ASEAN SUMMIT in CEBU

[budmendz]

Naay rumours nga gi-postpone ang ASEAN kay dunay mga miembro sa opposition nga nag leak ug false security report sa ubang nasud ug gisakyan sa US, UK, ug sa Canada. Gi sabotahe ang ASEAN sa mga opposition ug ma tinuod man gani ni. Maayo cguro imbistigahon ni sa gobyerno kung kinsa/unsa ni ka tinuod.

[greywolves]

No it's not the typhoon Senyang for the postponement of the said event. The real reason is the unstable political crisis right now on manila. This people in the goverment are continue pursuing this CONASS for their personal ambition.

[budmendz]

It's a sign of a weak government," said Tomas Osmeña, mayor of the city of Cebu, where the ASEAN summit and a wider meeting of regional leaders had been due to begin on Sunday.

"We would not have cancelled it and we live here," Osmena told Agence France-Presse.

The abrupt cancellation, terror worries and other problems -- X-ray security machines were covered in plastic bags to keep off rain dripping through the $10-million convention centre -- have given her critics more ammunition.

"Political survival for her comes first," he said. "The weather was a good excuse."

And what do you think of Thomas in this government where he belongs? Mao bitaw nga he will not get my vote on election day.

[gnox]

Maybe the typhoon is one of the reasons too but I don't think it's strong enough to postpone the event. I even boarded a flight during the typhoon and I arrived in my destination safely. The flight was not postponed.

[jay_sn0w]

tsk2x...patay WTC ane..cla man 2 contractor..wa man labot c guan zon cguro..

[jay_sn0w]

you don't even know the preparations that hotels are making going into this summit, and you already label it as "abuso"...

do you know that hotel workers will have to either go to work at 6AM and go home at 10PM, or just sleep in their respective offices because of this summit...?

do you know what kind of additional security inconveniences this will pose for the hotels?

do you know what kind of parking issues we are having?

do you know how long we have been preparing for this, how many meetings we have had just for the summit?

do you know how much new equipment we have to buy in order to cater to the delegates' needs?

do you know that we have to prepare special food for special delegates' diets?

do you know that we have to convert numerous rooms as breakout meeting rooms for the delegates?

do you know how many rooms we have to convert into baggage storage?

do you know that we all have to go through security clearance with the NBI and PSG?


Plus numerous other changes and movements that I'm not privy to say...



So, are you telling me that hotels charging a little extra for these changes is still "abuso"...?

mao jd....bsan unsa basta busines d man fair...JOLIBEE gane mangelad sa mga franchisee...ehehehe

[jay_sn0w]

Akong gitan-aw ang statements sa Cardinal sa iyang homily pag bless niya sa CICC which goes as follows:


In his homily, Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal said Cebuanos cannot solve problems if all they did was gripe.

“We need to let go of the usual crab mentality, of envy and malice, of nitpicking and fault-finding,” he said. But more should also be done to address the problems of the impoverished, he said.

The prophets of doom included a small group of vociferous demonstrators that had been attempting to stage protests outside the CICC.


Bi kinsa man karon dinhi ining foruma ang mga nanga-igo? Sultihi kuno ko bi kay maayo ning klaohanay ba. Kining uban god dihhi ba sige lang bitaw nga pabola ining ilang baba mao cguro nga hasta ang nature dili mo kooperar nato.

ana man cguro ang kasagaran na batasan ang mga pinoy mga "crab" makitan man sa sugod pa sa planning sa CICC and ASEAN....para lang nku the best ma buhat is to try not to become them...


OT: para lng sd nku walay DIFERENCE sa mga religious dra compara sa mga bu-aya sa gov't....sayang au...majority sa mag actions aneng duha sa "parties" ky naa jd silang ilang ka ugalingon "CIRCUMSTANCES",,,

[lestat1116]

for me. ang typoon ang main reason nila kay basin magbaha ang cicc. funny kaayo jud

[budmendz]

ana man cguro ang kasagaran na batasan ang mga pinoy mga "crab" makitan man sa sugod pa sa planning sa CICC and ASEAN....para lang nku the best ma buhat is to try not to become them...

