Three People Charged With Defrauding BF&M
In Magistrates Court this morning [July 9] three Filipino nationals pleaded not guilty to a series of charges of defrauding BF&M Insurance Co Ltd of approximately $75,000. The slew of charges covered the period April 2011 to March 2012.
Camille Canillas Orteza, 25, pleaded not guilty to eleven charges of obtaining money and attempting to money. Alone, she pleaded not guilty to taking or attempting to take approximately $65,000 on various dates between April 2011 and March 2012.
Ms Orteza and Rhyan Escano Calingasn, 32, were jointly charged with fraudently obtaining almost $7,000 between January and February 2011. Ms Orteza and Ferdinand Malabanan, 41, were jointly charged with fraudently obtaining approximately $3,750 in February 2011.
The Senior Magistrate was told that Ms Orteza was arrested when she returned to Bermuda in May 2012. According to DPP Prosecutor Cindy Clarke, Ms Orteza had come back to Bermuda to attend her graduation ceremony as a 2012 graduate of the Bermuda College, where she had been a student.
Mr Malabanan and Mr Calingasn were both Work Permit holders. Mr Calingasn was still working in Bermuda but Mr Malabanan’s Work Permit had expired and he is currently unemployed. Ms Orteza’s mother was a Permanent Resident, but Ms Orteza herself was now in Bermuda on a visitor’s visa.
Questioned by Senior Magistrate Archie Warner, the Prosecutor said that the Bermuda Police had already confiscated all three passports and the defendants would be unable to get out of Bermuda by any regular or legal means. Ms Clarke also told the Magistrate that exit authorities had been told of these three.
The Senior Magistrate granted each person bail of $5,000; required each to provide a Surety; and stipulated that each person must report to the Hamilton Police Station every Monday between 8:00am and 8:00pm.
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We can only imagine how many foreign nationals have gotten away with such schemes . Earlier this year it was a accountant from Sri Lanka who was convicted for the same crap . Please don’t use the loses from these criminals as an excuse to raise my premiums .
Damn foreigners.
It frustrates me how the Media in Bermuda and us Bermudians love to highlight all the negatives foreigners have done on this island but nothing positive is highlighted- EVER! Keep in mind foreigners are people too. They can be good & bad so do not let one rotten apple spoil the whole barrel. In this case 3 rotten apples… But you know what I mean.
Media just reports the news & bernews is the most unbiased one at doing this. There’s loads of articles bernews has put up that report good things done in Bermuda by foreigners. Its not the media’s fault that a group of foreigners has not done anything that positively affects Bermuda because it does not hold any gain for them. Maybe the catholic church in Bermuda could boast all the help the Filipino community does for them if that makes you happy. Then again the catholic church here has allowed the Filipino community use of their cathedral hall as a makeshift consulate for reissuing their passports so it can’t really be considered an unconditional deed. At least they could have announced the sale of their traditional food on sundays at lemon tree cafe & the Portuguese bakery so they could share a bit of their culture with us. Come on people sharing is caring. ;-D
You miss my sarcasm.
Yeah well the biggest fraud of all are the actual insurance companies! Come on, how many of you feel that way when you go to pay your insurance – your possession devalues ever so quickly when you’ve just about purchased it. Rip offs
Sounds like you know a fair amount about insurance. Perhaps you should start your own insurance company and give these “Rip offs” a run for their money!
“Mr Malabanan’s Work Permit had expired and he is currently unemployed.” Whoa! Wait a minute! So the british family had to get packing but this one was allowed to hang around? Actually this is no surprise to me since this nationality has plenty others who do the same. Then there’s the other who was here on a visitors visa. Visitor?!?!?!!? YEAH RIGHT! Just like the rest who visit & next anyone knows have a work permit. Doesn’t take much guessing to how her mother became a permanent resident. WAKE UP BERMUDA IMMIGRATION!!!! Bermudians are out of work while foreigners of this nationality & their families take their jobs. Those who want to pipe up & call me xenophobic get you facts straight. This is the fear of ALL foreigners which I do not have because the majority of foreigners that come here don’t try to consume all our islands wealth away. As I’ve mentioned before I would love to see all the IB workers come back as we need them. BF&M is not IB & the other companies that hire these people over Bermudians are are neither. If any phobia describes my fears of this best it would be taeniophobia. Oh yes! Also for those who want to do the innocent before guilty song this whole comment of mine has nothing to do with what their charged for & all to do with my observations on a whole of what they & their people are doing to this island.
I can allow you to condemn these 3 persons but not the many Filipinos who are in this Island and who help international businesses sustain and grow, as well as keep restaurants staffed. Berate all you want on these persons but don’t include good and honest people like myself and the many friends and fellow Filipinos I know. Believe me, we are very ashamed of their deeds. But to convict thousands for the wrong doings of 3 or few is not justifiable for any race or nationality.
I’m not convicting thousands for the wrong doings of 3 I’m alluding to how the Filipinos here use underhanded ways to get their friends & families hired over Bermudians. I’m glad you mentioned the word thousands because most don’t realize how many Filipinos work here while out of work Bermudians could fill their position easily. As for your comment about helping international businesses sustain and grow, as well as keep restaurants staffed thats a funny one. Last news about IB here is that its diminishing & far from sustained & for restaurant staff this is something that we already have people here that could do. You can BS others all you want but I know that there are managers & employers who hold jobs from Bermudians for Filipinos at other Filipino staffs request. Its great that your culture is so tightly knit that each & everyone of your nationals & your government help keep all internationally employed but when doing this over helping the country that welcomed you as guest citizens thats just wrong. This sort of thing is fine in larger jurisdictions where there are more than enough jobs to go around but there’s no room for that here. I know you may think that all of us Bermudians are lazy good for nothing & you think your nationals can do the job better but this is just a fallacy that is used to justify the reason why your people have jobs over Bermudians.
