NEW ANGELES CITY (Pampanga, Balibago, Subic) PI

[MAYOR]

Originally Posted by razor84

Hey Bros, heard from one of the bargirls from Voodoo that its closed only till Sunday.

It will be closed until Kokomos pays up...... all three bars closed were from the Kokomos group.

[razor84]

Originally Posted by MAYOR

It will be closed until Kokomos pays up...... all three bars closed were from the Kokomos group.

Damn... i really hope they re-open soon. Another extortion huh?

[MAYOR]

Originally Posted by Ninja_Assassin

Has anybody heard?
I was told by some locals that the new SM extension is to house the 40 bars that will be relocated from Fields / Perimeter / Friendship.
Access to the building will be from another entrance away from SM Mall.
Any info posted is definitely appreciated and welcomed.

The new SM extension opened but had many vacant units..... only the anchor tenant which is SM Superstore and the Food Court are open at the moment. To prevent it from turning into a white elephant..... one suggestion was to move the bars into the vacant units and turn it into something similar like LOS's Nana Entertainment Complex.

[Campro]

Originally Posted by MAYOR

The guy who was shot is Timothy..... the owner of the Touch of Class group of bars. He survived the shooting and is now recuperating in hospital..... and has offered a reward of 2million pesos for information pointing to the guy(s) who wants him dead.

What's the story behind the shooting, do you know?

[Quaterpounder]

Originally Posted by ianoverseas

I know what an WLO is.
I am referring to the BLO, which means I am barred from stepping foot into the Phils or face jailtime. I have a branch office in Manila and it was my Filipino partner who alerted me to the BLO. I must have pissed them off bigtime for them to do that, but then again it is my job to put the heat on them to release those still in custody from the raids.

Oh man , that doesn't sound good then but I guess you arnt in rush to get back , anyways from what my lawyer says you won't get arrested they will just make you pay a find or that sorta thing , well who knows , I wouldn't try ...

I hope , some got released or had to be , since your ass is burning ?

[CPVictim]

Originally Posted by etsys

I heard of weird stuff on how BI operates .. this takes the cake though ..

Another funny thing they did to catch some illegals, who were transitting through Manila, no, I didn't make this up

A group of Indians were transitting in Manila, and the BI team had been told they are being trafficked (I wonder what is the problem of PH Immigration if a person wants to get trafficked anyway .. ) .. so, while these fellows were in the transit at NAIA, the BI officers had approached them, and asked them to remove their ties and knot it back. All failed to knot their tie, and they were held and deported back to India as being Imposters ..

Don't ask me what is the logic there ..

I'm in Sales line for many many years , do presentations in suits etc, & still don't know how to tie a tie

[Huckau]

Originally Posted by MAYOR

The guy who was shot is Timothy..... the owner of the Touch of Class group of bars. He survived the shooting and is now recuperating in hospital..... and has offered a reward of 2million pesos for information pointing to the guy(s) who wants him dead.

Tim Wright did not survive the shooting...... he died from his gunshot wounds.
RIP... Tim

[Huckau]

Originally Posted by Campro

What's the story behind the shooting, do you know?

The initial word out on the streets was that his death was not related to his bars business.

[sugardad]

Originally Posted by MAYOR

The new SM extension opened but had many vacant units..... only the anchor tenant which is SM Superstore and the Food Court are open at the moment. To prevent it from turning into a white elephant..... one suggestion was to move the bars into the vacant units and turn it into something similar like LOS's Nana Entertainment Complex.

Maybe they should call it the " Paramount Wing " or the " Katong Wing "

or

the Tanjong Pagar Row or the Orchard Tower row ........... lol lol

[Lone_Wolf]

Originally Posted by Huckau

The initial word out on the streets was that his death was not related to his bars business.

Most probably related to the recent court cases...... back in 2010 Tim was in the business of selling & leasing condos...... but apparently he did not have title to sell or lease those properties. Several owners sued him and went to court..... my guess is one of them could not wait for the court case to conclude and decided to take matters into his own.

[Campro]

Originally Posted by Lone_Wolf

Most probably related to the recent court cases...... back in 2010 Tim was in the business of selling & leasing condos...... but apparently he did not have title to sell or lease those properties. Several owners sued him and went to court..... my guess is one of them could not wait for the court case to conclude and decided to take matters into his own.

Like that also can? Selling properties that dun belong to him?

[freezone]

Originally Posted by yellow5001

i think this is typical herd behaviour.....






the spoils will go to the 'brave' in my books...........if anyone and everyone is staying away from AC n cancelling....


can u just imagine the gals that will b fighting over u , the rare 'poreigner' that will show up.....since there is now practically ZERO punters around given all the non stop negativity being trashed about....

no need to even ask for LT, the gal will never leave u at all ! ............

