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                    [Title] => Lessons from a hostage tragedy
                    [Summary] => A year after a group of Pasay City policemen bungled the rescue of four-year-old hostage victim Dexter Balala, their colleagues say they have moved on from the trauma of the incident, which has been described as an "eye-opener."


"There was really a need for us to be trained and develop special skills in various situations like a hostage taking," said Senior Police Officer 3 Danilo Unico.


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                    [Title] => ‘Sharpshooters only need to disable him’
                    [Summary] => "They (Pasay City policemen) failed to read the hostage taker’s body movements. The hostage taker should have been neutralized when he made changes in his movement."


This was the striking observation made by lawyer and retired police Inspector Jaime Santiago, who served as head of the elite Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit of the Western Police District from 1995 to 1998.


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                    [Title] => Hostage-taker’s kids doing good in school, say teachers
                    [Summary] => TRENTO, Agusan del Sur - It was a father’s love and anguish over his daughters’ misfortunes that drove Diomedes Talbo to desperate measures when he took four-year-old Dexter Balala hostage at the Philtranco bus terminal in Pasay City on May 31.


And why should he not love his daughters? Both Glaisa and Lovely (not their real names) were among the top 10 of their respective classes. Despite this, they had been molested by the people they trusted the most. Their mother, Florida, is working in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


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                    [Title] => Dexter laid to rest, family seeks justice
                    [Summary] => SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga – There may be forgiveness, but justice must be served first.


This was the call made by the family of slain four-year-old hostage Dexter Balala, whose remains were interred at the public cemetery here yesterday afternoon.


Thousands of people came out of their homes along the route to the cemetery to bid Dexter a final goodbye as the funeral cortege passed.


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                    [Title] => Alleged molester of Talbo’s kids missing?
                    [Summary] => TRENTO, Agusan del Sur — Has he gone underground to avoid prosecution or is he searching for a missing daughter? 


Ricardo Ubay, the man who allegedly molested the daughters of slain hostage-taker Diomedes Talbo has been missing since Wednesday.


Ubay’s neighbors said he disappeared when journalists looked for him in this town. He is the uncle-in-law of the Talbo girls. 


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                    [Title] => Palpak na hostage rescue
                    [Summary] => IT is not surprising to note the outrage and indignation of our countrymen at the Pasay Police’s botched attempt to rescue and save the life of 4-year-old Dexter Balala at the hands of his cruel hostage taker, Diomedes Talbo in a bus terminal last week.


In the space of a 2-hour standoff between the suspect and police, the lawmen’s incompetence and Lackadaisical approach to the situation clearly surfaced, as the suspect suddenly stabbed the boy repeatedly in the back and the nape.


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                    [AuthorName] => Dante L.A.Jimenez
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                    [Title] => 21 Pasay cops, 8 guards charged
                    [Summary] => Police filed yesterday with the Pasay City prosecutors’ office  homicide charges against 21 Pasay policemen and eight security guards of the Philtranco bus terminal for their involvement in a bungled hostage rescue last week.


Southern Police District (SPD) director Chief Superintendent Jose Gutierrez said the policemen and security guards were charged with reckless imprudence resulting in homicide only for the death of four-year-old hostage Dexter Balala because only the boy’s family filed a complaint.


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                    [Title] => Hostage taker’s family broken up by drugs
                    [Summary] => BAYUGAN, Agusan del Sur — Before drug addiction led Diomedes Talbo to commit a tragic crime last week, it had already broken up his family and traumatized his two daughters in the worst possible way.


It is believed that drug addiction was the root cause of the matter that drove Diomedes out of Isabela and into Pasay City, where he took four-year-old Dexter Balala hostage and ended the two-hour drama by stabbing the boy to death. Both of Diomedes’ daughters have reportedly suffered sexual abuses at the hands of their own grandfather and uncle-in-law. 


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                    [Title] => Two daughters of hostage taker were sexually abused by uncle
                    [Summary] => What would push a man to hold a child hostage? A father’s helpless anger could have been the motive behind the actions of Diomedes Talbo, who held four-year-old Dexter Balala hostage in a Pasay City bus terminal five days ago, investigators said yesterday.


Talbo’s daughters were victims of sexual abuse at the hands of their uncle in Mindanao, a situation which may have driven the drug-crazed Talbo to take desperate measures.


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                    [Title] => Editoryal - Kamatayan ni Dexter: Leksiyon sa PNP
                    [Summary] => ANG maagang kamatayan ni Dexter Balala, ang apat na taong gulang na hinostage ni Diomedes Talbo noong Biyernes ng madaling araw ay maging leksiyon sana sa buong puwersa ng Philippine National Police (PNP).
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"There was really a need for us to be trained and develop special skills in various situations like a hostage taking," said Senior Police Officer 3 Danilo Unico.


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This was the striking observation made by lawyer and retired police Inspector Jaime Santiago, who served as head of the elite Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit of the Western Police District from 1995 to 1998.


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And why should he not love his daughters? Both Glaisa and Lovely (not their real names) were among the top 10 of their respective classes. Despite this, they had been molested by the people they trusted the most. Their mother, Florida, is working in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


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                    [Title] => Dexter laid to rest, family seeks justice
                    [Summary] => SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga – There may be forgiveness, but justice must be served first.


This was the call made by the family of slain four-year-old hostage Dexter Balala, whose remains were interred at the public cemetery here yesterday afternoon.


Thousands of people came out of their homes along the route to the cemetery to bid Dexter a final goodbye as the funeral cortege passed.


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Ricardo Ubay, the man who allegedly molested the daughters of slain hostage-taker Diomedes Talbo has been missing since Wednesday.


Ubay’s neighbors said he disappeared when journalists looked for him in this town. He is the uncle-in-law of the Talbo girls. 


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In the space of a 2-hour standoff between the suspect and police, the lawmen’s incompetence and Lackadaisical approach to the situation clearly surfaced, as the suspect suddenly stabbed the boy repeatedly in the back and the nape.


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Southern Police District (SPD) director Chief Superintendent Jose Gutierrez said the policemen and security guards were charged with reckless imprudence resulting in homicide only for the death of four-year-old hostage Dexter Balala because only the boy’s family filed a complaint.


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It is believed that drug addiction was the root cause of the matter that drove Diomedes out of Isabela and into Pasay City, where he took four-year-old Dexter Balala hostage and ended the two-hour drama by stabbing the boy to death. Both of Diomedes’ daughters have reportedly suffered sexual abuses at the hands of their own grandfather and uncle-in-law. 


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Talbo’s daughters were victims of sexual abuse at the hands of their uncle in Mindanao, a situation which may have driven the drug-crazed Talbo to take desperate measures.


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