UPDATE:  This was a full scale raid.  Girls arrested.  Bar shut down.  There was about 6 vans.  West the manager and all the girls taken away.  Spearmint Bar also closed as all the girls ran away.

Please note that both these bars are owned by Ray Kelly who suffered a raid a couple of years ago where he was arrested along with two managers and they spent months in jail.  Is this some sort of vendetta on the part of the NBI?

NBI personnel even went through Phillie’s Sports Grill looking for someone from next door.

Will update as information is received.

HTH

“Hi Harry,  You may already be up to speed on this.  Manager of Angeles Flying Club, an Englishman, Terry ?, endured an assassination attempt today.  7 shots fired at him, 3 bullets hitting him but he has fortunately survived.  That’s all I know at this stage.  Robert D.”

“Only thing I can add is that ‘Terry’ was driving his car at the time – and that it occurred somewhere near Angeles City Flying Cub – which indicates it was a pre-arranged ambush.”

“.Local police in the Arayat area will have commenced to investigate the shooting (well, maybe!)”

“Hi Harry, My first ever contact with you I am visiting Angeles from Australia for a couple of weeks.  On Saturday we went to the Angeles city flying club for a Joy flight and on arrival this black car had arrived at the airfield with bullet in the window.  It turns out the target was the manager of the aero club who is a foreigner I don’t know any more details.  I love your website Harry take care,  Dave.”

Now I have heard a possible motive for the shooting but will not describe here.  Or I can pass on is something I have written before.  Beware of the Filipino that feels insulted for any one of a million reasons, especially if it is coming from a foreigner.

Modus Operandi

An accomplice on motorcycle pulls out in front of Terry’s car, then commences to weave violently across the road in front of him and decreasing his speed.

Unable to pass, and thinking the rider was either drunk or on drugs, Terry slows his car to a crawl.

A gunman then jumps up from a drainage ditch and fires into the drivers side of his car.

SHIT, TALK ABOUT PREMEDITATION.  WHAT A WELL PLANNED MURDER ATTEMPT THIS WAS.  WHAT THE HELL ARE THE POLICE DOING TO INVESTIGATE = NOTHING?

AT LEAST THE VICTIM ONLY SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM FROM THE BULLET AND A CUT.  THIS AFTER 7 SHOTS WERE FIRED INTO THE CAR.  

First it was “C” Italian and now the XP House Hosto Comedy Bar.  This latest fire took place today around noon time just as I was getting ready to attend a Rotary meeting. The establishment is across the street from Garfields and Matrix on Perimeter Road.  I went to Rotary and then excused myself so I could grab a few pictures.  By the time I got there the fire was out except for a few flames in the back.  The place was gutted!  Three people were inside when the fire started but were able to escape.  I do not know the cause of the fire but initial rumors were that it was arson.  One employee was overheard to speak of a disgruntled gay employee who was fired and gave a threat that the place would be shut down.  Again, this is only rumor.  Two explosions were heard but lets allow enough time for the fire department to finish their investigation.

This was a gay establishment, with macho men dancers and many gay employees.  Needless to say Expats and tourists were not their major customers.  Initially, Expats were worried that Matrix Brawn would be damaged and that would have been a big disappointment for many.  Maybe a bit of water and smoke damage may have entered the premises but it looked OK to me.  Go Matrix, keep those doors open.

Some of the Gay employees were spectators across the street and they were sad because many of their possessions were lost in the fire and of course, they are out of the job.  Watch out for an increase of Lady Boys patrolling Fields Ave.

A 57-year-old Australian died in bed while getting a massage in a guesthouse off Walking Street. He had taken a Viagra pill in anticipation of having sex with the masseuse. But while she was massaging him, he abruptly went into shock and died before they could have sex.

PATTAYA – May 2, 2013 [PDN]; at 3:20 a.m., a report of a foreign man going into shock and dying on the bed of a guesthouse was received by Pol. Capt. Phithak Nernsaeng, investigation officer, Pattaya police station, Chonburi province. The rescue officer of Sawangboribul Pattaya foundation was sent to the scene along with police.

The incident occurred in room number 34 of a rental guest house with no name located at the end of the Soi in Walking Street.

Arriving officers found the naked corpse of a 57 year old Australian, who died on the bed. Police didn’t find any trace of his being beaten. While inspecting in the room, officers found his underwear was taken off and put on the sofa.