Why wouldn’t the employers hire Bermudians? Are these employers Filipinos? I don’t think so. So It’s the Filipino workers fault that they were hire over Bermudians? Open your eyes. It’s not just Filipinos, there are a lot of hard working nationalities in Bermuda. You and your effing ignorant comments…
Yeah you’re right when you said that some of your people are lazy and good for nothing. Why do you think employers are getting expats instead of Bermudians? The truth is you’re not reliable . Why do you think employers would spend money and time getting expats. why? If only you guys are reliable and you have concern about your job you will not see even one expats in your country . The thing is if you get salary on Tuesday , you will surely be absent on wednesday without any call. You demand big salary over less work . Choosy. Complain when you don’t have a job …. that’s where you excel. change your attitude …. from a concern Bermudian.
Race card!
So which race would this card be played on? Last I learnt in world history the Filipino ethnicity is made up of a multitude of races including two that my background falls under. I have no problem with any race I just have a problem with cultures that put material gain before society. I suppose this is partially the spanish fault for introducing catholicism since I’ve noticed that other Asian cultures that are majority Buddhist are more genuine & care less about materials.
Oh, so you’re playing the culture card! Either way, you’re stereotyping. But I suppose you can, because you don’t “put material gain before society”, do you?!
Take Filipinos off this island and it will shut down.
That’s correct, I don’t put material gain before society. What’s the use since we’re all going to the stone garden one day. I would never leave my kids behind so I can retire in a mansion that’s just a waist of the time I can spend with them. Providing my family with necessities is good enough & keeps them & me humble. Then again when you have kids just so they can work for you when older this whole plot is missed.
You say I’m stereotyping but there’s no need for this when the foreign workers of a certain nationality goes from a handful to thousands in just a few years during a period when jobs for locals is desperately needed. It’s not as if anyone can compare this to the migration of the Portuguese here because this has happened over many many more years & the Portuguese were brought here for masonry & landscaping specialties that no other Bermudian could do at the time. Years have gone past since the time the first Portuguese came & there is no way that none of the Bermudians have not developed the skills for the jobs the Filipinos do. The fact is there are 9.4 million filipinos working abroad & that this is the main profit in their country no stereotype needed just facts.
A few years back the island was doing just fine without filipino workers so why would we need them now. We have indian, thai, latin american & eastern block people already working in the same positions the filipinos work in & they do just as good of a job & don’t invite all their family & friends here to gobble up all the sectors. Actually its more likely we would gain if most of the filipino workers went back. As stated before the main industry of the Philippines is stationing foreign workers globally who send millions back to their country yearly. So if the math is done 1000 workers multiplied by $1000 multiplied by 12 months equals… Anyone?… Anyone?…
Another fact? 9.4m! wow. Do you hate them so much as to spend all your time learning about them? Or do you have a lot of FILIPINO friends who serve you, feed you,buy you drinks or welcome you to their home, trying to befriend them to know all of these?
oh majority of these Thais, Indians, latin Americans , Estern block can speak English fluently right????? What they do with their money is none of your business. how they run their country is none of your business.
This is your country, so speak to your government, they are there to serve a purpose. exercise your right. But please dont undermine the Filipino community or any nationality who was given an opportunity to work for your country.
fillipinos are in our country and we have the right to find out about people who are not from here and come from halfway around the globe, especially when their President has put his own people on a stop list to countries that abuse his precious fillipinos.. to our government -go ask the foreign worker for your vote because apparently bermudians aren’t recognized as relevant in their own country because we are invaded by other cultures who keep taking our u.s. dollars out of the country!!!!!when are we gonna LEARNNNNNN!!!!this situation sucks but don’t try to stifle me in my own country from speaking or learning about cultures that continue to rape the rest of the world .
taking your US dollars out of your country? whoah , waat a minute, are the Filipinos and expats dont pay expensive Rent to bermudians? dont they eat at their expensive restaurants? don’t they buy groceries, pay insurance, pay government fees, etc etc.
you have all the right to say your opinions as everybody else , and when you learn the other cultures , try not to undermine them, because that’s racial descrimination!, besides before you can truly judge and speak aginst them, try to look at the mirror first and see how wonderful and perfect you are.
I am an expat but i dont critisize anybody , even if I have lived here for years.
Raped the rest of the world? These people just worked really hard to have a decent living , raped the rest of the world? Unbelievable!
Of course they do spend in Bermuda but it is nowhere close to balanced out to what they send back to their country. They get benefits here that the majority of Bermudians never have had.
Other expats may pay expensive rent to bermudians but there are landlords that will hold inexpensive apartments for employers who are buddies of theirs for their filipino workers. On top of that the workers will split the rent between each other. Hence the reason why Bermudians can’t find a decent place to rent at a decent price.
The only expensive restaurants filipinos eat at are the ones fellow filipinos work at & they get hookups when paying the bill. The only time they always pay full price is on sundays when their fellow nationals sell their food out of lemon tree cafe or portuguese bakery building & the money made there is sent to their country because its not a legal business where funds are to be accounted for.
As for buy groceries, have you ever gone to flatts village dock or other docks here on a sunday afternoon? They pull hundreds of round robins out of the water every sunday. Also have you ever observed how the shop for groceries? A massive bag of rice & not much else & most shop in groups so that cost gets split also.
Even insurance & government fees is questionable as I know of employers who will have filipinos work here for months while their permit is still being processed. Don’t even bother asking me why I don’t go to immigration about this because I have & immigration is a joke here. How can someone report an employer to immigration who has been in business for so many years & has so many friends in immigration that they get their indiscretions overlooked.
If you’ve been an expat here for years now you should have noticed how places like spot restaurant & parakeet have replaced a full staff of Bermudians for filipinos. Now you may go on about business competition & how this is the way of the world but Bermuda law states that once you make someone redundant from a position you render that position no longer of use & available & cannot hire someone else for that position. As with many other laws in Bermuda our employment act is outweighed by corruption & I realized this is not the fault of filipinos but when you benefit from an illegal act & allow others to that makes you an accessory to the crime.
