How do you guys protect your homes

[Gene and Viol]

Originally Posted by ecureilx

Ok, alarm goes off, then what happens next ?

Want to know what happened to a friend who was living in CDO, with all alarms, CCTV etc. ? The cops came over after the house was ransacked, and the raiders departed, about an hour or so since the cops were notified by a neighbour who say the robbery and also heard the alarm. Oh, they took the CCTV tapes and LOST THE TAPES ..

Oh, I am not going to accuse the cops as being in the know, but, why interfere and get shot, when you know the thieves / kidnappers are guaranteed to have guns ??

It's true, often times the cops are not only in the know but are directly involved. Other times security guards are working for or protected by the cops.
Another reason I have little faith in even mall security. Security agents family or boss may be a terrorist and lets the bomb carrier right in the door. Getting to be a scary situation. Guess we need guards to watch the guards who in turn watch yet the other guards!!!
Crazy world.

Gene

[craignk]

Gene,
Do you have direct info that substanuates what you have said?
Please don't generalize.

[Gene and Viol]

Originally Posted by craignk

Gene,
Do you have direct info that substanuates what you have said?
Please don't generalize.

Are you kidding? I have lived within a 20 minute ride of Angeles City for nine years. Seven of those years working with the PNP Anti-Durg Task Force. Eight of those same years on our local Barangay Police. So in general, the answer to your question is yes.
In doubt of dangers here? Simply follow the news on a daily basis. A good place to start is a local online paper such as: INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos and also: GMA News Online | The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere


Gene

[Phil_expat]

Originally Posted by craignk

Gene,
Do you have direct info that substanuates what you have said?
Please don't generalize.

I know of too many cases where police and security was part of hassel, Gene is RIGHT!

[seram]

Craignk..

Mate, You must be new to the Philippines. Bloody hell, the list of my experiences with the PNP is too long for me put here.

They have been part of the underage stings with poringers and card scams and motor accidents and so many other typical scams.. (but not all PNP are crooks).

I have lost count of my under the table payments I have made.

You must lock yourself away when you are in the Phils. Thats probably the safe thing to do...cheers

[miradav]

Originally Posted by bundyrum

Hi All.I have just been reading how unsafe it is to visit Mindanao. I have been to Davao & Samal & had no problems My Asawa informs that Cotabato is probably the best area to avoid as it is extremely unsafe for foreigners.
Can someone tell if it is safe to visit Cagayan De Oro unacompanied please. Thanks. John

Hi John,

I have lived in Cagayan de Oro for over 8 years and had no problems what so ever,
there are a lot of expats living in and around Cagayan de Oro. Suggest you pick a decent hotel, something like the VIP Hotel in the city or any around the Lim Ket Kai area, a big shopping mall. Just check on the web for hotels in CDO.

Dave

[seram]

This is Angeles City on Tuesday 26th June this month. Apparently stabbed 35 times. It wont be solved, same as the dozen other foreigner murders that happen in the phils each year..

The report say's it was a stabbing. The police say it does not look like an accident...You tell me..


A 65-year-old pensioner Sven-Erik Hansen have been killed in the Philippines - allegedly after a stabbing in his own apartment.
Sven-Erik Hansen, a former locksmith, has for many years owned a home in the Philippines, where he liked to go to several times a year.
- He was killed in his own apartment, where the perpetrators then took everything of value at home, writes his daughter in an email to bt.dk.
Police in the Philippines confirms that the Dane on Tuesday at 12.10 was found dead in his home. But police will not yet say what the cause of death is the result.
- It does not look like an accident, but we can not say more now because we are still investigating the matter, says a spokesperson of the Pampanga police in Philippines told the newspaper.
Foreign Ministry confirms that a Dane has been killed in the Philippines and said that the relatives have been informed. Foreign Affairs will not disclose details of the killing.

[seram]

Devo...That is a sad story typical of any Bario or Baranguy or any Province in the Phils.

Unfortunately for us poreigners it also works the other way.

Unless peso is paid to the Police then any crime against a Poreigner is seldom solved. This is the case with 9 of the last 10 poreigner murders in Angeles.

The murder in Tagatay of the foreigner with one leg that was murdered last Xmas is not solved because the family of the foreigner has not paid peso to file a case.

Paying peso to file a case against a criminal before the police will prosecute is a f*#ken joke... regards

[Glen48]

On non violent way is to have a good flash light Maglite or such. shine it in the preps eyes day or night and hold the torch out at arms length if using at night so the perp will aim for the light if you are lucky

[ecureilx]

Glen: try LEd lenser lights. It can blind the opponent.. no kidding..