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The Manila hostage crisis, officially known as the Rizal Park hostage-taking incident (Tagalog: Pagbibihag ng bus sa Maynila), took place when a disgruntled former Philippine National Police officer named Rolando Mendoza hijacked a tourist bus in Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines, on August 23, 2010.
Sep 14, 2010 · As a longtime policeman, Rolando Mendoza probably had the same sense of trepidation that his brother felt, triggering his bloody rampage. Still, the questions remain: if the Mendoza family did not pander to the television cameras, would the carnage have been averted?
Aug 23, 2010 · Rolando Mendoza, w... Philippine police have killed a former police officer that took hostage 15 Hong Kong tourists on a bus in Manila, the capital, on Monday.
Aug 24, 2010 · Rolando Mendoza's crazed quest to restore his reputation as one of the Philippines' best policemen came to a gory end with his bullet-riddled body slumping out of a tourist bus he hijacked.
Aug 24, 2010 · The web page traces the fall of Rolando Mendoza, a former senior inspector who was dismissed for extortion and robbery, and who later took 25 tourists hostage in Manila. It details his involvement in a controversial "hulidap" operation in 2008 and his violent end in 2010.
Aug 24, 2010 · He was identified as Rolando Mendoza, a 55-year-old officer who had been accused of robbery and extortion and was fired last year.
Aug 23, 2011 · MANILA, Philippines—A year after the August 23 tourist bus hijacking which ended in the death of eight Hong Kong tourists, relatives and other sympathizers held a simple ceremony in remembrance of those killed by hostage-taker Rolando Mendoza in front of the Quirino Grandstand.
