The Philippines takes Twitter Hostage

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief August 23, 2010 · 1 min read

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We always rejoice whenever something Filipino-related comes out on the Top Twitter Trending Topics but I never realized it would take a hostage taking situation like the one we have right now at the Quirino Grandstand to bring in the all-time spotlight.

Chrice Pempenco, Jollibee on Glee, Christian Bautista, PNoy, the UAPP all had their short stint on TT.

This time, 4 of the top trending topics are Quirino Grandstand, Mendoza, PNP and Hostage Taker (plus Isko Moreno doing a post-incident scandal). The Philippines has finally taken Twitter hostage. These are events that make the Philippines famous. What a sad day.

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52 Comments

Meg · 16 years ago

Well, at least tayo ang pinag-uusapan. Madaming opinions!

lawreas · 16 years ago

in 10 years admin ni gloria, halos lahat ng terrorist attempt successful. same army at facilities.. different commander-in-chief..hays..

julie · 16 years ago

wag namn sana isisi kay pnoy. kaka upo pa lng nya.dpat kay gloria.sa almost 9yrs nya san napnta budget para sa training ng mga kapulisan? kawawang pnoy sa kanya napnta lhat ng sisi…..

lawreas · 16 years ago

what makes it even worse is how PNOY handled the case. smiling on the interview.. his unprofessional statements and empathy-less expressions made the incident idiot-packed.. sorry T_T

Aoi · 16 years ago

so sad… I hate it when they see our country like this.

eripples · 16 years ago

very unfortunate, incident, my friends and listeners on my podcast are not happy about the way media people are convering the crisis situation last monday

arman · 16 years ago

sikat ang Pinas… nakakastres manuod ng news

grace salazar · 16 years ago

the yawner – tasteless pun de sal?

the yawner · 16 years ago

That was a bad and tasteless pun.

Abigail · 16 years ago

That was such a tragedy indeed.

BrianB · 16 years ago

I think it began when he was framed by an alleged drug addict along with his colleagues. My private sources say, the “victim” made up the extortion case or something to that effect to hide his habit.

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Fleeb · 16 years ago

Somewhat OT: I don’t get the Noy thing. His case goes far back before Noy.

flipztor · 16 years ago

â€Ž”The crisis began when the dismissed policeman, Rolando Mendoza, 55, armed with a M16 rifle seized the busload of Hong Kong tourists to demand his reinstatement in the force.” — orayt, Noy.

Arman · 16 years ago

Hinay hinay kase sa mga sinisibak!

Rolando del Rosario Mendoza · 16 years ago

ako ba ang centro ng usapan?????…
instant celebrity!!!!!! international exposure…

Rene · 16 years ago

..sikat na naman tayo sa buong mundo..haaay….

Joy · 16 years ago

i think it is time for us twitter addicts to create good history and stop spreading bad news in twitter.

come to think of it. twitter is the only social media tool that can publish trending topics around the world and can be seen by anyone who have twitter.