[Two Kids' Dad]

I used to have a Filipino supervisor that told me about the practice of ‘salvaging’, which meant that some locals would kill a person (usually a lost tourist or someone who had fallen out of favor) simply to strip the body of any valuables. He never admitted to being involved in it, but was arrested a few years later for trying to smuggle machine gun parts to the Abu Sayyaf terror group.

That said, I have also known plenty of wonderful Filipino people.

[Broker]

Wow! At one time I was assisting a small private school evaluate an exchange program to Mindoro Island, Philippines. My investigation determined the proposed Filipino host was a Moslem activist sympathetic to Abu Sayyaf. The proposal was dumped. Unfortunately, the scorned party discovered my identity, office address, etc. About a month later, my office recieved a bomb threat. Our whole building was evacuated and the FBI traced it to Maynila.

Got 8 years in the PI. Scars as proof.