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The Hong Kong government has not yet issued a travel advisory after the 10-hour hostage drama in Manila on Monday involving a dismissed policeman and over 20 hostages, mostly tourists from Hong Kong.
In its outbound travel alert system as of Monday night, the Hong Kong Security Bureau had not changed its "amber alert warning" dated October 21 last year.
The October 21 warning advised Hong Kong travelers to "monitor the situation and exercise caution in the area concerned." It particularly referred to "bomb attacks in Mindanao."
Under the Hong Kong Security Bureau's Outbound Travel Alert system, black means severe threat, red means significant threat, while amber means "signs of threat."
Hostage-taking incident grabs international headlines
The hostage drama, involving dismissed Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza and tourists from Hong Kong, put the Philippines on the international spotlight.
International news organizations carried the story in their websites, either as a top or homepage story.
The incident was top news on news sites based in Hong Kong and mainland China, as many of the hostages were from Hong Kong.
The crisis started at about 10:00 a.m. when Mendoza took hostage a busload of tourists near Quirino Grandstand in Manila.
Mendoza, a native of Naic, Cavite but currently resides in Tanauan, Batangas, was formerly with the Manila police's mobile patrol but was dismissed from the service due to charges of extortion and illegal arrest.
During the hostage taking, Mendoza made three demands, including the dismissal of his case before the Ombudsman.
"I want a decision of my cases to be delivered personally by the following persons," the dzRH report quoted Mendoza as saying in a demand written on a piece of cartolina and placed on the bus' windshield.
The hostage-taker is about to retire on January 10, 2011. Mendoza was a former recipient of the 1986 Ten Outstanding Policemen of the Philippines of the Jaycees International.
The hostage-taking situation took a turn for the worst at around 7:00 p.m. after shots were fired minutes after SPO2 Gregorio Mendoza, the brother of the hostage-taker, was arrested by the Manila Police District (MPD).
The driver escaped as the shots were fired but many of the hostages were left on the bus. Mendoza was killed by sniper bullets after an exchange of gunfire. At least four hostages were also reported killed. The other hostages were taken to Manila hospitals.
Nine of the more than 20 passengers of the bus were released by the hostage-taker earlier, before the shooting began.
The Hong Kong government has not yet issued a travel advisory after the 10-hour hostage drama in Manila on Monday involving a dismissed policeman and over 20 hostages, mostly tourists from Hong Kong.
In its outbound travel alert system as of Monday night, the Hong Kong Security Bureau had not changed its "amber alert warning" dated October 21 last year.
The October 21 warning advised Hong Kong travelers to "monitor the situation and exercise caution in the area concerned." It particularly referred to "bomb attacks in Mindanao."
Under the Hong Kong Security Bureau's Outbound Travel Alert system, black means severe threat, red means significant threat, while amber means "signs of threat."
Hostage-taking incident grabs international headlines
The hostage drama, involving dismissed Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza and tourists from Hong Kong, put the Philippines on the international spotlight.
International news organizations carried the story in their websites, either as a top or homepage story.
The incident was top news on news sites based in Hong Kong and mainland China, as many of the hostages were from Hong Kong.
The crisis started at about 10:00 a.m. when Mendoza took hostage a busload of tourists near Quirino Grandstand in Manila.
Mendoza, a native of Naic, Cavite but currently resides in Tanauan, Batangas, was formerly with the Manila police's mobile patrol but was dismissed from the service due to charges of extortion and illegal arrest.
During the hostage taking, Mendoza made three demands, including the dismissal of his case before the Ombudsman.
"I want a decision of my cases to be delivered personally by the following persons," the dzRH report quoted Mendoza as saying in a demand written on a piece of cartolina and placed on the bus' windshield.
The hostage-taker is about to retire on January 10, 2011. Mendoza was a former recipient of the 1986 Ten Outstanding Policemen of the Philippines of the Jaycees International.
The hostage-taking situation took a turn for the worst at around 7:00 p.m. after shots were fired minutes after SPO2 Gregorio Mendoza, the brother of the hostage-taker, was arrested by the Manila Police District (MPD).
The driver escaped as the shots were fired but many of the hostages were left on the bus. Mendoza was killed by sniper bullets after an exchange of gunfire. At least four hostages were also reported killed. The other hostages were taken to Manila hospitals.
Nine of the more than 20 passengers of the bus were released by the hostage-taker earlier, before the shooting began.
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