Hatred toward Filipinos ‘smacks of racism’ — HK daily

A newspaper in Hong Kong on Wednesday sought to ease the reported resentment felt by Chinese nationals toward Filipinos in light of the hostage crisis in Manila that left eight tourists from China’s special administrative region dead.

In its editorial Wednesday, the South China Morning Post said Filipinos are the “wrong targets" of the collective anger although it described the police force that handled Monday’s hostage situation as “incompetent."

“The actions of a unit of police commandos were not [the Filipinos’] doing. Tarring them with the same brush of incompetence isn’t right," the editorial read, adding that venting anger toward Filipinos “smacks of racism."

The editorial also scored the Hong Kong government’s response to the tragedy after placing the Philippines on its travel blacklist. 

Many who went wild: Ma. Venus Raj

This was one of the sensational videos now on youtube after Ms. Philippines (Venus Raj) was called in the Top 15 finalist in the Miss Universe Pageant.

I know that this is not the only people among many fans of Venus Raj who get wild when she was included in the Top finalist. Even though she only got on the 4th place, we're still so proud of you Ma. Venus Raj.