Ben D. Kritz
THE much-anticipated four-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group of 21 nations begins here in Manila in exactly a week. Nineteen heads of state have confirmed their attendance – 20, if you count the one who passes for the head of this state – and based on the statements being issued about it on a daily basis by the government, the residents and workers of Metro Manila can expect the event to be a calamity as disruptive as a major typhoon.