If you really like working in this country because its relatively safe then try to imagine how safe this island will be if more & more Bermudians jobs keep getting replaced. The only thing being undermined is your view of the importance in such a small jurisdiction of its locals having a job but its probably not your fault since your view has most likely been skewed by others convincing you that Bermudians are all rich & lazy.
you know what Tommy Chong.. your comments are off the hook!
massive bag of rice?
split the rent?
they get hookups when paying the bill?
you better get a good reason for saying these things..
Filipinos may spend their hard-earned money, let me say that again, HARD EARNED MONEY, kindly google the meaning of that… in whatever way they want..
this article is similar to a teacher asking you 1+1 and instead of you saying 2, you keep on going and going and going and going…. nowhere but to nothing.. OH SORRY.. you are trying to prove that you are good person and a good citizen of this country.
well i am so sorry mr. chong you might be a Bermudian but you dont belong here. Most Bermudians that I know are pleasant, respectful, hardworker,name all opposite traits that you have and that’s the Bermudian that i know..
i cant wait for the verdict, for sure you will celebrating..
Mr. Chong i know that you have the freedom to speak your mind, but sometimes you have to think that people are foreigners to your country.. you might be saying FILIPINOS,, but in general you are talking about all nonBermudians..
for the record, whatever benefits Filipinos are getting here, THEY WORKED HARD FOR IT.
another information for you, Filipinos are paying social insurance.. something that you will enjoy together with the inheritance you will get from your MAMA and PAPA..
“I just have a problem with cultures that put material gain before society”
You must then include Bermuda in that as well…because we long ago sold our souls for the sake of material gain….and now that the crap has hit the fan we blame everyone else for coming in here and ‘ruining our country’. amazing logic!!!!
You’re right many Bermudians are guilty of this & this is a big part of the issue. If Bermudians who own businesses would look at the bigger picture of what happens to society when local workers are replaced with foreigners instead of looking at how much more they can make by bringing in a foreigner than our island would be better off. Its funny that no matter how much I detest the Reagan administration of America in the 80s I’ve got to admit Ronald was right about pushing work for Americans over foreigners. He may have destroyed a lot of other countries during his presidency but he helped America’s stability for years after. After Reagan’s presidency things went pair shaped because no other president after stuck up for Americans keeping their job over outsourcing & over importation of foreign workers. This all boils down to material gain put before society.
NOW ! This is some $$$$ – Send them back to their COUNTRY ! Six months in jail won’t work ! Go home………………….
Nakakahiya kayo! (Such a disgrace)…
cmon u guys…. face the truth! it doesnt matter if your a bermudian, a filipino, a portuguese, an indian, an american, a british.. etc etc… all of us got different personalities & attitudes… you cannot anticipate for a single bermudian to be a good bermudian… even a filipino to be a good filipino, nor an american to be as good as others…. and so forth…so why we have to judge each and everyone by the fault of one or two???? how about those people who are truthful and doing their jobs well??? serving their employers and following rules & laws mandated by bermuda goverment??? is it fair to be judged as one of them??? HOW ABOUT YOU???WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU DID WORSE??? please dont tell to anyone, just confess to youself! PEACE!
Wonder how so much money is being paid out without raising some red flags sooner, someone must be sleeping on the job.
There are a whole bunch of them here networking and scheming. here on work permits and holding many jobs which they are,nt entitled to be working.There is a couple living in paget who have been here for a while and even married here a few years ago at the same time while they are married man and woman back in the phils with thier own families.Yet when they return to the phils to go thier seperate ways. you have some very kind and genuine phils here but many are involved in networking.Immigration needs to look beyond those fake smiles and pleasentries and see the real individuals they are dealing with.
And your point is???
The government should investigate this deeply and let the culprit suffer. I am a Filipino and we value integrity and honesty. Bermuda is a dream place to work for overseas Filipino workers.
Ahhh Yes! I’m sure all of your people practice so much integrity & honesty when it comes to dealing with Bermuda customs & immigration.
“Bermuda is a dream place to work for overseas Filipino workers.” REALLY! Out of the hundreds of other countries ours is the best? Better than the islands Antigua, Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Cayman, Cuba, Haiti, Turks & Caicos, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenadines, U.S. Virgin Islands? Oh thats right your country has put a ban on workers going to them. I guess when there’s 9.4 million sent abroad to work yearly there’s room to pick, chose & refuse.
Thumbs up!
everybody doin tha rip off jam
This is totatlly unacceptable. They should be stoned to death if convicted! You dont know what you put at stake here. It’s our honor and integrity, this what MOST Filipinos uphold! And you just ruined it.
This is even worse that what Col. Burch’s statement before about prostitutes! You are worse than prostitute!
I hope the Justice System of Bermuda give not just what’s for BF&M, but for everybody who had been ripped off their integrity and honor.
What a shame. A lady yesterday was roaming around asking for money to help these people post bail. Why should we help them? Let them suffer the consequences.
Stoned to death if convicted? LMAO A tad bit harsh aren’t we? Hefty fine & deportation should be good enough.
UM! Col. Burch’s statement about prostitutes was directed towards “some” of the Dominicans & Panamanians working here not Filipinos. The statement towards Filipinos was that “some” are marrying just for residency. The latin Americans didn’t cause an uproar about this so why should the Philippinos especially since it already happens in the province of Pampanga Angeles City.
OMG!
The whole Filipino community should mourn for the death of our legacy here in Bermuda.
Very sad indeed.
LEGACY!?!?! A existing community needs to span back more than 7 years to be considered a legacy.
TOMMY CHONG – CAN YOU JUST *&^KIN SHUT UP!? NOBODY WANT YOUR OPINIONATED CRAP ON HERE. I KNOW YOURE FILIPINO TOO
In addition to the above, Immigration should follow and check closely the Filipino caregivers and others who on their day off clean homes and other jobs…. and receive payment……under the table. How many Bermudian cleaners are out of work???? Bet the majority of cleaning getting done in our Island is done by Filipinos:) @ Pinoy, Immigration should investigate further your comment above about prostitutes.
