The consequences of the #Philippines' habit of being ill-prepared!

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The idea of sending unprepared, ill-trained athletes to compete in a sporting event sums up how the Philippines does business.

Do you remember the Hong Kong bus hostage incident when they sent those police to storm the hijacker?  We all know what happened. Now in sports, history really repeats itself specially if you live in the Philippines.

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