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travel warnings are unfair!!!

since 1975, when i was born, i had been leaving here in Cebu, and since that time, i had never heard of something so monumental than the hosting of the asean summit, sure, there was the anniversary of the centennial celebration in 1965 but i wasn't born then.

never has i seen Cebu to be very safe with all the security and the number of law enforcement station here for the said event.

5 countries, recently advise there citizen not to travel here, namely, Australia, new Zealand, England, the u.s.a and i forgot the fifth one. stating that terrorist are here to disrupt asean proceedings.

why unfair??? because they were never here, they hadn't even set foot here, they just assume that since there will be an international gathering, the risk of a terrorist attack is eminent. isn't that unfair. sure there are crimes here, petty at that but in a magnitude of it being a Target of terrorism, i doubt it, cebuanos are very vigilant, new faces abound and they always ask who they are or where they come from it has been our nature to be inquisitive. i don't know for the rest of the country but, i can attest you that, even with the summit being postpone, everyday, Koreans who are here to study English, arrive by the hundreds, Japanese are also coming here almost everyday and not to forget Caucasian who come here, searching for possible brides can attest that it is the safest city on the country. you might say that almost everyday there are killing, vigilante style, but do you know who are being killed? (forgive me for the human right violations) but people with records or who had been in and out of jail, sentence with robberies and and the like are the victims.

extrajudicial killings??? take this for instance, a robber kills a student in a jeepney for refusing to give up a cellphone, a nokia 3310, phase out in other countries and cost around 1000 here in the Philippines (approximately 20 dollars) who would you side with the robber who takes away the future of the victim or the robber who, his human rights had been violated.

so is the travel advisory justifiable? absolutely not!
before they should issue an advisory, wouldn't it be better if they stay here first? and experience life here in my beloved cebu???