Police found an empty wrapper for a Viagra pill that the victim had consumed. A remaining Viagra pill still not eaten was found on the table, as well as a box containing 3 unused condoms. The police kept the items for evidence.

Police questioned the victim’s friend, a foreigner occupying the adjacent room. He told police that the Australian had brought a masseuse from the Thai massage parlor, located on the first floor of the guest house, to massage him in his room.

Before entering the room, the man came to ask for the Viagra drug from him, because he wanted to increase his sexual strength. So he gave the man some Viagra.

Then about 2 hours later, the masseuse ran out from the man’s room and informed the security guard that the man went into shock and died in the room. So he hurried to check, and discovered that his friend had died on the bed. So he notified the police immediately.

Police questioned the masseuse about the cause of his death. She said he had brought her to have sex with him in his room. After she was finished taking a bath, then he took the Viagra pill. He then let her massage him while he waited for the Viagra drug to give sexual strength to him, and then they would have sex together.

But while she was massaging him, suddenly he went onto shock and died on the bed. This made her so frightened that she ran to inform the security guard.

Initially, the police assumed that the victim might have a congenital disease, and when he ate the Viagra drug, it caused his body to go into a fatal shock before having sex.  However, the police initially withheld listing the cause of death. Officers made notes at the incident in detail and investigated the masseuse for evidence. They sent the corpse to perform an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.

(My question is, where did his friend buy the Viagra?   Sure hope they were not in Angeles City before going to Thailand and bought them off the street vendors on Fields Ave.  Those Thai massages can be magic and even without Viagra the old heart can pump overtime with excitement.  Regretfully, I suspect he never got to the “sensational ending” but he did pass doing something that was making him very happy.  Sad way to go???. Be careful guys this could happen to you here in Angeles City too.  Sexy young ladies plus Viagra plus senior citizen status – Kaboom!)

By RIK STEVENS, Associated Press
Updated 2:19 pm, Friday, April 26, 2013
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Almost two years after a retired British police officer and his live-in girlfriend were shot to death as they slept in the Philippines, New York State Police said Friday they arrested one of the men accused of doing it.
Troopers worked with the FBI and Interpol for several months to track down 35-year-old Timothy Noah Kaufman, state police Capt. Timothy Munro said Friday. They arrested him without incident Wednesday in Clifton Park, a bedroom community north of Albany.
Kaufman had been in New York more than six months, Munro said. Public records show he also lived in Knoxville, Tenn., and in Colorado.
In a posting on its website, the Philippines National Bureau of Investigation says Kaufman and two other men shot 54-year-old David Balmer and his 26-year-old girlfriend, Elma de Guia, in September 2011 as they slept in the home of Balmer’s business partner, Richard Agnew, in Angeles City.  Agnew discovered their bodies the next day.
Philippines media report the area is in the heart of the country’s sex tourism business and that Agnew owns several clubs. He told the Sunday World, an Irish newspaper, he thought the gunmen were targeting him and killed Balmer and de Guia by mistake.
“Those bullets were meant for me. That night I had luck on my side but David did not,” Agnew told the newspaper.  The NBI bulletin says the two were shot multiple times.  Reached by phone early Saturday morning local time, the duty agent at the NBI said nobody was available to talk about the case until Monday morning.

Kaufman; Joseph Stephan Tramontano, an American; and Jesus F. Santos Jr., a Filipino, are each charged with two counts of murder. It could not immediately be learned if either of the other men was in custody.  (Santos is presently being detained by the NBI.)

The NBI bulletin included pictures of several IDs reportedly belonging to Kaufman, one of which indicated he was an ex-U.S. Marine.  Maj. Shawn Haney, public affairs officer for the Marine’s Manpower & Reserve Affairs in Quantico, Va., confirmed Kaufman served in the Marines from Dec. 11, 2000, to Nov. 28, 2005, and was an intelligence specialist, leaving the corps as a corporal. He served in Iraq from Sept. 1, 2004, to March 5, 2005, and earned the Marine Corps Achievement Medal and Good Conduct Medal, among other citations.  Kaufman was turned over to U.S. Marshals and faces a May 9 extradition hearing.