Not entirely true. just have a friend return from AC yesterday and he said for a fact many of the girls are scared. Many in the bars are scared. Many will look at new faces with suspicious and caution. Most of his previous visits, he will get surrounded by waitress and dancers the moment he steps into a bar, but not this visit. They all stayed away and even when he waved to waitress to be served, they were very slow in coming. Only the known expats or known faces were the girls comfortable with and mainly sat with them.
He got turned down by many girls because they never seen him before. He did finally get a girl now and then but not everynite which he said never happen before. He said takes alot more effort to get something decent to sleep with now.

[freezone]

Originally Posted by Ninja_Assassin

Has anybody heard?
I was told by some locals that the new SM extension is to house the 40 bars that will be relocated from Fields / Perimeter / Friendship.
Access to the building will be from another entrance away from SM Mall.
Any info posted is definitely appreciated and welcomed.

Well. if this comes true then it will definitely spell the end of bars as we know it in AC. Just imagine having 40 girlie bars attach to a well known class mall filled with families, and kids. Bars will have to upgrade with more expensive interiors and downgrade with dancers. Rental of property inside a mall will be very expensive compare to now. All cost must be passed on to customers. Most bars may just turn into drinking bars only without the girls to avoid the trouble and spotlight as I'm sure everyone will be watching to keep things "clean".
Goodbye to the cheap AC that we all love.

[etsys]

Originally Posted by Campro

Like that also can? Selling properties that dun belong to him?

Well, if you want, I can intro you somebody who can sell the Malacañang Palace too .. or the Coconut palace

Well, I do find semi-comical when foreigners living in PH start to believe stuff they shouldn't believe in.

The closest I came to above is an attempt by a Singaporean, living in Cebu, trying to sell off a reasonably large ferry and damn he was convinced it was for sale, since the 'seller' took him on a ship tour, and introduced the captain and all the sundry .. and when I mildly told the SG guy that the ferry is in dire need of dry docking and whole lot of refurbishing, and will not be allowed to operate in any other country as it has a lot of illegal modification etc. etc. (since I know a wee bit about ships etc. etc.. ) the guy sort of went mental implying I am trying to make him loose money .. and with that attitude, I refused to intro any of my connections in Shipping/shop owning .. well, he has been living in PH long enough to even threaten me from entering Cebu .. no kidding .. became 'localised' I guess ..

he was pricing the former-NZ rail ferry, but now operating as a top-heavy passenger ferry .. for a 'small' sum of just over 30 million peso .. and I wouldn't be surprised if the ship owners were too in the scam ..

CPVictim: you better watch out then BI may find you as an illegal / trafficked person, if they find out that you can't knot a tie ..

[razor84]

Australian trader ambushed, critical

Published : Monday, July 22, 2013 00:00
Written by : Rudy Abular and Bernard Galang

CAMP Olivas, Pampanga -- Police are still clueless on the identities of two armed men who ambushed and critically wounded a wealthy Australian Wednesday night in Bgy. Manibaug, Porac town.
For the past five days, the Police Provincial Office led by Senior Supt. Oscar Albayalde encountered difficulty in establishing the identities of the suspects who gunned down Timothy John Wright, 50, single, of 107-A Sofia Street, Josefa Subd., Bgy. Malabanias, Angeles City.

“As of the moment, no witnesses have come out to describe the suspects, maybe nobody witnessed the shooting incident,” Albayalde said.

He said Wright is the owner of Affinity Hotel and Condominium on Fields Avenue, Bgy. Balibago, Angeles City. The victim was also involved in a construction business.

The ambush of Wright has sent a frightening message to other rich foreign nationals who invested their money in putting up huge hotels, condominiums and entertainment clubs in Bgy. Balibago and adjacent areas.

One of them, who requested anonymity, said his partners are threatening to pull out their investments for fear of their lives. “They claimed it is not safe anymore to stay in Angeles City,” he said.

Wright was among the numbers of foreign businessmen who were killed in Angeles City and Pampanga for the past few years. Their deaths remain unsolved up to the present.

Albayalde said the victim was driving a black Chevrolet Cruze LZ (RLF-899) when he was shot by riding-in-tandem assassins before midnight on Wednesday.

Police said the suspects got a chance on Wright after he slowed down due to a mild traffic. The victim was heading home after attending a friend’s birthday party when he was ambushed by the suspects.

The victim was still under observation, under tight police guard, at the intensive care unit of St. Catherine of Alexandria Medical Center in Angeles City.

A SOCO team recovered at the scene six spent shells for cal. .45 pistol.

Investigators said the victim had received death threats before he was ambushed. Police are looking at either love triangle, business rivalry or personal grudge as the possible motive behind the attack.