Bomb blast in Glorietta favors Gloria

All work is disrupted as everyone here at the office remains glued to the tv and their computers monitoring reports about the bomb blast in Glorietta 2.
Almost fell off my seat when the news reports first came in because only 40 minutes before my mom had texted me that she was in Ayala having lunch. Was so relieved when she responded to my worried text that she was already on her way home when the bomb exploded.
It's a terrible, horrible evil thing! Whoever had done it should roast in hell. The figures differ, but whatever the real numbers are, they're terrible - kahit isa lang ang namatay, masyadong nang marami yun. Latest reports say that eight have already died and there are over 80 injured.
Ano na naman ito?! One cannot help but immediately be suspicious of the military and the police, and by extension the Macapagal-Arroyo administration. Who benefits from the frantic distraction this bombing at the very heart of the country's financial district but Malacanang? The spotlight is trained on Malacanang and the burgeoning calls that Pres. Arroyo step down on the grounds of massive corruption (among other crimes and violations of the law, morality, and basic human decency) . The bombing takes away the attention from Gloria, and the rest of the country is now riveted and monitoring the tragic aftermath of the Glorietta bombing.
Ganitong-ganito ang nangyari noong December 2000 nang lumalakas na ang mga panawagan na patalsikin si Erap Estrada. The LRT Rizal Day bombings. Ngayon naman, a popular mall that so many people frequent is bombed.
I bet PGMA and her closest allies are slightly relieved na nangyari ang pagsabog. I mean, it takes away attention from them, right? And provides PGMA a platform to express her sympathy and solidarity with the families of the victims - palalabasin na naman na mabait siya at maawain.
And what of the heightened alert? Red alert na ang Metro Manila. Is it such a crazy thing to think that the red alert is also to justify the massive deployment of police and military in the metropolis? In the guise of protecting public safety and going after suspects behind the bombings, they will be deployed to ensure that there are no big rallies or protests being formed calling for the resignation of the president.
At dahil sa nangyaring trahedya, mahihinto ang mga panawagan para sa pagpapatalsik at pansamantalang mangingibabaw ang mga panawagan para sa panalangin para sa mga biktima. There is no problem with this,tama lang naman, but it's also clear that PGMA and her beleaguered government benefits from this.

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It's so frustrating how the police also look like they're headless chickens trying to figure out what really happened. They didn't even immediately rope off the scene of the explosion. They should be looking for bomb fragments now, and checking the security cameras. It's frustrating how the police immediately issued a theory that the explosion was caused by an LPG tank. Ang lawak kaya ng area of devastation to be caused by a exploding LPG tank! The blast reverberated to the rest of the mall and concrete windows crumbled, windows shattered to powder.

Jeez, baka yung mga artista playing CSIs on CSI Las Vegas, Miami and New York could do a better job putting together what happened.

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At sino naman ang may kakayanang gumawa niyan?

The usual suspects- the military. They've done it before, and they did it again. Ask National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales.Kung sila, paid mercenaries who are also, inevitably, connected to the military.

I'm willing to make a bet that in the next few days, the AFP and the NSC will issue statements to the effect that the bomb blast was the doing of either the Abu Sayyaf, the Jemaah Islamiyah, or the NPA. Ganun naman yun e. Then they will round up a few civilians, torture them, and make them confess to the crime. Baka mga Muslim din ang arestuhin nila, as the PNP will conduct raids in the Muslim communities in Pasay, Tondo or Quaipo.

GMA has now called for a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC). Will she declare a state of national emergency and then martial law?

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Malacanang snubs PDI apology. Whatever.
Sana nga ituloy pa ng Malacanang ang pagtataray sa media. No one minds when the Inquirer blasts away at Malacanang. Donna Pazzibugan (my mom in the Philippine Collegian) , Norman Bordadora (batchmate in journalism) and Christian Esguerra must be secretly pleased to have been singled out because they wrote the article that has caused so much grief and irritation in the Palace.

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