HARRY THE HORSE COMMENTS:

It has taken two long years, money and patience to finally get to where Kaufman was arrested, Santos, detained and hopefully, Joe Tramontano will be next.  Recently married to his Filipina girlfriend it is hoped that his honeymoon will be spent in jail. The FBI and Interpol know his present location and it would be great to see this one time professional wrestler back here in the Philippines. I wonder if his old girlfriend and new wife knows that she is sleeping with a suspected murderer.  One who is suspected of shooting David Balmer and his girlfriend Elma as they slept in bed.  A very cowardly act of violence.  It would be wonderful to see these two suspects back in the PI to answer many questions, i.e., was it drug related?  Who else was involved in the planning of the murders?  What was the motive?

Again, I emphasize they are suspects and may be able to prove their innocence but the important thing is that they are apprehended and the justice system determines whether they will be indicted and a trial is scheduled.

It was not easy to get this far in the case.  It took the determination of one man, Richard Agnew and the Balmer family in England to continue pushing for justice.  Believe me, the local prosecutors here would have done nothing with this case if not forced to do so.  I have been covering the case from the beginning and not writing about the details at the request of Richard, the NBI and finally the FBI.  I wonder if Richard’s attempted assassination was because of his involvement in this case.  Are there some people that are afraid of what Tim and Joe can reveal in sworn testimony?

Whatever the case, I am extremely happy to learn of Tim’s apprehension and the anticipation of Joe’s confinement as well.  Let us wait for “The rest of the Story”.

18 April 2013 – 10:41 AM American killed inside his P’que coffee shop

By Jaymee T. Gamil
Philippine Daily Inquirer
11:58 pm | Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
An American businessman was shot dead in the coffee shop he owned at his Parañaque City residence Tuesday morning.
Investigators have yet to determine the motive behind the killing of Jeff Watt, 62, who was shot at point-blank range by a man who barged into the shop around 7:51 a.m. at the corner of Swaziland and Surinam streets inside Better Living Subdivision.
Parañaque chief of police Senior Supt. Andrei Felix said they had ruled out robbery since “nothing was taken or touched” inside the establishment during the shooting.
Watt and a female helper were opening the shop for the day’s operations when an armed man entered and approached the American, who was then seated. The intruder shot Watt twice in the head with a .45-cal. pistol, Felix said.
As the helper screamed, the gunman fled by joining a cohort who was waiting outside on a motorcycle that had no license plate.
Watt was pronounced dead at Parañaque Doctor’s Hospital. Watt left behind his Filipino wife and their two children.
The victim’s wife told investigators that she was not aware of any enemies her husband may have had, Felix added.
Felix said the establishment had a security camera but the footage that morning still had to be reviewed and cleaned by experts. Watt’s cell phone was also sent to Camp Crame to be checked for any text message that could help establish the motive or the identity of those behind the killing

a friend of mine and resident at the oasis apartments in clarkview,

Richard brown, 66, retired Qantas airline flight steward, died from

a heart attack last Monday evening,  His funeral will be at 9am Monday

22nd april at Pangilinan memorial chapel santo entierro st angeles city

Cremation at 10am at la piets crematorium on mcarthur hwy

He was Australian and will be sadly missed,  Appreciate if you could post

regards, tim duncan.

Harry, just yesterday a friend of mine personally witnessed it, he was no more than 20 yards away.  He told me about it less than 30 minutes after it happened, which would have been about 3-4 pm yesterday.  I did not post, as I was not sure it should be on PIatnight (not a mongering issue).  Anyway, here’s what he told me:

He was collecting his dog from a vet on Friendship.  Two Koreans were exiting a Chinese (Korean?) restaurant, when a black Fortuner (or similar ) pulled up.  He said a Pinoy with dark glasses got out and simply walked up to the guys, and shot them both in the head.  He then got back in the car, and sped away.  One guy was clearly dead, there were brains everywhere.  He thought the 2nd guy was still alive.  All was over in seconds, he said it was very surreal.  He said the area was sealed off within minutes. That’s it really.  I guess they had REALLY pissed someone off.

The other version came from a fellow Rotary member who also witnessed the event:  He told me that three Koreans were in a van when a motorcycle approached.  A Filipino got off, approached the van and shot two Koreans and a third one was able to get out and run away.

I also heard that the Korean was a money changer in which the motive might be robbery.

(First a foreigner is shot and killed in Barrio Barretto (Blue Rock) and now two more on Friendship.  All this during a so called (gun ban).  So much for eyewitness reports.  What you can believe for sure is that two Koreans are history.