Another thing that should be checked out in regards to caregivers is how their employers own more than one car. One for them the other for the nanny to drive the kids around. This would be good to rectify some of the traffic congestion problem in Bermuda & lessen the amount of pollutants created by this.
As for the prostitution thing there’s definitely none of this going on here with the Filipinos. The workers that come here are from the middle class in their country & this would be below them. Besides they get paid decent enough wages they don’t have to stoop to this level & their families back at home a well off enough not to need that extra cash. There are some numbskull Bermudians who have tested this out because they got their wires crossed on Col. Burch’s statement & made fools of themselves trying to proposition. I must admit this is uncalled for & sad that some of our locals can be so naive to not know how to gauge a person before asking them something that called cause unjustifiable insult.
I think the prostitution thing was aimed more at those from the Dominican Republic and a lot of that was true. I personally know a guy who married a Dominican and brought her here, only to discover that she was a prostitute back home. He decided to stick with her, only to find out she was still doing it here. He had to face the conclusion that you can’t turn a ho into a housewife and now they’re going their separate ways but she’s trying to stay here, even though they don’t even have kids. She’s really being nasty.
I’ve heard some awful stories about the Dominicans and how crafty they are. Not all of them, but a lot of them…they seem very opportunistic.
The Filipinos for the most part seem very moral and upright-especially as many of them are very religious. Unfortunately you do have a few bad ones here and there just like any nationality. This may be a case of one person doing something and getting away with it, and then passing the word onto their friends.
Foreign nationals shouldn’t assume that we don’t check with overseas medical providers when they bring in a claim to the insurance companies. The world is small these days-it’s easy to check if the services were rendered or not.. I work in health insurance and I’ve had to contact foreign hospitals/doctors many a time to follow up on the validity of a claim-foreigners shouldn’t assume that they can just give us a piece of paper saying they had something done and we won’t check that it’s a valid claim…we’ll call Timbuktu if we have to.
Ah Yes! “very moral and upright” I think you should encourage your husband to take a trip there with his mates. http://www.edelweissph.com/Enzian/enzian1.html
That link didn’t seem to work but here’s another that you can share with huby for vacation planning. http://www.edelweissph.com/Enzian/enzian1.htm
What does that prove? What are you trying to say? You can find girls of any race/nationality/ethnicity doing that. Please give it a rest!! Do you really go by a few people represent everyone mentality? What race are you? Are you Bermudian? Should we assume you represent all of us because you certainly do not represent me as a Bermudian. Did your Filipino wife leave you for another man? This has to stem from somewhere.
A lady yesterday was roaming around asking for money to help these people post bail. Why should we help them? Let them suffer the consequences. – I agree! Let them suffer the consequences…. What a shame!!!
dude, Stone to Death……are you out of your little Fillipini %%%%%%^&ing mind? with thinking like that, that is what will kill this lsland…..what an idiot!
It was probably someone just joking and trying to make Filipinos look bad. That comment was clearly to get a rise out of people.
it doesnt even say how they allegedly defrauded BF&M.
this wouldnt happen if BF&M have controls in place to prevent alleged fraud of this nature to happen.
SURE! Justify some one’s alleged stealing by blaming the company that was allegedly stolen from. Should we also blame tourist for walking around with big bags for the reason why someone has snatched them?
What these 3 individuals allegedly did is not good, however, I agree with what you said. The root cause of the problem (aside from alleged greed)is having a weak control environment or lack thereof. If BF&M have a strong control environment, they could prevent this from allegedly happening. Well perhaps, since this is the second time that this allegedly happened (1st was with the sri lankan accountant), maybe it is worthwhile for BF&M to consider hiring consultants to review the controls around their claims process. Even better, they could hire filipino consultants that have skill sets to do this.
@ Tommy Chong – It is quite understandable that what these 3 people allegedly did was reprehensible and shameful, however I can sense your deeply embedded hostility towards Filipinos. You make it seem like that you know all-things-Filipino but sadly every comment I read from you has this nasty, unpleasant tone and I feel that you are using this article to voice out your profound resentment towards them. If this is therapeutically helping you – good for you!!!
Hey , this is the first time I’ve seen multiple posts from TC without mentioning herb , drugs or alcohol.
Count your blessings.. lol
If these are the only comments you’ve seen of mine then it goes to show what articles you mainly read. I’ve made comments on lots of other topics unless you referring to the recent months where I’ve grown tired & cynical of commenting on things I realize will never change. Though I still enjoy commenting on the pro herb because I still take great pleasure in ruffling the self righteous feathers & it seems easier to get my point across in these topics then political ones.
That may be your interpretation . You can turn a topic about charity work into a rant about grass and booze. A topic about education into a rant about herb and booze. A road accident into a rant about alcohol and grass without even knowing what happened .
A tourism promotion becomes a rant about legalising herb. A topic on gangbangers has nothing to do with weed , but a post on quilting becomes a bash against the great evil booze ..
I could go on , but like the advert says , ‘you get the point’ .
Yeah , 4 a change had it right .
You & 4 a change are full of it my comments are only on herb or alcohol where it pertains. http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=tommy+chong+bernews&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
I agree. He is like this on a lot of articles, constantly posting, only thinking his opinion is the (right)way to think, etc. However it’s clear his hatred for them is shining through today.
Filipino’s are some of the friendliest, nicest people I have ever met and had the pleasure to work with. They are not the problem on this island, they pretty much stay to themselves and don’t cause any trouble. Very family orientated and close with their friends. Other people can sure learn from them. These three do not represent the whole Filipino population in Bermuda and it’s ignorant to even suggest in the slightest as Tommy Chong is doing.
I agree. Tommy appears to have an irrational hatred of Asian people. It’s not the first time it has been apparent.
