where was the President of the Philippines, on a day like today, when a hostage situation began at 9AM, and escalatedto a crisis when it had yet to be resolved by 12NN, and now at 8:05PM, it is a quiet bus, the windows and doors have been rammed through by the police, and the hostages seem to be all but dead.

where were you today Mr. President of the Philippines? where was your government? literally and figuratively, in all honesty.

that is all I want to know.