‘ASEAN lost face in summit postponement’

[number001]

This goes way beyond ASEAN. The cancellation is really bad for our country and La Gloria. It reflects on how inept our country and government are for not being able to deal with the real threat which is terrorism.

I dont know if any of these folks will be coming back here early next year bec. I'm sure their schedule must be pretty tight and fully booked already.

[Isuzoom]

GMA's trademark...laban or bawi

[niky]

Quite bad for the country, yes. The alarmism and jittery nature of the ASEAN Summit organizers will merely provide satisfaction to local terrorists... and make them even bolder.

[boybi]

nagsabi na yata ang Japan (though not a member of ASEAN, but was always present as guest member, like china) na hindi na sila makaka attend sa postponed summit due to prior commitments.

[oldblue]

maybe it was a serious threat

[CVT]

It was really a bad move by the Philippines to cancel the Summit. The excuses are lame, IMO.

However, take note that our Asian neighbors, like China, HongKong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia in their local dailies, would almost always publish bad news about their neighbors, specifically the Philippines. I always see these bad news about our country in my trips to these countries, nasa headline pa!

It looks like they're doing it so that they can attract foreign investments in their countries, not in their neighbors.

:starwars:

[oldblue]

It was really a bad move by the Philippines to cancel the Summit. The excuses are lame, IMO.

However, take note that our Asian neighbors, like China, HongKong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia in their local dailies, would almost always publish bad news about their neighbors, specifically the Philippines. I always see these bad news about our country in my trips to these countries, nasa headline pa!

It looks like they're doing it so that they can attract foreign investments in their countries, not in their neighbors.

:starwars:

kaya nga taka ako kumbakit ni-lilimit lang crab mentality sa'tin. I believe all Asians have this "disease".

[j_avonni]

Why are we a member of the ASEAN? Somebody thought we were Pacific Islanders.

If not for typhoon Seniang, what would be their reason of postponement?

I agree with number001 about the ineptness of our government.

By the way, is the CICC construction fully completed?

[boybi]

di ba bumuhos din ng ulan sa loob ng CICC? buti pala hindi natuloy ang summit, kundi mas nakakahiya ang pinas