May nanggugulo na naman sa Pinas!

I feel so sorry for those who were killed and were hurt. Hope the cops can identify who did this.

Sad day again.

It could just be a thunder and lightning to cleanse the air of corruption as nature does.

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why would anyone want to grab the limelight and make the headlines when GMA is just starting to boil in her own fat? muslim extremists? you make it sound like they’re out to save her from the lynching mob. kawawa naman sila. sila nanaman ang pinagbibintagan. sounds more like someone’s alter ego is at work here.

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nakakakot wag naman sana..

guys check more pics inside the mall
http://haroldandjoeff.com/blog/

Frustrating and at the same time shocking. Those people responsible for this brutality are no more than a bunch of barbarians who only care about their own feeble motives and empty ideologies. They don’t deserve any place in our humane, peace-loving, and progress-oriented society.

Diversionary tactics lang yan ni Gloria para ma-divert and attention ng tao from suhulan sa malacanang. Ganyan sila kasama!!!

I just went there to that exact section to check out some toys for my son. In fact, we always have his hair cut at cuts4tots. I do hope that the very kind-hearted kids’ barbers at cuts4tots survived. T.T

hearing this kind of new from my family back home was really a schocked!

feel so sad of what’s happening in our coutry…from the government up to this kind of tragic incident….

let’s just pray….

jk (germany)

Humanda kayong mga terorista kayo! Palage na lang mga inosenteng tao pinapahamak nyo! Bilang na araw nyo mga ***tek kayo. Iisa-isahin ko kayo!!

[...] Here are some pictures of the bombed Glorietta 2 area, courtesy of a concerned citizen through the auspices of ABS-CBN. More after the cut. Also check out this picture rich gallery by Multiply blogger disneycute. More blog coverage can also be found at Inquirer Blog Addicts. [...]

Well, sad to say so many precious lives were sacrificed again.

This could be a symptom of a prophecy: A new Dictator is coming. Her evil reputation has reached its peak and the latest “brown paper bag money” scandal will put her to more perils. So in order to clutch her hold on power, she needs “Martial Law.” And in order to justify a martial law, she needs a valid reason. So, there it is.

This could be another diversionary tactics: To divert the people’s attention from her wicked governance and make the people to look for protection againts “bombing.” Then, the people may welcome martial law in a blind faith.

Let’s beware. If she declares, or even insinuates the declaration of martial law, then.. we are on our way to dark ages.

I’m sorry for the victims of the families… Very sad day indeed for those whose loved ones have died. I just hope it was just an accidental explosion, otherwise… (I don’t want to think of the negative implications)…

Grabe talaga walang magawa! pati walang malay damay….

We were at the suspended bridge to use the escalator en route to landmark at 1330h when we felt the bridge shook up and down, a loud explosion was heard, then the falling ceiling with the dust. I said to myself this is more than an earthquake, sounded more like a bomb…I was stunned, good enough my good friend Eric held me tightly by the hand and said “let’s go”. we ran from one corner to another, sound of metal dooors closing down still reverberate in my ears, people shouting and running all around, we didn’t want to use the escalator but no way, it was full, but Makati crowd was I am proud to tell you was pretty discipline. Two sec. guards doing the marshalling of the shoppers escorted us…free again…

Walang habag ang gumawa nito, sana madakip kayo ng alagad ng batas at maparusahan kayo, isipin nyo sanang maraming inosente ang nasaktan at namatay. Mahuhuli din kayo at bagabagin kayo ng konsensya niyo.

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Tama si Woobie..I am familiar with that part of G2…I hope there were no kids inside the barber shop for kids on second floor just above the G2 entrance lobby. I often take my kid there also for his haircut and the shop always have kids customers from 2 years old and up…

after hearing the news from a local channel here in singapore, we immediately check on our families and friends working in makati. thank God they’re all ok.

nakakalungkot yung nangyari and we can’t imagine what the families of the victims are going through right now.

right now, i don’t think glorietta will be the same again. people usually go there to have fun, spend time with our friends or families, or simply buy a blank cd. but after this sad incident, it’ll be weird going there to relax and enjoy when you know that 8 people have died and over 60 people were injured because they, themselves were simply earning a living or just passing by to windowshop.

let’s all pray for them..

Isipin din nating mabuti kung sino ang may pakana nito.Baka naman gawa lang yan ng kung sino para mawala na naman ang atensyon sa bigayan ng pera sa Malakanyang.Nasa balita pa ba?AYUS!!!

[...] L. Quezon III rounded up first-hand accounts, initial reactions and updates. Also taking note of furious blogging about the bombing was Blog Addicts. In fact, Inquirer came out with a special [...]

It is a very tragic day. People perishing that way. It would have been easier to accept if it was an accident, but if this is a planned terrorist attack..it’s just unacceptable. My condolences to the family of those who perished and for the perpetrators, you have your own family too… hope this same fate wont happen to them…God bless.

amateur videos taken immediately after the blast are now posted at http://tinyurl.com/22u4vc

what happened is so terrible. sana lang, the authorities do everything to identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice.

why do people keep hurting our beloved country?? i’m in canada, but i cant help feeling extremely sad for the fate our contry is in now….so sad, because as always, innocent people are the victims….when can the Philippines take off, when our inertia for takeoff is always obstructed by these incidents?? Kawawa ang Pilipinas, lalong kawawa ang mga Pilipino…tayong mga Pilipino….sana, our poloticians should wake up from their slumber, and help, instead of destroy, our country…they are partly to blame for agitating these incidents….

