Black. Severe threat. Avoid all travel-PHIL.

[itzurisen]

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Sorry. The tweet from @newsgovhk says the HK gov has upgraded their travel warning to black, meaning HK residents should not go to RP.
-ABSCBNNews

Black. Severe threat. Avoid all travel HKG issues travel advisory: Security Bureau - Outbound Travel Alert
-inquirerdotnet
Security Bureau - Outbound Travel Alert

ms cherie gil: 2000 hkg tourists cancelled their trip this December. Another 5000 Europeans just cancelled!
-twitter
HK warns residents not to travel to RP

abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 08/23/2010 10:41 PM | Updated as of 08/23/2010 10:54 PM
HONG KONG (1st UPDATE) - Hong Kong issued its top-level black travel alert for the Philippines on Monday after at least 8 Hong Kong tourists were killed in a bus hijack in Manila by an armed ex-policeman.
"A serious kidnap incident happened in the Philippines. Hong Kong residents should avoid all travel to the country," a government spokesman said in a statement.
"Those who are already there should attend to their personal safety and exercise caution."
At least 8 of the hostages have been killed while 7 others were being treated in hospitals after their 12-hour ordeal, police and doctors in Manila said.
The Hong Kong government also said it would charter two flights to Manila for families of the tourists who were held hostage by an armed ex-policeman in their tourist bus.
Andy Ho, spokesman for Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, said the city's airline Cathay Pacific will arrange two chartered flights for family members, as well as psychologists, immigration and medical officers.
The first flight will take off around midnight on Monday (1600 GMT) and the second flight is scheduled for 8 am on Tuesday, he said.
"We are ready to go but we are awaiting landing permission from Manila," Ho said.
The busload of Hong Kong tourists was seized by former senior police inspector Rolando Mendoza, who said he wanted to clear his name after being discharged for extortion in 2008.
The gunman was killed by police in the final moments of the crisis.
In Manila, the Chinese embassy said it was saddened by the death of the hostages. It asked the government to attend to the survivors. -- with reports Agence France-Presse and ABS-CBN News

[Tirong-say]

Grabe ang backlash, sakto pud ilang reaction, kita man gud kung giunsa pag-handle ang crisis, naka-huna2x tingale nga dili sila secure kung mo-bisita sa pinas.

[organizedchaos]

awon nato unsay himuon ni pnoy anang col. yabut.. mao man daw nay team leader adtong ga practice nga mga swat.. aw unsa ba... tsk tsk...

[darkwing]

yeah play the blame game, the biggest problem is how to reverse this

[ShinToy117]

basta ayaw lang iban ang PINOY mo adto HONG KONG!

[itzurisen]

ag-unsa kha c noy2 ron sah? hehe i wonder! God bless the Philippines

[samurai-xyz]

this is bad..it will hurt our economy and the image of our country to other nations...tsk

[beyee]

two words:

DAMAGE CONTROL... let's move on and work on how to overcome this dilemma

[organizedchaos]

aw taas2x jud nig investigation dapat kay decorated cop man to c mendoza... 10 most outstanding man xa... nya ang ombudsman maoy nag decide nga di xa ma reinstate..

[Blackbeard]

time to legalize prostitution eh? lol j/k