320&st=0

The 30. or .50 cal machinegun and night-vision equipment are a must since the rebels are now conducting night assaults more often.

This is also a perpect armoured vehicle for the Police Mobile Groups deployed in rebel-infested areas and the police checkpoints.

Makati cops take pictures of motorcycle riders

Policemen in Makati City have started taking pictures of people riding in motorcycles that enter and leave the business district.

A radio DZMM report said the Makati City police have gone high-tech after issuing digital cameras to policemen manning checkpoints in strategic areas in the business district.

The cameras are being used by the police to create a database of motorcycle riders, especially those "riding in tandem," that frequently pass by Makati City.

Superintendent Gilbert Cruz, Makati City police chief, said the new strategy helps the police to pinpoint robbers who use motorcycles in their heists.

Cruz said all motorcycle riders passing Makati City are given "serialized stickers" for identification.

He said the new strategy helped authorities foil a robbery after police killed a suspected robber at the corner of Yulo Street and the South Superhighway on Thursday.

He said policemen approached at least two men on motorcycles after noticing that their motorcycles did not have a serialized sticker.

Cruz said the group fired at the police mobile unit team, prompting police to fire back.

One suspect, who was brandishing a .45 pistol, was killed in the incident while the other escaped.


http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=92421

Man, my boss witnessed that incident. That suspect just started firing at the cops while running in traffic. Motorists were at a lost on what to do, as well as the streetsweepers and pedestrians hitting the ground. In the news, the dead suspect has many jewelries with him, possibly stolen.

BTW, Makati is strict with regards to motorcyclists. No Helmet Apprehension policy is enforced as well as no side mirrors, bright lights (rear break lights) and sirens, which most of these riders tend to neglect and abuse which causes accidents. Many snatching and hold-up incidents are happening involving robbers onboard motorcycles. A lady co-worker fell victim, with her being drag a few meters. It happened just a few blocks away from our office. She was able to call up and fellow employees reached her still on the ground bruised.

If one did not do anything, or not driving under the influence of alchohol or one is not hiding anything contraband, there is nothing wrong with checkpoints. Too much freedom corrupts society. Pati curfew ok sa akin!

It depends on how the checkpoint is managed. We can see it as a true checkpoint if the public has every inkling that the checkpoint was managed honestly in accordance with what it was intended for and within the bounds of the law.

3 truckloads of explosives intercepted in Sorsogon

Saturday, January 5, 2008 06:54 PM

Combined Army and police elements intercepted three truckloads of explosives and bomb-making materials in a checkpoint in Matnog, Sorsogon this morning.

Lt. Col. Ernesto Torres, Army spokesman, said the seized explosive materials include 36 tons of ammonium nitrate, 600 dynamite connectors, 601,000 detonating cords, 144,000 safety fuses, 144,000 fuse lighters and 2,122 blasting caps.

Torres, quoting Army intelligence reports from their unit in Bicol said the bomb-making ingredients and explosive devices came from Bataan and are bound for delivery in Mindanao via a passenger ferry in Matnog. By JAIME LAUDE

http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Local%20...&aid=2008010530

This is one of a kind of accomplishment by the Army intelligence which lead to the the interception of such a considerable quantities of bomb-making ingredients that highly deserved a commendation, and to those PNP & Army elements who were doing their checkpoint duties religiously that had it not been of the timely interception, it could have rested successfully on the hands of the terrorists.

A laurel should be added to the caps of the Police and Army elements involved.

Well done guys, keep it up.. :thumb:

Another positive result of a checkpoint

Alert up in Davao following interception of motorcycle bomb
GMANews.TV
GMANews.TV - Wednesday, July 23

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine security forces have heightened their alert in Davao City after the military in Maguindanao province intercepted a motorcycle bomb supposedly headed there.

Radio dzBB's Benjie Liwanag Jr reported Wednesday that members of the Army's 64th Infantry Division intercepted the motorcycle at a checkpoint in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao province on Tuesday afternoon.

The motorcycle, which sustained a flat tire, was found to be carrying an improvised explosive device (IED) wired to a cell phone that would be used as a triggering device. The IED was detonated safely.

Maj. Armand Rico, spokesman for the Armed Forces Eastern Mindanao Command, said the IED was reportedly prepared by a terrorist cell affiliated with the Jemaah Islamiyah. Authorities have described the Ji as the al-Qaeda's arm in the Southeast Asian region.

The terrorist cell was reportedly headed by a certain Abdullah, Rico said. The motorcycle bomb was assembled in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao.

"The IED was composed of TNT placed inside the air cleaner of said motorcycle, connected to a cell phone that served as a triggering device," Rico said.

The driver escaped even before security forces found the abandoned motorcycle, he added. - GMANews.TV

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/gma/20080723/tph-...ep-ce44f36.html

Makes me wonder, could have it been they were the target, just like those in Iraq?

The report is bit sketchy. In what circumstances that motorcycle has been intercepted and the rider was able to escape?

However, although the details are bit murky, it had accomplished something worthwhile that anyone could be thankful that the bomb device was'nt able to reach its purpose, and can be of credit to the personnel manning the checkpoint.

Talked about a tense situation in the South

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/115704/Cops-ki...ecurity-escorts

The law does'nt allow checkpoint personnel to shoot vehicles that does'nt stop except for a fact that there were provocative actions to justify the shooting on the premises of
self defense. There is no doubt - the above case is murder.