昨天在网上定春节期间妈妈岛的住宿，晚上就收到回信，原文如下：
Thank you for your interest in White sand Bungalows.
A few months ago Malapascua Island was invaded by soldiers by order of the local governor.
They brought with them 100 convicts and started to break resorts along the shoreline.
This without any legal documents - gunpoint only!
This involved all resorts and restaurants along Bounty Beach and in Sunset Cove.
Some resorts had guests inside the rooms, who were horrified when their rooms started to fall apart.
In restaurants tourists enjoying their lunch were thrown out in the middle of the meal!
Those who complainted had guns stuck in their faces!
Next month they plan to bring in bulldozers and jack hammers to destroy all the locals houses all around the island.
No relocation has been offered.
This is not a good time to visit.
Some of the locals blame the tourists for this situation.
There is a very bad feeling on the island and almost all tourists and divers have left.
For your own sake find another island or even country for your well deserved holiday.
Maybe later things will get back to normal.
You are welcome to contact us anytime.
But we will not reopen this season.
Regards Kurt
意思是妈妈岛被军人上去毁了，现在还没有下一步开发的计划，建议我们不要去了。
不知坛子上的朋友有办法证实一下这条消息不。
真的假得阿？关注中
晕 还有这样的事情？
我在lonely planet的论坛上也看见了这些话，不过论坛里不是有人前几天才去过吗？可以问一下他。
没在LP的论坛上看见相关的消息呀，能把你看到的网页链接告诉我们吗？谢谢
纯属谣言，我们11月14号刚从MALAPASCUA回来，岛上一切正常，楼主是给哪个resort发的email？可能是有人恶意散步谣言。
A few months ago Malapascua Island was invaded by soldiers???? A few months ago???? 如果几个月前就发生了这种事，那还不早就天下皆知了。MF里有很多国庆期间去Malapascua旅行的帖子，没看见一个提过这事的， 多半不太可信。
A few months ago Malapascua Island was invaded by soldiers???? A few months ago???? 如果几个月前就发生了这种事，那还不早就天%E
不会吧，除非那个岛发现都是金矿，政府赶紧派兵守住了，否则那里整天就那么几个警察扛着枪晃来晃去，还特喜欢和女孩子聊天，哪会有一大帮大兵。而且沿海岸的一片土地都卖给德国人啊，日本人啊建别墅，卖了还占领？那不是国际纠纷了。。。。。当时倒是认识了个本地人喜欢天天陪我们玩，可是EMAIL不知道扔哪儿了，否则可以找出来问问。
我也是春节订住宿，没有问题喔。
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也是white sands发出的信息哦
时间上说是4月份时候的事，是a few months ago， 不知道是不是真的
Thursday, April 24, 2008
So: Villains in Malapascua
By Michelle P. So
Caught in the Net
THERE is little fondness in the voices of many Malapascua folk when they speak of Gwen and Byron Garcia. They see them as contrabida in the biggest drama that is unfolding in the island off north Cebu.
In this island that is more popular to foreign tourists and divers than to us ordinary bisdak, beach structures that still fall within 20 meters of the easement zone stand to be demolished by the Capitol next month.
The easement zone starts from the shoreline where the highest tide breaks. This shouldn’t have been a problem if only Malapascua had a wide beachfront, the folk in the island say.
The island folk feel helpless against the Capitol powers and have turned to their patron saint, San Isidro Labrador, for succor. And so it may be some divine intercession that the demolition is being delayed for a week, from May 7 or 8 to May 15, in deference to the feast of San Isidro on May 12.
The dates, except for the Feast of San Isidro Labrador, may not be accurate because in Malapascua, the clarity of information reaching the local folk is directly opposite to the clearness of the waters surrounding the island.
As early as 2006, Gov. Gwen Garcia had warned the resort owners, pump boat operators and house owners to clear the beachfronts of kiosks, marine ropes and other forms of shore impediments. This was OK to some extent because it made walking in the beach less stressful: no ropes to trip over, no pump boats and bancas to dodge, but there was still dog shit to avoid stepping on.
The order to clear the beachfront is part of the move of Capitol to take over the eco-tourism development of Malapascua from the local government of Daanbantayan. Daanbantayan officials had been caught unprepared for the tourism growth in the small island that local folks still call Lugon.
At the helm of the initial preparation to develop Malapascua as an eco-tourism destination is the governor’s brother, Byron, who also is her consultant on security.
Unlike her sister who tries to charm her way into the hearts of her constituents, Byron, according to accounts of those who have seen him deal with island folk, puts on a manner that turns them off. His delivery of the message supplants his message.
I haven’t met Byron and have no basis to share the Malapascua’s folk’s appraisal of him.
On demolition day, if it comes, Byron is one figure Malapascua folk would like to see the least of. He probably is in their prayers.
Most of the island folk, especially those with nipa and wooden houses built along the shores, understand very little the reason behind the demolition.
They had been called to a meeting sometime back but it left them with more questions than answers. They were made to sign some papers but they didn’t know what those were for.
They had turned to their local officials for answers but the answers had not been assuring.
As of last weekend, they didn’t know the real reason for the demolition: Is it to clear the path for a circumferential road? Is it to clear the beachfronts of obstructions? Is it o pave the way for the building of a multi-million-peso resort hotel?
Whatever the reason, they don’t see the demolition of their property as an answer. That’s why they see the governor and her brother as island villains.
我正准备12月初去呢。http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=1672132&start=15&tstart=0，看了LP的这个帖子，算是近期的，很多人赞同那边有一定安全问题，但是只要保持警觉，不要擅自走出旅游区或者downtown，就不必太过于担心。没有人提到以上丝瓜岛的拆楼事件。刚刚去过的驴友们都出来说说吧。
我们11-14号回来,无这种事,宁静得很!
lx0305具体什么时候到malapascua？