It means to held somebody.But now this word is in the news all over the over the world because of the incident happen in the Philippines last August 22. A crisis that last for about twelve hours that take 8 lives.The hostage taker was also killed who is an ex policeman who demands to be back in service.As all everyone notice the assault team mishandled it many people were dissapointed for how the assault is done and its brutal ending.Many call it the Quirino bloodbath named after the place were the crisis happened.The Hong Kong government and its people is very angry for what happened even me a Filipino is very dissapointed.But looking at it ,it is an isolated case and Filipinos have nothing to do with it. I heard in the news that some Chinese employers fired their Filipino employees because of what happened.My point here is why do Filipinos need to suffer in this such isolated incident isn't its unfair that a lot of us is suffering from this thing and a lot of us has nothing to do with it.When China produced products containing melamine do us Filipinos discriminate them,just imagine how many victims suffer from it.What we just want from them is to understand that the incident is not the fault of the whole Filipino country.Hope that Hong Kong and its people will be considerate for what happen.. Lets just pray for the justice of all the victims,and those who died that they may rest in peace ......