I’m neither resentful or hostile towards Filipinos & have no personal reason to be. I’m just apprehensive of what happens to a tiny island of 64 thousand in the middle of a recession thats just keeps getting worse when a nationality thats main goal is to ship as many workers as they can around the globe to send the money they earn back to their country is brought in by the thousands. My remarks would be the same if there was any other nationality doing the same. You can’t even tell me this is not what the exportation of Filipino workers is all about evidently you would know this judging from your screen name. I wonder how many billions the Clark Subic companies have made off of Bermuda already. All that money & still the investors can’t seem to give the girls of Angeles City a different more dignified way to live. You have a nerve to suggest that I have some underlying delusions about what’s going on in my island. Your the one who is delusional if you think that getting rich off of another country is the way to be. Since you want to call yourself Clark Subic which is supposedly a “christian based company” I suggest you review the words in Matthew 19:24
Mr. Chong, clearly you hated Filipinos so much, everybody who will read your comments would say that. No matter how much you deny it. But I wonder why you speak so much about them as if you knew them by heart. Even the history ,places, where they eat and go to church, etc etc.
To berate their religion, culture, their personalities, question how they send and used hard earned money back home is a very racist and unchristian thing to say the least.And there you also qoute a verse in the bible. wow! Another surprise there. Such an irony.
These 3 Filipinos who ALLEGEDLY committed these crimes are not a representation of the whole community. Filipinos or any expatriates WORKED hard to earn a decent living,they pay rent, utilities, buy food , take good care of your children, chose to sacrifice a lot etc etc. If you have proof for any of your accusations, give out names to Immigration for all these under the table jobs, give the names of the employers who have 2 cars,etc etc.
Maybe instead of spending your day commenting, go to the Immigration, set up an appointment and list all these names. And once you give the names ,if you’re unemployed, apply for the job or let anyone you know who’s looking for one, apply for it. I hope youa re qualified enough and that you willingly accept and happy with the salary. But please dont berate any nationalities. Do something to make your point!
There is no race, no religion. no class system, no color, no sexual orientation – nothing – that makes us better than anyone else. !-SB!
Chong you are a real typical small minder. You are spitting hatered and condeming to the death these three expats and fail to see the Bermudians are the most fraudulent materialistic lazy people I have ever seen. There have been so many cases in the news about Bermudian ripping of banks, goverment, retails, and even there own blood! for far more than these are accused of doing. You talk about foreigners getting workpermits and job underhanded while bermudians are jobless, at least they will WORK! Without expats Bermuda will sink. Expats are who keep this island afloat thats why we are sort after. As you can see from the recent mass exodus of expats back to there HOME (yes they came from somewhere)and still are going, how it has a affected all aspects of this island ie. retail, schools, volunteer, landlords, electrical and telecommunication company just to name a few. So when you sit there and shoot of your hatred (yes thats what your doing) towards expats because a few are accused of a crime be sure to self evaluate and stop thinking your entitled!
It’s amazing how you & many others can post insulting words about Bermudians without any rebuttal but post something about anyone else & everyone wants to tear a hole. I did not mention anything about any other expats besides Filipinos but you want blow my statement out of proportion. Here’s a thought if Filipinos help our economy so much why is it that since they’ve started working here in the thousands our economy has not felt an inkling of improvement? Yes I think I’m entitled to comment because my ancestors worked their blood, sweat, & tears for this island & kept their earnings here flowing through our economy helping make Bermuda better for decades.
BTW I’m not condemning anyone to death that was a comment from poster Pinoy Ako not me.
Nice Tommy! Do you happen to have a law background? You sounds very articulate and I’m a fan of your arguments. Cant wait to see more! =)
By the way, are you now happy with your work and somehow feel that you are contributing to Bermuda’s economy? I’m really hoping you are as your acncestors worked their blood, sweat, & tears for this island & kept their earnings here flowing through our economy helping make Bermuda better for decades. You must continue the legacy of your ancestors! But of course, not on blaming others for your misfortunes. We support you you, Man!
lol this comment makes me so laugh i almost fell from from my chair! have you heard of recession? oh wait a minute, maybe not beacause you’re too busy studying Filipinos and their culture.
You said foreigners so once you attack one you attack all. Foreigners deal with insults, name calling and a bunch of crap from Bermudians every single day so when your faults are pointed out you cant handle it! Have some balls and face the truth. How is it that your construction company, insurance and reinsurance company, auto company and restaurants to name a few are still running, because foreigners are filling the gap where yall refuse to do because you have no qualification or experience not because its unattainable but because you rather sit on the side of the street or live off your parents. I applaud your ancestors for the hard work they did but what have happened now? Only obvious that the current generation think work is below them that is why FOREIGNERS have to recruited. Face the fact Chong yall cant survive without us!
are you serious—-these people who come from afar to take our money back home sits a bit too well with you… maybe they are all lazy back home, rebels against their system who will agree to work under any condition to meet their goal of supporting their children and family members back home.. I agree with tommy chong- hes not spewing hatred just facts.. bermudians have a right to be lazy in 22 mile ISLANd!!! WE ARE HOME BEING LAZY!!NOT ACROSS THE GLOBE TAKING A JOB FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO TO GET THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES<>they are only friendly because they have a goal to reach.. acting is pretty basic akin to lying just to get money to return to their home!!! WOW!! and thats okay with you??
there you go end of discussion, in clear and bold letters ,an admission that you are lazy and you have all the right in the world . maybe that’s a response to your question why businesses prefers expats?
For once I am speechless. SMH!
Hey Tommy Chong, are you working for Faverne Lurbert now? No wait, let me guess… You are at home, unemployed because a Filipino took your job. Now all you have left to do is sit in front of your computer refreshing this article every five minutes so you can reply to everybody’s comments.
