Silent protest over ‘tanim-bala’
By Ariel Fernandez and Ben R. Rosario Employees of the Office for Transportation Security (OTS) yesterday held a silent protest at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) over allegations implicating them in the “tanim-bala” (bullet-planting) scandal that has already tainted the image of the country in the international community. Wearing pink armbands, the OTS employees decided to gather in a holy mass officiated by airport chaplain Rev. Fr. Ananias “Sonny” Merida at the NAIA Terminal 2 as they condemned sweeping allegations portraying that all of them are involved in the bullet-planting mess. GOD BLESS THEM — Personnel of the Office for Transportation Security (OTS), at the center of the ‘tanim-bala’ controversy, resort to prayer as a Holy Mass is held at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport yesterday, before proceeding to their work stations with pink armbands and ribbons (inset) as a silent protest to accusations they are behind the sinister [...]