Mao na nga no way gyud diay ang Pinoy mo asenso... Ug nila pa sama sa mga "crabs" imong ibutang ug usa ka basket, anang grupoha halos tanan gustong makagawas gikan sa basket. Dunay usa nga maniinguha pagkat-kat sa taas aron makita sa uban kung gi-unsa niya pagsaka ngadto sa taas aron mahimong ehemplo sa uban ug aron silang tanan unta makagawas gikan sa basket. Pero tungod lagi kay crab god. Inig saka sa taas ug hapit na unta makagawas, ang uban nga dia sa ubos tungod ba cguro sa kasina o inggit, birahon ug balik ang crab nga tua na sa taas aron mahulog ug balik sa ubos. Mao na ingon ana ang mga Pinoy.

Tan-awa ang ASEAN... ang mga oposisyon ug mga militante dili gusto nga dunay ASEAN ug ilang gi atake si GMA, karon nga gi postpone o wa pa ganiy cguro ug ma cancell gyud ni for good, nag tagawtaw na sad ang mga oposisyon ug mga militante nga aaahhhhh si GMA weak nga pagka leader kay gi postpone.. bisag asa wala kay dag-anan. Damn if you do and damn if you don't. If I were in GMA's shoes, I would start kicking some big fat ass like those of the Senators and CBCP (Cardiinals & Bishops Called Politicians).

[goryo13]

CEBU -- Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is facing growing criticism at home over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, whose last-minute cancellation has raised questions about her handling of the event.

Her government insisted a looming typhoon in the Pacific -- and not planned street protests and reports from foreign governments about a pending terror attack -- was the reason for pulling the plug on the high-profile event.

But after the storm passed far from the summit site on Saturday, politicians, opposition groups and analysts blasted Arroyo's decision.

"It's a sign of a weak government," said Tomas Osmeña, mayor of the city of Cebu, where the ASEAN summit and a wider meeting of regional leaders had been due to begin on Sunday.

"We would not have cancelled it and we live here," Osmena told Agence France-Presse.

The abrupt cancellation, terror worries and other problems -- X-ray security machines were covered in plastic bags to keep off rain dripping through the $10-million convention centre -- have given her critics more ammunition.

"It's brand new and the roof is leaking," said one official with the ASEAN business and investment summit held before the main events were cancelled. "This will be remembered as the summit that failed."

Arroyo had wanted to use the ASEAN summit and its associated meetings to showcase the progress the Philippines has made during her presidency.

But critics say her report card is not looking good.

Poverty is still widespread with more than 40 percent of the country's 84 million people living on less than two dollars a day, and her administration is regularly cited as one of the worst in the region on human rights.

Just before the cancelled summit, Japan said it was concerned about the killings of left-wing journalists that have been blamed on the government, and said improvements on rights would be a condition for further aid packages.

"Arroyo is not fooling anyone," said Lidy Nacpil, one of the organizers of a series of protests by leftist groups that had been planned for the summit. "Not even the ASEAN leaders would have believed her alibi of a typhoon."

The President had earlier been harshly criticized over the convention centre site, where squatter camps were bulldozed to make way for the summit -- whose theme, chosen by Arroyo herself, was "a caring and sharing community."

Despite assurances from Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia that the building would be completed on time, workmen were still painting and decorating as local and foreign media moved in last week.

But the main source of public anger at Arroyo was her decision last week to try to bypass the Philippine Senate as part of her unpopular plans to change the constitution in what is seen as a way to solidify her power in office.

The proposal has triggered street protests which includes those from the powerful Roman Catholic Church, and other religious and business organizations, as well as broad civil society and social movements.

"Political noise in Manila over Arroyo's plans to change the constitution might have played a part in the decision to cancel the summit," said one delegate to the summit who asked not to be named.

Ben Diokno, a professor at the University of the Philippines, said Arroyo had been "scared of the mass action" that had been planned for the summit.

"Political survival for her comes first," he said. "The weather was a good excuse."