Accommodation of Filipinos
DOHA: Burglars have struck again at another Filipino accommodation on Thursday in Muaither prompting the Philippine Embassy to call on the authorities to conduct a thorough investigation on the incident.
This is the second similar incident perpetrated by still unknown suspects that victimised Filipino workers which took place in a span of less than a month.
“We will ask the police to conduct a more thorough investigation into the incident since this has happened twice among our community members,” said Ambassador Crescente Relacion who expressed alarm over the incident.
According to one of the victims who is a field engineer of a construction firm, the suspects have ransacked at least seven rooms of the villa by destroying the doors and have taken away eight laptops, four mobile phones, two digital cameras and cash and valuables worth QR20,000.
He said the police have already conducted an investigation at the scene of the crime.
Just like in the previous incident at a villa in Altamimi Aziziya, the suspects had entered the house during the day time while everybody was out at their workplaces.
Relacion has advised Filipinos living in villas not to leave any valuables and cash while going out from home and instead deposit them in safety vaults of their offices if need be.
The Philippine Association of Safety Engineers-Qatar Chapter (PHASE-Qatar) has also issued some safety measures to prevent such incidents in happening in the future.
Francis Tan, president of PHASE-Qatar, suggested that Filipinos living in villas should now consider installing CCTV cameras with built-in memory, put some metal plate on their bedroom doors and set up a fire alarm system to deter burglars from pursuing their ill motives.
Tan said they are also considering a separate training seminar to community members that will focus on safety measures at home similar to that being conducted by the Ministry of Interior to various communities in the past months. The Peninsula
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/144679-accommodation-of-filipinos...
let's hope and pray the government will do something to stop these crimes..
did anyone say Filipinos were bad here?From the different posts out here the best conclusion is Filipinos are the best targets for robbing - You get high value devices with minimum effort
Never share with the Filipinos? You gotto be wrong, honey..
Have a nice day whyteknight! Just to remind you that there is still a good life waiting for you out of cyberworld..Try to mingle with some filipinos outside and you will find that they are one of the most hospitable people you will meet. We dont have any problems dealing with other nationalities well in fact, I have some good friends from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and our friendship are just like others.
Maybe one of this day we can meet and have a coffee outside. What can you say?
Wow, Cliched insults..lol. Meh, atleast try and come up with something original.
Use that intellect of yours.
oh come on whytteknight! look at yourself, you've been in qatarliving for more than 1 year but have you track some of your comments if they are informative or not, most of your comments are sarcastic and arrogant. Since you are also initiating to have a discussion now, i will not go to your level because you will beat me with your experience...
I think you are a troll.
Apart from calling people trolls, stupid and smelly I haven't seen any comment from you.
Definitely never in an intellectual thread, oh wait a minute I will just follow your line of reasoning for that one.
who is insecure with who? I am pointing out to troll, if you are not considering as one of them, why you should react? Did you get my point? or you also wanted to have discussion about this?
The thread is posted by a Filipino and it doesn't say anything bad about the Filipinos.
Why are you so insecure north me?
You can easily find trolls nowadays..check them on the main forum with threads regarding Filipinos. This are the guys who always want to have a discussions/arguments with other Filipinos..so pathetic...so stupid...and so self-centered...get a life and don't waste much of your time following threads about Filipinos..it only shows how you are very much jealous with other people....And one more thing, no can not find them in some threads with intellectual discussion and it seems they also don't have it..lolz!
I've heard that. If you pray burglers leave your villa alone....
and always pray
Hahaha this is incredible, moootwist even in getting robbed you are trying to find something to be proud of????
This has to be one of the most hilarious things ever written on this website.
And what is this about partitions, dividing and sub dividing of rooms and open areas and living in congested and insect infested rooms. Are this people aware that this is a serious fire and health hazard and illegal too. The lingering fish smell is a good receipe for small and crawling insects to be running all over the place and this alone should have kept the robbers away
hmmm, Mods must be sleeping...
Why bring nationality into this? Sone people got robbed and the police will not solve the crime. End of
a**hole thieves would rather rob Filipino accommodation than going to an Indian accommodation full of garbage, filthy and nothing is valuable.
A**hole old white men would prefer Filipina than any other filthy women in the Qatar, many will agree with me.
yes yes Super Mallrat...those thieves are a**holes, gaddafi is an a**hole, we all are a**holes....
....and you are a sweet Rat....btw red capes are “in” these days.....and stop smelling other’s a**holes to determine who’s stink’s more....some people do not like it :-)
Only a--holes can make a funny comment out of this topic..
and the one laughing at an a--holes comment is just the same..a--hole....only stinkier.
but still an
...a--hole
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Yes Yes Mallrat. You should get to the bottom of this. There are costumes available in that shop in city center which can make you “Super Mallrat”……they come with a cape, mask and gear…
Seriously though – leave it to the police…they have ways and means to catching criminals here – starting by fingerprints (provided the criminals have an RP)…
hmm sounds like the topic will go a long long way again...
Why are some a--hole blame the Filipinos for living and sharing in a tiny rooms, or if we us Filipinos have gadgets and well maintained cars.
.The point here is somebody should do and solved these crimes.
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If you read the OP you will see that Cameras, Laptops & Mobiles were taken as they are easier to be carried out without anyone noticing much.
Nobody will take 10 numbers of LED TVs or big ass systems for karaoke machines in broad daylight.
In a mind of a thief in Qatar, if he knows that the house belongs to a filipino then for sure their spoils will be -
- A Karaoke machine.
- A big ass system for the karaoke machine
- A laptop (this everyone has)
- Guitar/keyboard (most probably – good brand)
- Tons of other gadgets (PS3, Ipods (for sure), ipad, smartphone loaded with music, high end digital camera etc)
All the above have a ready second hand market in Qatar.
If the thief does get hold of the car keys – then he’s got a well maintained car with an awesome sound system and alloy wheels. Sweet.
How to get access – look for advt in malls/QL – asking for bedspace (For Filipino’s only) :-)
Btw that would also explain the 8 laptops in one house:-)
Gotta luv ‘em Filipinos.
It is obvious that a villa occupied by Filipinos is divided into 10 tiny bedrooms but was originally 5 bedrooms with 2-5 occupants in it. This is the best target of the culprits because in fairness to Filipinos almost all of them owns a laptop, each room has a 42 inches LED Sony tv, PS3, PSP, XBOX, latest mobile phones and a lot more of electronic gadgets.
OWSSS
The great filipino cat burgler of Doha!
I don't think they are not targeting Filipinos specifically, its just robbery, plain & simple.
Hmmmm... where was Pikey on Thursday?