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TOURISM Fun in the Sun? The Philippines Dreams Big for Tourism The Philippine government has big plans to turn the province of Bohol into a new Southeast Asian tourist destination. But the country is going to have to address its violent reputation and crumbling infrastructure if it wants to turn its tourism dreams into reality By JOE JACKSON / BOHOL | June 11, 2012 |   JOE JACKSON Tourists enjoy lunch aboard a floating restaurant heading down the Loboc River in Bohol, the Philippines, in April 2012 It’s lunchtime on the Loboc River, an emerald green stretch of water that runs through the Philippine island province of Bohol, and I’m about to embark on a boat tour with a group of Japanese, Korean and Filipino tourists. We pass a sign asking us to deposit our guns at the tourist information gate and then amble aboard our floating restaurant. Over a buffet lunch of fruit, meat and cheese, we watch kids perform choreographed dance numbers on the riverbank and listen to the musical stylings of a pair of 12-year-old singers. The highlight comes when we reach a series of miniature waterfalls, where the sound of rushing river competes with the girls’ rendition of Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.”   Tourism, Philippine-style, is slowly taking off. For years, the country has been overlooked in favor of its Southeast Asian neighbors, due largely to enduring security concerns and its crumbling infrastructure. Nearly 4 million tourists visited the Philippines last year, compared with some 19 million visitors in nearby Thailand. But the government hopes to change that, devising a plan to double the number of visitors to the archipelago by 2016. As part of this effort, it launched a multimillion-dollar global media campaign in January promising prospective tourists: “It’s more fun in the Philippines.”   As we motor down the stream, enjoying the show and laughing at the kids dive-bombing into the water from the riverbank, I’m inclined to agree. But in a country where visitors’ fun can sometimes collide with violent crime, terrorist threats, potholed roads and antiquated airports, the slogan has been subject to criticism. After releasing a report detailing what it calls the country’s “disturbing” crime rate last year, the anticrime group Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption came up with its own catchphrase: “It’s more dangerous in the Philippines.”   (MORE: Philippine Gun Ban Kicks Off amid Campaign Violence)   Indeed, if the country wants to attract more tourists, it’s going to have to shake off a reputation for violence that became even more entrenched by a 2010 hostage crisis on a Manila bus that claimed the lives of eight Hong Kong tourists. To this end, officials are promoting Bohol as the family-friendly face of the Philippines, playing up the province’s rich culture, history, natural beauty — and security.   In many ways, Bohol seems a safe bet. It has beaches every bit as picturesque as those on Boracay, a popular Philippine destination for beach lovers and divers. Plus, the oval-shaped island is home to some amazing sights: thousands of unique limestone mounds known as the Chocolate Hills, fireflies that light the night sky like Christmas trees and the country’s second oldest church. Local authorities say they’re also pursuing a sustainable-growth plan so Bohol retains its distinct island charm and doesn’t turn into another Phuket.   “For so long, Bohol was just within itself, not so open to the outside world,” says Maria Fe M. Dominise, who runs the Bohol Investment Promotion Center. “We’re taking it slow and I think that’s very good — we’re cautious about overdeveloping.” The province has implemented building-height restrictions, forbids construction within 30 yards (25 m) of the shore and stipulates that materials used for buildings reflect “the culture of Philippines,” according to Jo Remolador-Cabarrus, head of the Bohol Tourism Office. “We went to some places, like Phuket, and thought this is definitely not what we want Bohol to become,” she says.   But there are downsides to its current less-developed state. Whereas flights to Phuket practically land you on the beach, getting to Bohol is arduous. The nearest international airport is in the neighboring province of Cebu, a two-hour boat ride away. After I arrived on an evening flight from Hong Kong, I had to stay the night in Cebu and travel to the island the next morning; I nearly missed my return flight following a 90-minute delay for the boat. Getting around the island can be uncomfortable in places, with some roads still made of dirt and others under repair. The island’s power supply is spotty too. Despite, or perhaps because of all of this, I found it easy to fall in love with the place; it feels totally unspoiled and unpretentious.   