@Tommy – Very obvious that you dislike Expats a lot. This article gave you a grandiose opportunity to express your patriotic arguments which obviously interpreted by most readers I believe as hatred and bitterness. I felt concerned on how you expressed your thoughts highlighting Filipinos, very disturbing and I’m having a hard time to absorb these conceptually. I cant imagine what kind of person you are and maybe how do you look like? =)
Honestly, I want to say bad things about you but it might generalized all Bermudians which is unfair. Whatever you say, it will not change the price of pork. Accept the reality – globalization, immigration, survival of the fittest, business is now running Bermuda and you need expats! One must work in order to survive and secure his future generations. Sometimes this happens at any cost. If you have faith, you will believe that everything happens for a reason. And that is why I think there are people like you, to feel how lucky we are not to have a brain like you.
Chilll Tommy! Have time to look at yourself at the mirror and reflect. Maybe you will find an answers why are you being like that. Grow up, Man!
I agree 100%. For Tommy to be so hateful like this towards a specific race, I can’t imagine what kind of experience he had with Filipinos. Yet he knows a lot of stuff bout them. Still he singles them out, out of the also many Canadians, Portugese, other Asians who can also be perceived to be taking jobs from locals. They are all here to contribute to businesses and of course, get paid for their service. Businesses are set for profits, otherwise they are not businesses.. and to grow a business, one has to hire the most skilled, most consistent and reliable workers.. that means occasional or frequent overtime, no abuse of sick days, no constant complaining as if one is so entitled to have a job…survival of the fittest it is! if you need charity, go ahead and line up for the soup van!
I should feel lucky and privileged that I have a job and that I am doing it.. rather than sitting in front of my computer and blasting away all the hate that I can muster! With all that hate you commented, you must be really filled with it big time.. and for that I am so happy to be not like you!
@Tommy – would you like to visit the Philippines? Maybe you need to see and experience life there to be able to understand the “facts” you researched about that country and its people.
How would you feel leaving your loved ones to find a living?
How would you feel being halfway around the world from your loved ones; could not even spend long weekends with them or over the Cup Match holiday?
How would you feel sharing a small room with three other friends to save some money?
How would you feel if you missed your loved ones birthday; not just once nor twice, but a couple of times?
How would you feel if your loved ones passed and could not see them for the last time?
You don’t have any idea what they are going through each day here in Bermuda. You have no idea. You can die researching on the internet, but will never ever understand the Filipino way of life.
humble yourself.
If you want to visit the Philippines, let the Filipino community know and they will surely do everything to help you make out. It’s more fun in the Philippines.
Nah! I’d rather visit Thailand since the people from there working here are more genuine. When I talk to them I don’t hear mam this sir that just real talk no phony titles. Also spare me the sob story because my research comes from direct sources who are well off but still chose to leave their families. I know their are extremely poor people in the Philippines & I sympathize for them but they never make it out of the country. They are born poor & die poor regardless of how godly the Clark Subic company there claims to be they don’t help them but still help million dollar businesses. Don’t try & convince me that the workers here are poor when they walk around with designer cloths & bags. Before you typed that I should humble myself you should have explained what the tradition of aginaldo & balikbayan boxes are all about.
@Famous Tommy Chong – you really need a break. Go to Thailand the earliest possible please! Be sure to reflect and release all your negative energies. Try to visit some Buddhist Monasteries. They will teach you how to shut up your mouth and just think of good things about others. You will learn how to appreciate life and the people around you. All your hatred will disappear into thin air. Do your self a favor please?
It’s more fun in Bermuda!
You do realize you changed your name but the icon is the same and thus we know you are the same person? Is it more fun in Bermuda or the Philippines? lol
Shhh, why did you let on…:-)
Exactly! Caught in insincerity. YES MAAM, THANK YOU MAAM, HAVE NICE DAY MAAM! Kahit galit kami ng mga itim na tao dapat namin magpanggap namin ay hindi.
Hi Tommy, it seems that your Google search doesn’t working pretty well. A big LOL for your comment! I must commend you though for taking the time to translate your sarcasm in Filipino language. Try cooking with gas! Way to go, Man!
I don’t want to be a Filipino in Bermuda!!! What a shame! Walking with my head down.
And whoever give money to help them post bail are idiotsss! You are helping them to just runaway to this alleged very stupid act! Burn their passports and lock them down.
@maldita – bagay sayo name na yan. ( that name suits you)
well as far as im concerned, as a filipino they should get punished! However it’s the same thing as the two girl stealing from their grandmother! DON’T BE UP IN THIS ARTICLE BAD MOUTHING MY PEOPLE FOR THE WRONGS OF 3 IDIOTS! For those who still want to go on and on… well i can not tell you what to do because this is a public site.
Thank You Very Much for Your Attention
Hey TOMMY CHONG! And you are back! You really are a complete @#%$&!
I wish I could meet you personally to hug and say I don’t hate you for who you are. You desperately need it, Man! Chill!
@ Tommy Chong – explain tradition: aginaldo and balikbayan boxes??? Google it! You wont understand a single thing about Filipinos because you hate them.
They are far better than you, way smarter than you!
They are respectful, they know how to address people!
They know the basics of life!
They leave their country because don’t spend their parent’s fortune!
They leave their country because they don’t just sit and type mocking people of different nationality.
They make their lives worthy not just to themselves but o others as well.
Tommy better go back to your mama and ask her how to respect other people.
Better shut your mouth and contemplate on everything that you said here.
You are a piece of work Tommy!
Kamote ka.
I know what aginaldo & balikbayan boxes are all about because filipinos have explained them to me a long time ago. I also understand that they are revolved around materialism & are far from humble. I just wanted others to do their own research or explain so it didn’t come from me but someone others didn’t despise.
“They are far better than you, way smarter than you!” Ya that’s right because you personally know my IQ. NOT! When I’ve worked as a manager I’ve never tried to get my own hired over someone who came to apply for the job first. This IMO makes me a better person. Also talking trash about other people in a language they don’t understand is another thing I don’t do which is another thing that makes me a better person.
