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My first thought is where are these 2 runways? I have only seen one runway in Sibulan. Do they give it a different number if the plane comes in over the water instead of coming in over the land?

My second thought is that three rich people will be very happy with all this. Those being 1, the guy selling land in Bacong to build a new airport, 2, the guy who will get the contract to build a new airport and 3, the guy who will end up with the land in Sibulan that the current airport sits on. Yep, 3 very happy people out there stirring this up.

I can't imagine it being any cheaper to build a whole new airport than it would be to cut down a tree and expand the existing one into the water further, but its not about saving money, its about rich filipinos getting richer.

 

As a side note, a disagree shouldn't be viewed as a negative. In terms of ratings, it's neutral, on the same level as "funny" or "not funny". It's a rating which probably should be more liberally. If it were more regularly used, then perhaps it would also become more useful and accepted.

 

The particular dog that this particular foreigner in the photo kicked was a family pet on a leash wasn't it? Totally Not the same thing as the wild dogs running around all over the place that do get treated a bit.... rough...

 

Last I read it took out 94 folks, 4 of the leaders to their cause...$ value to me seems worth it compared to US or coalition lives.

 

Ouch. Maybe they are evil people and they had the worst of intentions. But consider that this as described (sans hanging out in your underwear drinking beer with the supposed help) is something any foreigner not paying attention could run into.

The take-away is to be highly vigilant against being in a situation where you might be alone with minors who aren't your children. And this could be very difficult for some.

I recall a thread recently where someone (supposedly family of a friend) was arrested while accompanying minors on a bus trip. Maybe evil intentions, maybe not. There are also a lot of foreigners here who are raising children but have never become a legal guardian. These people could be wide open to problems.

I wonder how often minors end up working in a foreigner's house because of a hire by a live-in partner while the foreigner pays no attention. Hiring minors as helpers isn't uncommon for locals. I have never paid much attention myself to helpers hired by the people close to me and I wouldn't be surprised if one of them was underage. And sometimes those helpers would bring their children. Sometimes those children would sleep over for a night or two.

Of course, nobody would think to tell a lie here. You could easily get into a bad situation here just by an accusation. Getting cleared still wouldn't erase the headlines and the time you spent in jail because you couldn't get bail.

 

I work in Korea and none of my staff are worried about the bravado going back and forth, though I do have a friend working in Japan that says folks are tripping a bit there. I personally have no worries.

Shawn

 

I see this as a human rights topic, thus it is a global issue. The rape and murder of women is just plain wrong and not to be joked about no matter how black your gallows humour may be. An aspiring President of any country needs to watch what s/he says as they aspire to lead a nation in a global community. Mr D talks about raising his people, breaking the shackles of corruption that keep the majority in grinding poverty. Lofty, laudable aspirations. Just as important is breaking the injustices of macho culture that condones this sort of violence - after all roughly 52% of his voters belong to this gender and populate this green earth.

A bit more humility, a bit more of a softer edge would go a longer way to enhance his message that he will serve ALL Filipinos. Part of that is demonstrating that you were wrong and made an error of judgement in speaking the way he did 20+ years ago. As it is he just seems to dig himself deeper and deeper to me. I fear for the future if this guy wins - a likely bloodbath, purges, gulags, extra-judicial killings, the lot. I also fear for him, if he fails, the people will turn on him.

Glad I am stuck on a pretty relatively unimportant little island. The older folks here remember the days of Marcos. Their take on it is that those excesses barely touched them. If he does get elected, l hope pretty much the same thing happens.

Over and out,

C

 

Mike's Resort is okay.