[Cindy]

I found the statement interesting and unusual, too.

[Cindy]

UPDATE:

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=71671

"(5th UPDATE) Malacañang to PNP: End hostage crisis peacefully"


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Ermita also appealed to Ducat to remain calm and not to use violence."

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Other report said Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla has already alighted from the bus after talking with Ducat for almost an hour."


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Terrified parents who trooped to the site of the hostage-taking appealed to Ducat to release their children.

The parents said Ducat is a kind and helpful person."


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Ducat has also asked for a doctor. He said he recently had an angioplasty."