A rapid growth in tourism will no doubt change this laid-back atmosphere — as well as the local economy. Yulo Penoso, a 54-year-old father of three, used to weave palm branches for roofs, which earned him $3.75 per day. For the past year, he has started running nighttime firefly-spotting tours on the river beside his home. For this, he earns nearly triple the money in a fraction of the time. He wants to see more tourists coming to the island, but not at the expense of Bohol’s peace and tranquility. “It’s quite difficult to do both,” he said.   (MORE: 10 Questions for Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino)   Some development plans are already upsetting locals. In order to accommodate international flights, local authorities are pursuing a controversial plan to relocate the airport from the outskirts of Bohol’s main city, Tagbilaran, to the small, quiet neighboring island of Panglao — a move residents oppose. “It’s not good for the island because of the noise, and it will destroy the environment there,” says Samme Gepayo, 44, a tour driver. “I think people are worried it will change too much.” The project remains in the planning stage, but Bohol Governor Edgar M. Chatto tells TIME that construction will begin by 2016.   The arrival of big resorts also stokes fears. Several large-scale properties have sprung up on Panglao recently, and a new, 159-room hotel called the Bellevue is scheduled to open there in June. Residents wonder if the small island and, if indeed Bohol as a whole, can cope with the large influx of tourists that authorities envision. “We’re concerned about the carrying capacity of the island,” says James F. San Diego, manager of the boutique Amorita Resort, which opened in 2007. “The challenge is to supply electricity and water,” he adds, pointing to the resort’s infinity pool that was not entirely full due to a temporary water-supply breakdown.   Poor infrastructure is not limited to Bohol — it’s hampering economic development across the entire country. World Bank figures show that foreign direct investment fell in 2010 to only $1.7 billion compared with rises that year in nearby Vietnam ($8 billion) and Thailand ($9.68 billion). After his election in 2010, Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III made improving the country’s infrastructure and tourism facilities one of his top priorities, but overall progress has been slow. Philippine media reports that only a handful of Aquino’s signature Public-Private Partnership infrastructure proposals have advanced as far as the contract stage. Meanwhile, the country was embarrassed last October when a leading online budget-travel guide named Terminal 1 at Manila’s international airport the worst terminal in the world. The site’s readers complained about thieving staff, dirty toilets and a collapsing ceiling, prompting the country’s Transport Secretary to pledge to improve conditions.   These are the types of things you can’t pass off as fun. It seems for the time being at least, it’s going to take much more than songs and slogans for Bohol and the Philippines to lure tourists away from the crowded sands of Phuket.   MORE: Philippines: Aquino vs. Homegrown Terrorists     Q1. Let’s talk about the world’s top vacation spots for you all. Q2. Do you think that Tourism, Philippine-style will succeed in attracting people’s attention all over world to a wide range of islands and beach resorts in Philippine Q3. Please tell us about your most interesting experiences aboard.                                Boston Legal   1-10: Hired Guns  Extracted scripts: Brad & Lori’s case  Topic: post-traumatic amnesia    All Actors: ①ADA John Shubert, ②Brad Chase, ③Lori Colson, ④Detective Wayne Farley, ⑤Judge Phillip Stevens, ⑥Dr. Lee Chang, ⑦Susan May, ⑧Dr. Herbert Waylon, ⑨Madam Foreperson    Courtroom  Camera pans over rather graphic pictures of 2 gunshot murder victims—alive and dead.  ①ADA John Shubert: She came home that evening at 9:30, catching an early flight to surprise her husband. But it was the defendant who was surprised. Susan May discovered her husband Ralph making love to a business associate, Marie Holcomb—and it was more than she could bear. The evidence will show that the defendant retrieved a handgun from the kitchen, returned to the bedroom and fired six shots—three into her husband, three into Marie Holcomb. This is the holiday season. You people should be home with your families right now. I apologize for that. Marie Holcomb’s mother and father fly here every December from the West Coast. This time, it’s to attend the trial of their daughter’s killer. Susan May destroyed a lot of happy plans with that gun.  ②Brad Chase: Get in Christmas.  ③Lori Colson: Sorry?  ②Brad Chase: Christmas is ours and Susan’s. Don’t let him claim it.  ③Lori Colson: I, too, would like to apologize for taking you away from your families during this holiday season. That’s Susan’s family seated over there. They would dearly love to be home with her. She would dearly love to be home with them. Imagine, if you can as you prepare for your Christmas, having a loved one murdered. Add to that the horror that the police can’t figure out who did it. And then, if you can possibly fathom, imagine they decide to arrest you. That’s your defendant, ladies and gentlemen. A law-abiding, loving, faithful advertising executive—an innocent woman whose whole life was just suddenly and wrongly destroyed. That’s your defendant, and that’s what the evidence will show.  Courtroom  ④Detective Wayne Farley: Her story didn’t check out. It’s as simple as that.  ①ADA John Shubert: That story she gave you was?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: She came home, found them dead in bed.  ①ADA John Shubert: Was there evidence of anyone other than the victims or the defendant being in the house that night?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: None.  ①ADA John Shubert: And, Detective, describe for the jury if you can, the defendant’s demeanor when you arrived at the scene that night.  ④Detective Wayne Farley: She seemed pretty shook up. There was blood all over her. She claimed she got the blood on her when she went to her husband’s side to see if she could revive him.  ①ADA John Shubert: And you don’t believe that?  ③Lori Colson: I’m sorry. It seems the detective is more than willing to give testimony against my client. You don’t really need to lead him.  ⑤Judge Phillip Stevens: Sustained.  ①ADA John Shubert: Did you believe the defendant’s claim?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: No. It was determined that she was standing approximately 5 feet away when she fired the gun.  ③Lori Colson: I’m sorry. I hate to be a nuisance. But did I miss the point where you said she fired the gun?  ⑤Judge Phillip Stevens: Sustained.  ①ADA John Shubert: Detective, what, if anything led you to believe that the defendant fired the gun?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: We did a trace metal test, which revealed she held the gun and her fingerprints were on the gun.  ①ADA John Shubert: Hm. Anything else?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: We know her driver dropped her off at 9:30 pm. She called the police at 11:07. She told us she discovered the bodies soon after she entered the house. If so, why did she wait an hour and a half to call the police? As I said, her story just didn’t add up.  ②Brad Chase: Seems from your tone, Detective, you consider this, ah, kind of a no-brainer.  ④Detective Wayne Farley: We applied all our mental faculties just the same and concluded your client committed the crime.  ②Brad Chase: Oh, you concluded pretty quickly, I might add. You placed her under arrest the next day. By the way, was the spatter analysis done in a day?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: No. That came in later.  ②Brad Chase: I see. So when you placed Susan May under arrest, you were going on . . .  ④Detective Wayne Farley: Her fingerprints were on the gun, for starters.  ②Brad Chase: It was her gun, was it not?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: The fingerprints were fresh.  ②Brad Chase: Got there, perhaps, when she picked the gun up after?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: We also had motive, her evasive demeanor.  ②Brad Chase: She called the police, did she not?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: Yes, but she wasn’t truthful.  ②Brad Chase: Wasn’t truthful when she said she didn’t shoot them?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: That, and she obviously wasn’t truthful about calling the police immediately after finding the bodies.  ②Brad Chase: You had her examined by a psychiatrist that night?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: Yes.  ②Brad Chase: The psychiatrist said she was in shock?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: Yes.  ②Brad Chase: Possible the shock of discovering her murdered husband caused the delay in calling the police?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: I doubt that’s what happened.  ②Brad Chase: This doubt is based on your psychiatric training.  ④Detective Wayne Farley: It’s based on 30 years of experience as a homicide detective.  ②Brad Chase: Thirty years as a homicide detective told you that the delay in calling the police could not have been caused by shock? picks up a large photograph mounted on a board Let’s turn back to the blood spatter evidence. This is the blouse my client was wearing that evening, is it not?