4:40 pm update: i have eight stories on the Sabah firefight, eight versions, eight points of view: The number of fatalities range from zero to one, two , three, to four to ten; the accounts even more varied; plus two backgrounder articles.
Maybe that’s the advantage of the news aggregator: all the versions of the story can be collected in one page and all possible points of view of the event are available in one place — it’s like a fish-eye lens that creates a panoramic view. Here it is, pls click link: 8 versions Sabah firefightMarch1, 13 What’s Trending marichulambino
posted at 8:21am today: Breaking news: Pres. PNoy calls on Sultan followers to stand down
President Aquino called on the followers of the Sulu Sultan who are holed up in Lahad Datu, Sabah to stand down and return to Sulu.
In a statement broadcast live at the government TV station, the President said that he had ordered an investigation to determine whether any laws have been violated by the acts of the Sultan’s followers.
He said that the grievances of the Sultan of Sulu are being addressed and the impression that the Palace had ignored his letter to the President a few months ago was misplaced. The President clarified that the letter was caught in the maze of the bureaucracy. He said that with this explanation, the Sulu Sultan should not continue proceeding from a mistaken notion.
