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THE TOP NEWS STORY OF 2010 WAS WHEN THE SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE WITNESSED AND LED THE
CONDUCT OF THE FIRST AUTOMATED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES AS WELL AS THE
INAUGURATION OF BENIGNO “NOYNOY” AQUINO III AS THE 15TH PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT. THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION PROMISED TO BRING ABOUT TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE EN ROUTE TO A BETTER AND PROGRESSIVE NATION AS WELL AS A PREPONDERANTLY
ABUNDANT DEMOCRACY.
THE EX-SGT. ROLANDO MENDOZA’S HOSTAGE-TAKING AND KILLING OF FOREIGN TOURISTS IN A BUS. SUCH A
HORRIBLE EVENT IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY EXPOSED TO THE WORLD THE UNPREPAREDNESS, LACK OF
TRAINING AND LACK OF HIGH-TECH WEAPONS OF THE PNP IN MANAGING A HOSTAGE CRISIS.
PACQUIAO WINNING HIS EIGHTH CHAMPIONSHIPS BELT IN AS MANY DIVISIONS. THAT WAS AN
UNPRECEDENTED FEAT THAT MADE HIM A LIVING LEGEND IN BOXING.
HE ERRING RESULT OF THE VIZCONDE MASSACRE CASE SHOWS THE KIND OF JUSTICE SYSTEM WE HAVE
IN THIS COUNTRY. IT’S SAD THAT AFTER SO MANY YEARS, THE COURT WOULD DISMISS THE ACCUSED
DUE TO LACK OF EVIDENCE PRESENTED, ESPECIALLY OWING TO THE TESTIMONY OF JESSICA ALFARO.