ON TARGET
Columnist’s killing is not an isolated case
By Ramon TulfoPhilippine Daily Inquirer
The killing of columnist Nixon Kua was an isolated or “singular event” that doesn’t represent the peace and order situation in the country, according to Malacañang.
Of course, it does.
Kua’s killing showed that nobody is safe in this country, that one could get robbed and killed in the safety of his own home in an upscale, well-guarded village.
Kua’s killers have a pending rape case for which they have been issued an arrest warrant by Calamba City Judge Maria Florencia Formes-Bacudo.
Why haven’t the police arrested them for this case?
Why were they free to roam around to victimize more innocent citizens?
If they were in jail for rape, which is a nonbailable offense, and awaiting trial, would they have been able to rob Kua’s wife and daughter and killed Kua who fought them off?
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The scene of the crime was the exclusive Ayala Greenfield Village in Calamba City.
The name Ayala connotes safety, as in the well-guarded Ayala Alabang Village in Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila.
But the suspects were able to enter Ayala Greenfield where the Kuas were building a house.
One of them grabbed the handbag of Kua’s daughter.
Kua was shot as he tried to help his daughter recover her bag.
Kua’s brother Allyxon was shot in the shoulder by another suspect as he tried to help him.
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Abigail Valte, Palace spokesperson, said Kua’s slaying was “a singular event that we believe is not reflective of the entire situation.”
She was talking through her hat.
Every day, innocent citizens are killed and the perpetrators are not arrested, except in the case of Nixon Kua.
Take the case of Willem Geertman, a Dutchman involved in charity work in the country, who was killed in Angeles City after he withdrew money from a bank.
Many persons have been killed by gunmen riding in tandem on motorcycles.
The statistics do not include persons, particularly soldiers, killed by rebels.
Criminals have become so bold they didn’t spare Deputy Director Rey Esmeralda of the National Bureau of Investigation who was ambushed as he left his office.
Luckily for Esmeralda, he survived.
The original motive for Kua’s slaying was robbery.
Every day, hundreds of homes are broken into by robbers and citizens are robbed on the streets.
Every day, women are raped.
The drug problem is getting worse as illegal drugs are openly peddled in the streets.
And yet, President Benigno Aquino III, in his State of the Nation Address, claimed that the crime rate in the country had gone down.
The President was misinformed, to say the least.
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There are two places in the country I know where citizens can roam around without fear of being robbed: Davao City and Puerto Princesa City.
In the two cities, criminals disappear without a trace or show up dead in some isolated spot.
Some local government officials in other cities and towns said that if this is what it would take to make their communities safe from crime, they may try to replicate the peace and order situation in Davao City and Puerto Princesa.
* * *
I was right when I predicted that the Glock pistol would pass the three-day durability test conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) recently.
I was talking based on my personal experience with a Glock pistol that I own.
A total of 20,000 rounds were fired from a Glock 17 (9 mm) pistol picked at random.
There were only 16 stoppages out of the 150 times allowed malfunctions during the three-day test.
The Glock 17 is now the PNP’s official sidearm.
The killing of columnist Nixon Kua was an isolated or “singular event” that doesn’t represent the peace and order situation in the country, according to Malacañang.
Of course, it does.
Kua’s killing showed that nobody is safe in this country, that one could get robbed and killed in the safety of his own home in an upscale, well-guarded village.
Kua’s killers have a pending rape case for which they have been issued an arrest warrant by Calamba City Judge Maria Florencia Formes-Bacudo.
Why haven’t the police arrested them for this case?
Why were they free to roam around to victimize more innocent citizens?
If they were in jail for rape, which is a nonbailable offense, and awaiting trial, would they have been able to rob Kua’s wife and daughter and killed Kua who fought them off?
* * *
The scene of the crime was the exclusive Ayala Greenfield Village in Calamba City.
The name Ayala connotes safety, as in the well-guarded Ayala Alabang Village in Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila.
But the suspects were able to enter Ayala Greenfield where the Kuas were building a house.
One of them grabbed the handbag of Kua’s daughter.
Kua was shot as he tried to help his daughter recover her bag.
Kua’s brother Allyxon was shot in the shoulder by another suspect as he tried to help him.
* * *
Abigail Valte, Palace spokesperson, said Kua’s slaying was “a singular event that we believe is not reflective of the entire situation.”
She was talking through her hat.
Every day, innocent citizens are killed and the perpetrators are not arrested, except in the case of Nixon Kua.
Take the case of Willem Geertman, a Dutchman involved in charity work in the country, who was killed in Angeles City after he withdrew money from a bank.
Many persons have been killed by gunmen riding in tandem on motorcycles.
The statistics do not include persons, particularly soldiers, killed by rebels.
Criminals have become so bold they didn’t spare Deputy Director Rey Esmeralda of the National Bureau of Investigation who was ambushed as he left his office.
Luckily for Esmeralda, he survived.
The original motive for Kua’s slaying was robbery.
Every day, hundreds of homes are broken into by robbers and citizens are robbed on the streets.
Every day, women are raped.
The drug problem is getting worse as illegal drugs are openly peddled in the streets.
And yet, President Benigno Aquino III, in his State of the Nation Address, claimed that the crime rate in the country had gone down.
The President was misinformed, to say the least.
* * *
There are two places in the country I know where citizens can roam around without fear of being robbed: Davao City and Puerto Princesa City.
In the two cities, criminals disappear without a trace or show up dead in some isolated spot.
Some local government officials in other cities and towns said that if this is what it would take to make their communities safe from crime, they may try to replicate the peace and order situation in Davao City and Puerto Princesa.
* * *
I was right when I predicted that the Glock pistol would pass the three-day durability test conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) recently.
I was talking based on my personal experience with a Glock pistol that I own.
A total of 20,000 rounds were fired from a Glock 17 (9 mm) pistol picked at random.
There were only 16 stoppages out of the 150 times allowed malfunctions during the three-day test.
The Glock 17 is now the PNP’s official sidearm.
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