Pardon my ignorance but as between an alleged "martilyo gang" robbery incident resulting to undetermined stolen jewelry (if any) at SM North and the Quirino Grandstand hostage taking incident which led to the tragic deaths of tourists, what is the protocol as regards determination of urgency and priority warranting the President's immediate attention, or, more over, his physical presence on the scene of the crime for that matter?
My meager knowledge in presidential protocol tells me that there's an evident distortion as to the president's treatment of both incidents given the gravity of one against the other.
Then again, maybe the president has a different set of priorities that the subscribes to.
Just thinking aloud.