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Archive for January 21st, 2009

Not the same person of course as you can only be murdered once, however Angeles City has claimed another Kano ¹ victim. Apparently the body of a 55 year old German resident was found dead in his Angeles City house, his dogs poisoned also. The details of this latest murder are not relevant for this article, what is of importance is that people take note that another foreign resident has been murdered in the Philippines. This man was single but did frequent the bars of Balibago, who wouldn’t if he were living there as a resident and unattached? He may have upset one of the working lasses. He also ran tours to Mt Pinatubo, so perhaps he had business rivals?

Whatever the motive, the end result is another tragic death. The Philippines is a great place to vacation and even retire to but it is not like Kansas, Dorothy! It has its own rules and they can be obscure and harsh. People there play for keeps and are all too willing to kill for what we would consider the most juvenile of reasons. As in the land of the blind where the one eyed man is King, so too in a land of extreme poverty a few bucks can make you worth the risk of killing.

The police, particularly the Angeles City Police, are corrupt. You would be wasting your time going to them for help as the odds are in favour of them being behind most of the crime aimed at foreigners. The elected officials are no more pristine or pure and the entire culture is systemically corrupt. Which is partly what makes it such an exciting place to live!

With the ready and willing and very affordable sex on tap, the cheap, plentiful and good quality beer and rum and the tropical heat and throbbing disco beat, this place is JUMPIN’! Just watch your back, watch your mouth and watch who you trust! Better still, buy my eBook ‘Philippines Survival Handbook’ and take notes before you go and take care while you’re there! Who wants to live forever?

1. Kano – short version of Americano is the term many Filipinos use to describe all “white” people [↩]