American Journalist Ted Mcdonell believes that Philippines is still a safe country

 

The Philippine News

Published by: Edward Era Barbacena

Manila - the whole country was shock when the video of the killing of the mother and son Sonya Gregorio and Frank Anthony nya renegade police Jonel Nuezca in Tarlac, many have doubted and became skeptic  with all of the killing incidents that took place, Philippines may no longer be a  safe place to live.

Many of the pro-communists, media and members of the opposition that are highly critical against the Duterte administration are now on their toes taking the social media by storm just to sensationalized the horrible crime that to make the Philippines look life a hellish frontier where no one is safe and to insinuate hatred against the current administration.

Despite of these horrendous sensationalism at the expense of accuracy, one foreign journalist still believes that the Philippines is a safe place to live.  Ted McDonnell, a certified American documentarist who frequently travelled to Philippines said in his Twitter account that he had no issue going through many places in the country even to the most dangerous one.

 " I've traveled to the Philippines many times, worked as a journalist and photojournalist  inside Happy land, Malabon and other supposed dangerous places. I have never ever  had an issue." Mcdonell says in a tweet.

Mcdonell is the same journalist who slammed Maria Ressa  for making a baseless statement that the Philippines was far more grim than a war zone during an interview with Bill Whitaker of CBS'  Next edition in 60 minutes on November 10, 2019.  McDonnell immediately reacted using his social media account to denounce the cynic Ressa.  He firmly reiterated that the Philippines was a lot safer as compared to the United States and the Philippines being worst than a war zone is an "unadultarated bullshit," in addition, McDonnell said at that time that he had been a documentarist in the country for more than 5 years.

Indeed the murder of Sonya Gregorio and Frank Anthony as mother and son is indeed unacceptable and truly shocking and only an insane and cold blooded psychopath is capable of doing such thing, but does it apply to the whole current situation of the country?  President Duterte also condemns the gruesome crime committed by this heartless animal. Harry Roque said that justice will be served and Jonel Nuezca as the culprit will face an unimaginable punishment.

The Philippines may not be that totally safe as we had hoped for under the Duterte administration but in comparison to the previous administration, it is less dangerous.