Odd times on Boracay: hostage and squatters?
UPDATE: these are two different stories I had thought were in the same area. The fire was a huge area of squatters that were filled with burka wearing women selling souvenirs at tons of stalls and had partially clothed kids running amok. Personally, I disliked walking thru there, it felt like taking a wrong turn in a bad neighborhood. They had tried kicking them out before but the wire was ripped down and they moved right back into the buildings.
One thing happened for sure—- there were gunshots fired, buildings on fire, lots of tear gas. A friend of mine was pulled out of the tear gas by police when they saw him as being a distinctly ‘old white guy’.
- http://beta.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=413436
- http://www.gmanews.tv/story/131761/Fire-violence-mar-demolition-operation-in-Boracay
- http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/11/06/08/fire-guts-20-boracay-homes-violent-police-demolition
- http://www.gmanews.tv/story/131908/Aussie-resort-owner-holed-up-in-disputed-Boracay-lot
- http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20081107-170698/Demolition-in-Boracay-turns-violent
- http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/gunmen-holding-us-australians/2008/11/07/1225561054249.html
