Bishops want Filipinos to do Thai like protest

[Isuzoom]

sa bangkok lang naman magulo..tulad din sa atin metro manila lang ang magulo sa probinsya peaceful naman walang paki sa kalokohan ng mga sira ulong politiko at mga rallyist.

[dadz]

Ano ba ang kwento sa Thailand bakit sila nag wewelga? Di na kasi ako nanonood ng news...Mas malaking kalokohan ba ng Gov't nila kesa satin?

nag welga dito ang PAD kasi hindi tao nila ang na vote as PM since matangal si thaksin kaya welga sila nag welga, bumababa na stock market nag thailand at madaming dayuhan na ang nag sasabi na ayaw na nilang bumalik dito. sa Airport at least ang forcast mag tatangal sila nag almost 1 million na employee since they are losing a lot of revenue since masara ang airport.

[Monseratto]

Class struggle doon ngayon. Mga elitist at middle-class vs rural-folks/promdi. The upper class wants only the educated/well off to vote since the uneducated/poor voters are easily manipulated by "corrupt" politicians. Sounds familiar?

[Monseratto]

Just two-years ago, we pinoys envy the economic growth of the Thais. Now they are suddenly close to total anarchy...

Chaos at Thailand's tourist airlift


U-TAPAO--Not even the dancing girls provided by a local hotel could cheer thousands of travellers as they tried to flee protest-hit Thailand through this Vietnam-era airbase.

"This is my first time in Thailand and I probably won't come back," said Glen Squires, a 47-year-old tourist from England, casting a glum eye over the crowds.

"What they've done is shot themselves in the foot."

Since Friday, the U-Tapao naval base about 190 kilometers (118 miles) southeast of Bangkok has been the only way in or out of the country for tourists stranded by an anti-government blockade of the capital's main airports.

Travelers who arrived here found crowds of tired and angry passengers, armed guards, piles of garbage, mountains of luggage, and an increasingly tense and surreal atmosphere.

Built in the 1960s by the US air force and equipped with just one X-ray scanner for bags, the airbase can only handle around 40 flights a day, compared to the 700-flight capacity of Bangkok's gleaming Suvarnabhumi international airport.

But thanks to the demonstrations, it's all that Thailand has to offer.

"I think it's stupid," said Danny Mosaffi, 57, from New York City. "They have killed tourism in this country, the authorities should go do something. Nobody is going to come here."

Thai authorities say around 30,000 travellers a day -- both Thai and foreign -- have had flights cancelled since the occupation of Suvarnabhumi on Tuesday in what the protesters are calling their "final battle" against the government.

Some travel agents bussed passengers down to U-Tapao, which is near the tourist resort of Pattaya, but with information proving difficult to come by in Bangkok, others came on their own more in hope than expectation.

Huge traffic jams built up outside the sprawling compound. Thai soldiers with M16 rifles guarded the entrance to the airport to prevent anti-government protesters from gaining access, as travellers lugged their bags under the sun.

Once inside the terminal, it was standing room only. Travelers were unsure where they should check in. Long queues wound around the lone luggage scanner, where soldiers tried to hold back the surging crowd.

"It's complete chaos and pandemonium," said Bonnie Chan, 29, from San Diego, California.

"We've been given incorrect information from the airlines. The US embassy says they can't help us. We're high and dry. The airlines keep giving us the run-around."

With no departures board available, airline employees held up signs that said "Final boarding call, Moscow," while other staff stood inside the security area and pressed signs against a glass window calling for passengers to board a flight to Hong Kong.

At one point, a group of unruly passengers pushed their way through a door to the security screening area after an airport employee announced the final boarding call for a flight to Taipei.

One woman, caught in the surge, began to scream, and the soldiers forced the doors shut.

"We've treated six patients today," said Nan Soontornnon, 24, of Bangkok Hospital in Pattaya, standing with a doctor and nurse in a makeshift clinic.

"Passengers have had headaches, exhaustion, and other problems, like fainting. But this place has protection from the soldiers -- Suvarnabhumi doesn't," she said.

U-Tapao's only other selling point was when female employees from one enterprising Pattaya hotel, taking advantage of the captive audience, put on a traditional Thai dance performance.

The women later donned red and silver dresses with feather boas, singing: "You'll fall in love in Pattaya. There's no better place to be."

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakin...ourist-airlift

[chua_riwap]

Yang mga ginagawa ng mga protesters sa Bangkok, di pupuwede kay GMA yan........

[Gen. Miting]

Ano ba ang kwento sa Thailand bakit sila nag wewelga? Di na kasi ako nanonood ng news...Mas malaking kalokohan ba ng Gov't nila kesa satin?

ang pagkaalam nag pseudo coup some years ago sa thailand, yun army chief ang may kakagawan

natanggal naman yun PM pero yun pinalit, puppet pa din daw ng dating PM.

the army chief is washing his hands daw ngaun pero obvious ba it's his troops that should battle it out with the protesters. eh bakit wala siya ginagawa, sya lang may power to do that

the events in India and Thailand right now are becoming serious. If we Filipinos look at it in another point of view, this could benefit us altogether bec. we are 2nd in india sa bpo, and we are 2nd in thailand in terms of western tourist penetration sa mga tourists spots natin like palawan and boracay.

pero kung ang isisigaw lang masa, militante at bishop na gayahin sila, eh we may as well hand down the opportunity to Vietnam. this is one in a lifetime thing, I hope we Filipinos play it smart this time.

[Isuzoom]

PAD lang naman may kalokohan diyan sa bangkok....Their economy will suffer..worst than the tsunami disaster...ang tsunami one day lang but this madness is costing the economy 500 million bath a day.

[chua_riwap]

Si Jamby M. stranded sa Thailand......bwe-he-he!



ABS-CBNnews.com
Dec. 1, 2008
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/12...anded-thailand

No less than Sen. Ana Consuelo "Jamby" Madrigal is among those stranded in Thailand after protesters took over major airports in Bangkok last week.

Philippine Ambassador to Thailand Antonio Rodriguez said Madrigal is just one of hundreds of Filipinos who are set to fly home this week after being stranded in Bangkok.

“[Madrigal] is also waiting for an opportunity to go back to the Philippines because she has to be there by Wednesday,” Rodriguez told ANC.

He said that aside from Madrigal, at least 31 local officials of Lanao del Norte were also stranded in Bangkok including Rep. Abdullah Dimaporo and former governor Imelda Dimaporo. He said Dimaporo's group went to Bangkok for a business trip.

Rodriguez said 10 buses loaded with 427 stranded Filipinos are now on its way to Chiang Mai where they are scheduled to board a Philippine Airlines flight back to Manila. He said another 138 Filipinos had to be turned away and advised to take the second flight back to Manila on Tuesday.

He said an estimated 300 Filipinos are awaiting repatriation to the Philippines. “I think some of them are still somewhere in Thailand, enjoying the place. That's why it is very difficult for us to give an accurate number of Filipinos who are still in Bangkok. Thailand is such a big place and it’s so easy to go to so many places,” he said.

The ambassador accompanied the Filipinos to Chiang Mai to see them off and will be heading back to Bangkok on the same bus.

It can be recalled that the Thai government has provided 2,000 baht per day, per stranded passenger for their hotel accommodation and meals.

“So far I haven’t heard anybody complain about the insufficiency of the amount provided by the Thai government,” he said.

[Monseratto]

Si Jamby M. stranded sa Thailand......bwe-he-he!

Let her stay there...

[Isuzoom]

wag na pauwian yan....