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I doubt anyone here has heard of anyone being deported for such activities. The only people that get deported for these things are those that get active in politics...and it isn't hard to make that jump (Charity+Human Rights=Politics). You will almost certainly get away with it. If you are really that worried about it (and about doing the right thing) I would suggest you get the proper visa. If you can't afford, or don't have the motivation, to leave and get the proper visa then you are just going to have to risk it. I could not find a single instance online of a tourist getting busted for working with charities...but that doesn't mean you can't be the first they want to make an example out of if you unintentionally step on the wrong toes, which isn't hard to do in the Philippines.

Nobody here should suggest you do anything illegal (such as working on a tourist visa). Can you get away with it? Most likely, but that doesn't make it right. It is on you to evaluate the risk vs reward and if you want to do the right thing or not.

 

No, I'm not suggesting anything of the sort and I'm not talking about any specific incident, and in fact, all that stepping on toes, knocking over drinks, spilling drinks stuff are things I have done myself on several occasions....and walked away from without ever getting in a fight with a local. They are things that will happen to anyone that goes into one of these small local clubs. I have repeated, ad nauseam, that I don't want any speculation/conjecture on what happened that night on the forum and to let the authorities handle the investigation. My comments are meant to be taken as general safety precautions and nothing more.

This is the conjecture I've been asking people to refrain from. (and no one is trying to "explain away murder" here!) This thread was split from the Memoriam thread for a reason.....it doesn't help the family, the authorities or the problem in general. You are looking to persecute and place blame on someone before all the facts are available. It doesn't help anything. I understand people are upset (and rightfully so) but let's try to refrain from letting our emotions take us on a witch hunt. I want to know what happened myself (I have a very good idea of what happened already, which will likely never be posted here) but I don't give two shits about "what if's" or "woulda/coulda" scenarios for that specific night. It doesn't help anything.