2LaBS - Laguna Blogging Summit Scandal? O_o

Laguna Blogging Summit Scandal??? Huh!

As a blogger from Laguna, this particular issue grabbed my interest. I first learned about this "so called" Laguna Blogging Summit Scandal at Filipino Bloggers Worldwide or FBW. FBW is a group in facebook composed of Filipino Bloggers from all over the World hence the name Filipino Bloggers Worldwide.

The scandal involved MONEY and, when money is involved, good things can turn ugly. According to the FBW thread, money from a particular sponsor was never given to the organizers of 2LaBS (Laguna Blogging Summit). From what I've read in FBW, the person who received the money from the sponsor lent it to a friend who promised to repay it immediately. Unfortunately, the payment never came.

Here is a quote from one of the post in FBW.

I made the wrong decision of lending the money to a friend in need who promised to repay me before 2LaBS starts. I allowed my feelings to decide. Unfortunately, the person has no way of repaying me yet so I'm stuck with nothing to surrender to 2LaBS. (Read the entire thread at FBW)

Now, in an interview posted by TALK.PH. It was said that the money was given to a co-organizer who had a personal emergency and this co-organizer used the money to settle or resolve whatever this personal emegency was.

Here is a quote from the interview in TALK.PH.

I also told them that I surrendered it to a co-organizer who didn’t reported it and used it for a personal emergency. As a friend, I am allowing that person to take the initiative to come clean and reveal the identity when able to return the money. (Read the entire interview at TALK.PH)

The two quoted messages above kinda confused me because they're different from each other. My guess is (this is just a guess), the friend mentioned in the FBW post was also the co-organizer mentioned in the TALK.PH interview, right? Now, if it's the same then why was "lending" changed to "surrendered"?

In the FBW post, the money was "lent" to a friend. In the TALK.PH interview, the money was "surrendered" to a co-organizer. Are they referring to the same MONEY and the same FRIEND?

Anyway, if this wasn't posted in FBW then I would've never learned about it and, as a blogger from Laguna, I'm kinda sad that this issue or Laguna Blogging Summit Scandal happened because it doesn't help anyone.

Hopefully, those involved will be able to resolve this issue quickly and amicably because dragging it longer will only make it worst. If someone needs to apologize then do it but do it with sincerity. Filipinos are very forgiving people.

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