[AmericanInTokyo]

If you have any amount of money, in your pockets, at any one time, and it looks like you have money, eventually YOU ARE GOING TO GET KIDNAPPED IN THE PHILIPPINES.

I swear, the BASKET CASE OF ASIA.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

And just think, the Philippines at one time was a US possession, they might have been better off if the Philippines would have became a part of the USA after WWII.
The Philippines could have been a vital strategic location for the USA.

[Deo volente]

I know a family that recently traveled to the Philippines to visit relatives.

The parents told their 8 yr. old son to stay close to them at all times, or he could end up being kidnapped. I thought they were a little too overprotective, but now I see their point.