kevin mcculloch told me whether he thinks the criticism is justified.hilippines are going to spend something like 15 billion pesos or $300 million in total. they are not going to recoup so total. they are not going to recoup so much of that from sponsorship or ticket sales. the philippines is looking for a host of other benefits. those include pr benefits, showing off the country is capable of hosting such a games. they want to develop their infrastructure, sporting and general infrastructure and they are looking for success on the sporting field of play. in terms of pr, this has been a bit of a disaster. how do damaging will this be to the reputation of the philippines? it hasn't got off to a good start. we've seen those images of unfinished stadiums in trouble for athletes. bearing in mind one of the main goals of the project was to shop the philippines, that's a big problem. in saying that, we got two weeks now. event starts saturday with the opening ceremony. to be fair, we've seen problems like this and other countries. thinking of the commonwealth