“They are respectful, they know how to address people!” I’m respectful without having to kiss ass to do it or be fake about. Furthermore sir so & so mam so & so is not always the correct way to address people but maybe if the schools in manilla taught proper english grammar skills then they would know this instead of teaching their people to speak like morgan freeman in driving miss daisey. This just sounds fake & my ancestors were forced to talk like this so I’m not going to since in the world of business you don’t need to address everyone this way to show respect.
“They know the basics of life!” Well, I would think that one of the things that learnt about the basics of life is that if you never use birth control you will overpopulate your country & raise poverty levels there & have to resort to exporting your people to find jobs. Then again I think this is purposefully done.
“They leave their country because don’t spend their parent’s fortune!” My comment above relates to why they leave their country so save me the BS. At least you admit that their parents have a fortune but what do you expect me to believe that when their parents pass they give their inheritance to the poor in their country. SORRY TRY AGAIN! It’s not my fault or anyone else that they have to share the inheritance with all their siblings that also relates to my above comment.
“They leave their country because they don’t just sit and type mocking people of different nationality.” YEAH RIGHT! As if google translator doesn’t translate tagalog blog sites to english. There’s even one online that topics about Bermuda & its people.
“They make their lives worthy not just to themselves but o others as well.” LMAO!!! Go tell out of work Bermudians who have had their positions replaced by filipinos this or better yet go tell Bermudians who have married filipinos just to discover they are already married back at home. I’m neither of these but still sympathizes for my fellow countrymen.
“Tommy better go back to your mama and ask her how to respect other people.” Are you suggesting my mamma didn’t bring me up right in the first place FOOOOL! My mother had to sit in the back of the bus while growing up & in the “coloured section” of rosebank theatre but you & wouldn’t know anything about that because you haven’t lived here that long. Mi MAMMA & Mi DADDY worked their asses off for this country & so did Mi GRANNY & GRANPA & so on. I was taught respect as all other Bermudians & show it to all EVEN filipinos even if loads of time I’ve said good morning or good afternoon receiving a blank stare back. Though blank stares don’t bother me since I know they are only taught to speak respectfully to people who they might benefit from & don’t know about the Bermudian culture of greeting EVERYONE the same. What does bother me is when they try convincing their employers to hire one of their mates back home over a Bermudian. I don’t hate filipinos I just don’t like the part of their culture which revolves around by any means necessary. There once was revolutionary leader in part of my culture who revolved life around the by any means necessary philosophy but luckily most Bermudians including me don’t go by it because if we did…… OH BOY! OH BOY!
Guess what Google told me
…Tommy Chong was busted by a Filipina who goes out with a Filipino who took over Tommy Chong’s job….
Oh Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy
You’ve got it all wrong I was busted by a bakla who goes out with a bakla who took over my job. LOL!
That sums up Mr. Tommy Chong!
Tommy, you’ve got so much to say about Filipinos here. But I didn’t see any proud comments of yours on Barbara Tannock and the sisters.
Tommy Chong…….i just happen to browse by with the news and thought about reading this article about my fellow countrymen yeah your right another Filipino,,but to my surprise all of your comments are way out of tracks it seems like you have used this article to show off your hatred and sarcasm,tried to read back all your comments you didnt even mentioned on how the jury will go how the justice will be serve and to think about that any accused person is innocent unless its proven guilty or so its prejudice,its like we are both looking at the Moon and then suddenly you were talking about Mars which doesnt make sense at all..and on top of that you have embarrassed my country the people who live in there as well as the Filipinos who lives and work here,what are you trying to do?what are you trying to prove???babbling about other countries and there cultures is non of your business…and how they do spend they’re money is non of your concearn either….ask yourself if your mom and dad would be proud of what are you doing right now,,badmouthing my people sure makes you happy, will it make your son or daughter smile or will it teach them good morals,..or do you think your fellow Bermudians were on your side with this??? with the way how you look on things it is clear that you are as ignorant as your tiny little brain is..you hate us so much because you see us more like everyday..well you will feel the same to any other nationals who will come here and later on be more than the counts of Filipinos you see in here..and that is the fact you are just a common haters…. you will not have a follower on your idiotic believes in this island because you cannot be a leader you are missing the whole picture on what is the benefit of the country on having foreigners,the way the country have utilized the foreigners who are here,you will never understand that fact..try to study a continuous process of running a country specially an expensive cost of living island… and think about those people who are just relying for an expats rent on apt to survive..think about it…and on the issue about this case..lets hope that the justice will be rightfully served… and for you get out of the dark and see the lights..
Is it safe to say that you Mr. Tommy Chong is the voice and mind of all Bermudians, same as you treat these 3 guys as the face/representative of each and every Filipino?
Hey, I’m concerned with this comment and I wish I can help you.
Tommy Chong says – “I was taught respect as all other Bermudians & show it to all EVEN filipinos even if loads of time I’ve said good morning or good afternoon receiving a blank stare back.”
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My dear Tommy Chong, I’m surprised that with all this fiasco, you are still not giving up. At the least, enlighten with some facts or reality maybe that you are living in an imperfect world. Your intention in expressing your position against expats particularly Filipinos might be honorable and patriotic but if expressed in a negative way would be worthless.
As I’ve noted in my earlier comments, nothing will change the price of pork. The presence of Filipinos in Bermuda will be permanent same as with other nationalities who work here for a living. We, Filipinos, will continue to work for decent earnings as long as we are allowed so we can (1) help our families back home — make sure our parents will live comfortably, sponsor our siblings and nephews to school, help other relatives or even friends who are in need; (2) secure our present and future generations — guarantee that they will somehow not experience the poverty, that we had to go abroad to grab opportunities that can speed up the achievement of our dreams; and (3) grow personally – in career, skills, personal goals, and experience. We will do this to survive. We will forever be grateful to Bermuda and its people as they gave us the opportunity to achieve our dreams.
Your position of job stealing, Nah! I will not buy that. I believe that it is always a business decision what kind of people does an employer wants to have. Try asking business owners why in some cases they prefer other nationalities than Bermudians. The answer will lead to maximization of profits i.e. skilled people at low cost. At the end of the day, it is still the bottom line that matters. So don’t blame the people who are casualties of this practice. This is rampant all over the world and you can do nothing about it. Try to think globally.
