Mike Wootton
Seven years ago (January 17, 2007 to be precise), I wrote a column published in this newspaper entitled, “Is the Philippines a safe place.” My opinion then was that there were risks that the exercise of a bit of common sense should keep most people fairly safe other than from random acts of terrorism. I also opined that the travel advisories given by foreign nations to their citizens planning to travel to the Philippines tended to be overly cautious.