When news of the Glorietta blast first came out, people immediately started to ask - Was it a diversionary tactic on the part of Arroyo? Was it a prelude to Martial Law?
Without doubt, Gloria Arroyo is again caught in a crisis of her own making, with the alleged Palace pay-offs coming so close at the heels of the ZTE scandal and a double-edged impeachment complaint now loose in the House of Representatives. The CBCP is also poised to issue a stern pastoral letter this Sunday. And the maneuvering to marginalize Jose de Venecia, as what was done to Fidel Ramos, just might boomerang on Arroyo.
It is still within the realm of possibilities that in the future it might be revealed that Gloria Arroyo had nothing to do with the Glorietta blast. But just as Ferdinand Marcos was blamed for the Plaza Miranda bombing, (and wrongly at that, as it turned out to be, because twenty years later the truth finally came out that it was the New People’s Army that was actually responsible), the blame for the Glorietta blast is being put squarely by a significant majority of the Filipino people on the doorsteps of Gloria Arroyo.

I symphatized to the victims and for their family. It’s so horrible to saw that it happened again. The people behind this will regret his act for the rest of their life. To my kababayan please be vigilant because we’re now living in the world of terrorism. There’s no more safe place to hide in the world. Take good care of your friends, co-workers and family because this is one way we can save everybody’s life. Godspeed….

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Philippine government should be fast in doing the invistigation to find the cause of explosion in the mall. To prevent bias report, other countries bomb experts should be allowed to invistigate the site in tandem with Filipino invistigators. We want the truth behind it. The explosion killed people and the survivors will suffer traumatic brain injury, not mentioning others will suffer mental disturbances. We deserve to be told the truth, nothing but the truth.

yuhuuuuu. Mayor Binay, where are you, I knno you’ve always wanted some media mileage and Makati is your responsibility.

Joey, I blogged about a different aspect of the blast here: http://indiosign.blogspot.com/2007/10/design-lessons-from-glorietta-explosion.html

hi ben, great to hear from you again! thanks for visiting and the link to your blog entry.

I’m amazed that the Ayala admin expects everything to be business as usual today. Are they planning to have a fire sale perhaps of Robee stickers and the baby clothes from the shops on the 2nd floor?

For the partisans, it definitely is business as usual even before the black smoke from the explosion has cleared. The allegations about who did what to who seem to fly faster than sympathies for the victims.

I get the feeling that we’re not nearly quite as horrified about this as we ought to be.

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I feel for the people who lost their loved ones in this tradegy. If this had happened during holidays, more people haight have perish.

diversionary tactics of GMA(gloria), galing! divert the people and media about the money given to the gov. officials and the NBN/ZTE scandal…

hay naku! sana wag na maulit, rami civilian nadadamay, buhay ang nawawala…

[...] L. Quezon III rounded up first-hand accounts, initial reactions and updates. Also taking note of furious blogging about the bombing was Blog Addicts. In fact, Inquirer came out with a special [...]

this is definitely the work of the government. c4? ano naman ma-gain ng mga terrorista dito? just have an open mind and you’ll notice talaga. like the time 1:30pm sakto konti na lang ang tao kasi balik office na lahat (mimimal casualties). too much will enrage the people against the government. so sinakto lang nila. hay hirap talaga. tapos mga tao after ilan months. wala lang..

Stop politicking and instead, support the government in it’s sincere undertaking.

who wouldn’t be sincere after this deadly blast?

It’s sad that after this tragedy, some people still think of wicked thoughts. It is not about diversion of whatsoever incidents present! It is the question of our safety and security!

Would this not happen if JDV is the president?
Would this not happen if Lacson is the president?
Would this not happen if Erap is the president?

Stop putting impertinent colours in the picture!

Stop Politicking! for God’s sake!

bad day for us.

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I have written an article about this too.

I am deeply saddened, affected and shaken. To think I was supposed to be there at Glorietta that day!

read more @ http://kristinesendy.wordpress.com

Instead of blaming this on secret government conspiracies and other theories, I do suggest that authorities do the following:

1. Train and get QUALIFIED security personnel - how much is a regular guard paid nowadays? Are they properly educated? Are they even trained to look for bombs?
2. Police Visibility - instead of just standing at corners and hiding while waiting for motorist victims, cops should also do their share. Sheesh. I only see motorbike cops on either funeral convoys or as “hagads” ng mga politico.

Haven’t we learned from the Dec. 30 bombings?

Peace!

Even if I love my country and miss it terribly, I won’t be coming home to visit.

Wake up Philippines! Be vigilant, be wise.

juan (canada)

I still believe that its not caused by a bomb but caused by around 10-20 pcs of 22kg lpg cylinder tanks inside the docking bay that exploded simultaneously.

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