This article is now the second most commented article in this site and it might soon be placed on top being the most commented article of all time. Bravo! Top 1! It is just sad that the reason is one Bermudian aka Tommy Chong, by his comments and arguments, seems to enjoy the left and right bashing against Filipinos who are working in Bermuda. You are clearly not a representative of Bermuda that we know. If Bermudians will go over and read all your comments, they will surely be ashamed of you. You absolutely did not prove anything to your ancestors. You failed them. You need to change, Man. There you are in your computer, a hater with a complete face of a loser. We love Bermuda, we love its people and I have a high respect of them. I have worked with them and they are sincere. You are a big disappointment to your country. A single celled amoeba that will soon disappear. I’m telling you, as long as you continue to post unwelcome remarks, Filipinos will continue to defend themselves. We will not allow you to spit on our faces with your ill-mannered comments. You are lucky to be born in a first world country, you are so blessed I tell you. But your attitude makes you so uncivilized that you deserve nothing but misfortunes. I feel sorry for you and I feel lucky not to be like you. I will never forget you and I will ensure that my future generations will never be like you.
Tommy Chong is a good example of a desperate man who is short of love and attention. You need a big help, Man. You need a sincere hug to begin. =)
So this is your defense? I would ask you if you realize that your whole third paragraph has proved a few of my points but the answer is obviously no.
What do you think a jobless Bermudian who can’t afford to pay for their children’s schooling, a decent meal for them, clothing, a roof over their head, electricity so they can have lights on to their homework feel about your comment of your people’s ability to help siblings, nephews, other relatives & even friends at home by working here? The solution to helping your country rise out of poverty is simple your government needs to make laws like China that curbs the high birthrate your country has. Unless this is done exporting millions of workers will never be enough to bring your country out of third world status. So please save me the sob story because their are many other countries poorer than yours & it has nothing to do with overpopulation. What I’m worried about is our country becoming one of them so to heck with your globalization. This is a small jurisdiction & globalization only hurts small jurisdictions it doesn’t help them. Yes IB workers are needed here but you can’t tell me that the majority of your people working here are in IB because I know thats far from true.
I am aware most of the blame boils down to employers but be honest if your employer had a work permit that was up would you quickly find them another filipino to fill that position or allow time for a local to see a notice of the position available? Now I’m sure you must realize its illegal for an employer to hire another filipino without doing their best to find a local. If you allow your employer to lie to immigration about being unable to fill an open position with a local so that one of your fellow nationals can fill it without reporting this illegal act to authorities you are just as much in fault as the employer. This is surely just a scenario because you or one of you fellow national would never break the laws of the land. Right?
Tommy Chong’s statement — > “If you allow your employer to lie to immigration about being unable to fill an open position with a local so that one of your fellow nationals can fill it without reporting this illegal act to authorities you are just as much in fault as the employer”.
This statement suggests that Filipinos are quite influential in Bermuda that they can ask an employer to lie so they can get another Filipino national employed. If so, wow, lucky Filipinos. How did they get such privilege?
Nobody’s perfect and in every society, you can always find alleged corrupt, greedy, and stupid human beings. When this individual/group of people allegedly do something bad, they make the whole picture of the culture they come from — look and sound really bad. And what is our first reaction? We blame the whole country/culture. One must look at yourself first before you throw an asteroid at the whole country. These kind of things happen a lot everywhere in the world because we are in a materialitic existence, and I’d say you are a hypocrite if you say you won’t do the same if you have a family that needs you. I don’t justify what those people allegedly did, what they allegedly did was wrong, but do not blame all Filipinos, because 99% of them work so hard to support their families and they earn their living honestly no matter how humble. All I can say is I am proud to be a Filipino, a well-educated one who now works hard and earns a living honestly at a government agency, and no, I did not take away this current job from a native, I applied for it and was hired from a pool of 35 applicants. Those who allegedly did bad things are just a fraction of the whole, many of us Filipinos do good things far greater than others and other nationalities, so please stop the blaming and instead let us help each other…Peace!!!
Tommy Chong, what can you say about the Bermudian who is now facing 19 Criminal Charges in Canada?
Hi Tommy Chong, I’m not here to defend my position about unemployment. It is an issue that all countries in this world are facing. We clearly agree to disagree on our views about this topic and whatever say, it will not change anything.
I came here as I was affected by your negative comments which are focused on Filipinos working here. I was provoked by your blantant comments which for me are very uncivilized for a first world country citizen. I just can’t stand your harsh words which piece by piece are trying to tear me apart. You are judging our nationality, our culture, our country.. Who are you to do that? The reasons I enumerated why we came here in Bermuda are close to the facts and our stories dont request to be an object of pity. We will forever be grateful of Bermuda and its people for giving us a wonderful opportunity.
As much as I would like rebut all your bitterness, it seems that I will just waste my time. It appears that you already judged yourself as the righteous one. How funny to think that here we are, seriously working on our dreams for ourselves and families to be realized and there you are, full of hatred about our race and trying to blame us for your misfortunes. I guess in the end, it’s pretty obvious who’s life will matter. May you still be blessed.
End of story for me. This will be my last comment. I will never forget your name. Ironically, you have set a good example. I wish your children and future generations will be able to know how your mind and thought process works. Have them read all your comments. I hope they will be proud of you. Goodluck! =)
I am a Bermudian and this is my real name – Tommy Chong – I am ashamed by your comments. You are perhaps not as bad as the individuals about whom this string was started, but your vociferous hatred laden bile puts you not far off.
To the Filipinos here in Bermuda – please accept my apologies, Tommy Chong is clearly one of our bad Bermudian eggs. We are not all this bad. Thank you all for coming to our island to fill roles which many of my fellow Bermudians would not deign to peform to any degree of reliability.