Explosion rocks Glorietta

Talk about an explosive birthday.

ABS-CBN News via ANC and DZMM reports of an explosion in Glorietta 2. GMA News reports that at least 3 people are dead.

Councilor Jonjon Binay reports that Makati Medical is treating 45 injured, and 4 dead.

6:00 PM The police has ruled out gas leak or LPG as cause of explosion. Eight dead, 89 hurt. Most likely a terror attack? Hopefully not. However, if this is a terrorist attack, the better target would be Megamall and Galleria, both of which are having a 3-day sale starting today. The timing is sick.

BTW, this is not the first time this mall was bombed. I cannot recall when it was exactly, but it was freaking close to the current site of explosion. Mam Noemi‘s daughter Lauren wrote about it, and you can read that post here (thanks, Mam Noemi!).

10/20/2007 Gloria Arroyo should have issued a simple statement instead of spin. Now, everyone is reading between the lines, and here is one of them and another. Many have also complained against those who are pinning the blame against the Arroyo regime. Me, I let them be, because what if they are correct? For people who are calloused enough to treat the people’s money as their own, maybe trifling with a few lives isn’t far-fetched on their dark souls. Anyway, the spin’s there, so I guess the battle’s been joined.

What should we do? We take extra precautions, but we must not let this incident change the way we live. If this is a terrorist attack (it is, but of the different sort), the aim is to make us live a paranoid life. We live on as we did yesterday, and the day before that, and the week before that. We will not give in to terrorism. We shall not give them the satisfaction that they have succeeded, for they shall not. For some, they have already been consumed by these acts of terror, and unfortunately they are out there trying to convince us to change our ways. They are only giving the terrorists the satisfaction of victory.

A moment of prayer or silence for everyone. Then let’s get on with our lives, knowing that terrorism shall not win.

October 19th, 2007

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  • http://cvjugo.blogspot.com cvj

    Notwidthstanding the circumstances, hope you’re having a happy birthday.

  • http://awbholdings.com Arbet

    Thanks, Chuck. I am just here at home.

  • http://chickenmafia.com joyfulchicken

    But… but… this can’t be! I thought that the Human Security Act was supposed to keep us perfectly safe from them scary terrorists!

    Oh well, happy birthday dude.

  • http://philippinecommentary.blogspot.com DJB Rizalist

    You mean the Terrorist Rights Act (Human Security Act)? Haha, Pimentel and Jamby put in 4 provisions against terrorists and 44 against law enforcers. Heck not even the Ten Commandments has stopped evil. the HSA is not only late, its seriously flawed by the leftists and liberals who’ve had their heads in the sand all these years.

    You folks won’t recognize your old, comfy lifestyles starting right now, I bet.

  • http://aboutmyrecovery.com noemi

    IT happened in May 17, 2000 near a video arcade. Lauren wrote about it in her entr May 18,2000
    http://the-protagonist.net/lauryn/pg259.html

    Glorietta 2 was bombed yesterday ( the third bombing in just a week ) and one of the girls in my batch, Ana May, was there and got hurt. Twelve were injured and mostly teens cos it happened at the Synergy video arcade (the other arcade we go too sometimes). I guess it’s good that me and Stephen aren’t, well, exactly friends cos if we were, we woulda been there like every other Wednesday and I don’t really like the idea of my body parts flying all over the entire mall.

  • http://awbholdings.com Arbet

    Thanks, Josh, Mam Noemi.

  • http://jrocas.com.ph jhay

    Happy beer….I mean birthday dude. :)

  • http://awbholdings.com Arbet

    Thanks, Jhay. Too bad I don’t drink.

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