Noelle el Farol by friend from the University of the Philippines first sent me a text message about the Glorietta blast! He said, “Glorietta was bombed. 3 dead. FYI.” I was at the 9th floor of Philam Life Building, preparing for a client meeting with Grace. Photo from Inquirer.net.Immediately, thanks to Globe Visibility, I browsed the Internet for news. The Inquirer website was busy and was “loading” for a very long time. Impatience quickly followed, so I switched to Yahoo News.
The breaking news said, “Gas cylinder causes blast in Glorietta.” But even that site was taking longer than usual to load the complete story.
But given, all the flack that GMA’s government had been getting, an attack from within was a possibility? Am sure many other Filipinos are speculating many conspiracy theories.
Even the news program on ANC was quick to have a discussion on these speculations. If not for the Karachi bombing, the Glorietta Blast would surely have placed the country in the headlines again.
Police said they found traces of plastic explosives, thus refuting the gas cylinder angle. By now, 9 persons had died and 119 more injured.
Amidst all the speculations and whispers, can we first stop and say a quiet prayer for the families and relatives of those Filipinos who died in the Glorietta blast.
And to all those who also died in the Karachi blast.
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it was a sad day...
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