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: Yes.  ②Brad Chase: Lot of blood. That’s all spattering?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: Most of that blood came from handling the bodies.  ②Brad Chase: So where’s the spatter you spoke of, Detective?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: There are two elongated markings on the left shoulder.  ②Brad Chase: Right here? These tiny marks here?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: Yes.  ②Brad Chase: She supposedly fired six shots. There’s only two tiny marks?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: The other marks are likely covered up with the blood from when she handled the bodies.  ②Brad Chase: Did you analyze these marks yourself, Detective?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: I did.  ②Brad Chase: Are you the person in the Boston Police Department who does this?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: Well, there are others, obviously, but I started in the lab, so I’m trained as well.  ②Brad Chase: Was there anyone else in the lab who analyzed this shirt?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: Yes. We have a junior member . . .  ②Brad Chase: Junior member? It’s a high-profile case. It went to a junior member?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: As I said, I analyzed the clothes with my 30 years . . .  ②Brad Chase: Thirty years in the lab?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: No.  ②Brad Chase: How many years in the lab?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: Five.  ②Brad Chase: How ‘bout the junior member? How many years did he have?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: I’m not sure  ②Brad Chase: More than five?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: I believe so.  ②Brad Chase: Just out of curiosity, what was his finding?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: Inconclusive.  ②Brad Chase: He could not determine that my client fired a gun?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: Nor could he rule it out.  ②Brad Chase: He could not determine that my client fired a gun.  ④Detective Wayne Farley: Correct. But I determined she did.  ②Brad Chase: You trace-metalled my client. Did you test for powder residue on her hand?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: Yes. She tested negative.  ②Brad Chase: Gee, how could that be?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: We determined that she likely wore gloves when she fired the gun.  ②Brad Chase: So she was careful to wear gloves when she shot them, then afterwards, she took the gloves off and handled the gun?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: If she went into shock, as you say, she probably made a mistake. Murderers often do.  ②Brad Chase: So for the purpose of explaining the delay in calling the police, you don’t buy shock. but to explain why she picked up the murder weapon barehanded after firing with gloves, you do buy shock; in fact, you seem to be selling it.  ①ADA John Shubert: Objection.  ②Brad Chase: Withdrawn. Did you find the gloves?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: No.  ②Brad Chase: You searched the entire house? I’m asking. I don’t want to presume.  ④Detective Wayne Farley: We searched the house. We did not find the gloves.  ②Brad Chase: Any evidence of her leaving the house after she came home that night?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: No.  ②Brad Chase: Any unsolved burglaries in this neighborhood in the last year?  ④Detective Wayne Farley: A couple.  Courtroom  ⑥Dr. Lee Chang: The fatal wounds for both victims were to the head. Death was instantaneous.  ①ADA John Shubert: And, Doctor, were you able to determine the time of death?  ⑥Dr. Lee Chang: Between 9:30 and 9:45 p.m.  ③Lori Colson: Doctor, did you examine the stomach contents of the victims?  ⑥Dr. Lee Chang: Yes  ③Lori Colson: What did you find?  ⑥Dr. Lee Chang: They were both relatively full.  ③Lori Colson: After eating, how long does food stay in the stomach before emptying into the small intestine?  ⑥Dr. Lee Chang: Generally, one to two hours.  ③Lori Colson: So if the victims finished dining by 7:30 as reported those stomachs should have been empty. Unless they were killed before 9:30, correct?  ⑥Dr. Lee Chang: Or unless they ate again after leaving the restaurant.  ③Lori Colson: Were there any signs, to your knowledge, that they’d eaten at home? Dirty dishes? Recent garbage?  ⑥Dr. Lee Chang: To my knowledge, there was no evidence of that.  ③Lori Colson: Thank you.  ①ADA John Shubert: But they could have stopped on their way home from the restaurant—had dessert or something?  ⑥Dr. Lee Chang: Well, not a medical question, but yes, possible.  ⑤Judge Phillip Stevens: You may step down, sir. Mr. Shubert?  ①ADA John Shubert: The prosecution rests, your Honor.  ⑤Judge Phillip Stevens: Miss Colson.  ③Lori Colson: whispering to Brad Chase Let’s let them see some serious thinking going on. What’s your take on free agency?  ②Brad Chase: It’s killing baseball.  ③Lori Colson: Hockey?  ②Brad Chase: No salary cap, no hockey.  ③Lori Colson: Soccer  ②Brad Chase: Nobody cares.  ③Lori Colson: arises Your Honor, the defense calls Susan May.  Courtroom  ⑧Dr. Herbert Waylon:: It’s basically a form of post-traumatic amnesia. She saw her husband murdered, and it triggered a blackout.  ②Brad Chase: She blacked out for an hour.  ⑧Dr. Herbert Waylon:: In terms of memory. She wasn’t unconscious. She could’ve been sitting in a catatonic state. She possibly even watched television.  ②Brad Chase: The prosecution thinks that her memory loss was . . . convenient.  ⑧Dr. Herbert Waylon:: Well, I personally examined this woman the day after the murders. She was suffering from dissociative amnesia then, as I believe she is now.  ②Brad Chase: Thank you, Doctor. He’s your witness. walks to the defense table as ADA John Shubert arises to question the witness I hope you’re right.  ①ADA John Shubert: You can’t state to a medical certainty that the defendant suffered from post-traumatic amnesia, can you?  ⑧Dr. Herbert Waylon:: To a medical certainty, no.  ①ADA John Shubert: And you can’t medically rule out the possibility that the defendant pulled the trigger that night, can you, Doctor?  ③Lori Colson: Bingo.  ⑧Dr. Herbert Waylon:: No, I cannot rule it out. In fact, while I happen to believe her version of the events, I make room for a completely different scenario.  ①ADA John Shubert: Which is? <a href="javascript:checkVirus('grpid%3D1BoJO%26fldid%3DCrNp%26dataid%3D282%26fileid%3D1%26regdt%3D20120613175957')"><img src="https://t1.daumcdn.net/daumtop_deco/icon/icon.hanmail.net/editor/p_word_s.gif?rv=1.0.1" border="0" alt="첨부파일" class="vam"/> TOURISM.doc</a> ⑧Dr. Herbert Waylon:: Well, it’s possible she looked into this bedroom, saw her husband making love to another woman, and that threw her into a dissociative state. And in that state, she shot them.  ①ADA John Shubert: I’m sorry, are . . . you’re now saying maybe she killed them?  ⑧Dr. Herbert Waylon:: Well, I believe she found them dead as she says. But it’s possible that she saw them making love, went into a dissociative state—something we refer to medically as automatism—and in that state, she may have killed them. Then her brain creates a false memory of something less horrifying to her.  ①ADA John Shubert: I have nothing further.  ②Brad Chase: Her brain created a false memory?  ⑧Dr. Herbert Waylon:: Yes. Sometimes, if a person’s actions are repugnant to them, they can actually create a false version that is more psychologically acceptable.  ②Brad Chase: And they believe this as the truth?  ⑧Dr. Herbert Waylon:: Absolutely.  ②Brad Chase: So it’s possible that she committed the murders?  ⑧Dr. Herbert Waylon:: No. Murder suggests an intent she would’ve been incapable of. If she did this—and I’m not saying that she did—she would’ve likely lost all conscious control. She would’ve acted outside herself. And as a defense, her brain would have manufactured this other memory, that she walked in and found them already dead.  ①ADA John Shubert: Your Honor. Chambers.    Courtroom  Clerk takes a document from Madam Foreperson, delivers it to Judge Phillip Stevens. Judge Phillip Stevens unfolds it, reads it, refolds it and hands it back to the Clerk.  ⑤Judge Phillip Stevens: The defendant will please rise. Madam Foreperson, the jury has reached a unanimous verdict?  ⑨Madam Foreperson: We have, your Honor.  ⑤Judge Phillip Stevens: What say you?  ⑨Madam Foreperson: On the charges of murder in the first degree, we find the defendant, Susan May, not guilty.  Murmurs from the gallery.  ⑨Madam Foreperson: One the charges of murder in the second degree, we find the defendant, Susan May, not guilty.  ⑦Susan May: Oh, my God.  ⑤Judge Phillip Stevens: The jury is dismissed with the thanks of the court. We’re adjourned. bangs gavel  ⑦Susan May: shaking Brad Chase’s hand Thank you.    1.If you find your lover has been cheating on you or you see him or her making love to other man or woman, how do you deal with or get over this heart break?    2.Do you believe our brain can actually create or manufacture a false version of memory? And have you ever experienced or heard such amnesia as the one in this episode?    3.The woman in this episode got a not-guilty verdict for murder of two people because of her insanity. Do you think the mental disease can be Indulgence for any crime? Tell us your opinion.