I am currently living in your old room in Dumaguete. I sure hope I don’t end up in your old room in Cebu detention 😮rethinking my retirement here now. Glad you made it out alive. How would someone eat and survive without money ? Would they let them die of thirst ? Just crazy after all the Americans that died liberating the Philippines in WW II.
Note to self...Don't do things that can get you on an FBI wanted list after ripping off 2 hospitals in the US (1.7 million) ...Finally spent 120 mo in Fed Prison...Convicted Felon...Finally the law caught up with him...He was being held in this hole while facing extradition back to the US to stand trial...Google Powell Tribune Paul Cardwell and read the story...Everything this guy says is a lie darn near...He missed his calling...Should have become a US politician...
😂😂Yeah to be honest I’ve thought the same thing. I remember this building from the 90’s it’s the old immigration building. I was new to the Philippines and my overiding memory was that the immigration staff behind the glass had great aircon and when you went to the window a welcome rush of ice cold air would shoot through the tiny open part of the window. While all the customers waiting various visas and extensions would have to sit in ridiculous heat. That was my first clue that things were done a little differently here😂
After being told about and shown the detention facility where you were housed, Paul, it's clear that no one would ever want to be detained by the authorities in any third world country, not just the Philippines.
Paul that is God awful and yet you still had the fortitude to say anything good about the place and your experience there. Truly a humbling moment for me to see this. Glad you received your meds and got out alive. Hopefully this exposure will nudge a bit of change for the better. No one anywhere should be living that way or working in such inhumane filth 🙏🏾
@@ricksdestinationcebu There're so many countries better and cheaper. I'd avoid rolling that dice since most Filipinas aren't worth it either. If a pinay doesn't get you, somebody else will get you. Everyone wants to be in your pocket. EVERYONE!!!
@@ricksdestinationcebu @ricksdestinationcebu There're so many countries better and cheaper. I'd avoid rolling that dice since most Filipinas aren't worth it either. If a pinay doesn't get you, somebody else will get you. Everyone wants to be in your pocket. EVERYONE!!!
@@bieragaino440 My first trip to Cebu, was in June 2001. It sure looks like the building, for tourist visa extensions. I’ve been there many times! The building is located meters away from a big fire station. From the Cebu Seaport, terminal one, travel on the main road, past Robinson’s Galleria Mall. Continue past S.M Mall, Park Mall and The Mandaue Convention Center(MCC).The road veers to the right. Travel about 800+ feet to the fire station, from the now defunct MCC. The old immigration center building, is on a side street. The address is P.J. Burgos. Directly behind the fire station. Google Maps, with street view, shows the proper signage for the building.
He could bench press his body weight. He could squat his body weight. And he could run a 10 minute mile on demand. The reason all of those are required is because of the nature of the place. No matter what people tell you Paul shows you how one must be before they get on the jet. 10 minutes mile at most Strength to life one's body weight Lower body leg strength to squat one's body weight Military grade breathable Vietnam Era Jungle Boots Long sleeves shirt and long pants A mosquito net An independent means of transportation that is self powered A mountain bike. I make sure I have those things available and can pass those physical tests just as Paul has. Knowing how the prisons and jails operate is essential in South of The Rio Grande, African, the Philippines. The first thing I buy is always planting soil, and vegetables that grow. I do not care if I am in a five star hotel. There was nothing that prevented Paul from growing his own food when he was there. Also, there is a rice rat that people eat in the afore mentioned places. I will eat them in a second. Any insect, especially mosquitoes gets eaten. Protein is hard to come by. One has to pull out all stops in normal life to be prepared for when the ship hits the rocks. Read Robinson Crusoé. Ask yourself how he decided what to take off the ship wreck first? In the German version they show Robinson in the Captain's command room with a cast of a thousand gold coins in front of him. Querva De Vaca en route to Brasil almost hits the rocks before the island of Santa Catalina. How does the ship avoid the rocks? It turns out, for some reason De Vaca does not explain, cricket do note sound with their wings on thé high seas. But once thé are close to Land they sound off. In nations that are still back in thé 1800rds once has to bê réceptive to thé old tecnologia. Paul was ready for the worst. And preparation cost him nothing. Some who are not equally prepared sit on RU-vid debating his wisdom. They refuse to understand that anything can happen to anyone though no faults of our own!
@@todd7756 I have not found it in my heart to support Donald John Trump. As a person addicted to sexual voyeurism I have watched Stormy Daniel many times. As a man more, gross, broken down, are more 🍊 than Trump I know we all use the same tanning booth. Also, I love anyone who has a nickel more than I do let alone billions of dollars more. But without a pot to piss in and a window to throw it out of I do not support Donald John. Take my lack of support as the deep jealousy of a Hater and no more. As a Marrine wrote on a rock one day on a stone standing on a Beyrouth beach. If you see me have Scott beem you up because I am a sign there is no intelligence life around.
Any form of human rights and caring in the philippines is just a load of bullshi#.. Can really see why they refuse to have ANY human rights group visit.. Good to see you have kept your sanity thru it..
Sorry for what you went through, the pain and suffering. And hearing old BJ in the background behind his sheet there makes me terrified. Stay positive Paul
I was thinking the same thing. But if you managed to escape, you're still imprisoned in the Philippines. With no passport, you're not going to get very far. Unless you can jump aboard a cargo ship without getting caught.
@@Steveo_00700 If you have money, you can take a boat to a neighboring country. Plus everyone should keep a picture of their passport in their phone. He had access to his phone.
I'm more disappointed in OUR government for letting the Philippines officials do this to Americans. Isn't Philippines largest Product Monetarily is Tourism. Our government should ban all Americans from traveling to that place. The detainment center in North Korea is nicer and they get a meal and the US government has banned travel there. I'm gonna try to formulate a letter to sent to my State of Texas representative. I was in the Philippines only a week but this is OUTRAGEOUS!
Hey Paul, sorry to see these terrible experiences you’ve been through. Paul, you’ve been invited to an interview with another channel. I would be very careful about accepting buddy. This man is good friends with someone who may be complicit in your original arrest. Trust no one. All the best pal.
After watching your living conditions in that detention center, makes my quality of living in wartime Iraq and Afghanistan similar to Disneyland. Minus the daily imminent alarm red sirens, the rumble of the C-RAM going off on incoming mortars, and the sound of distant gunfire.
Considering you already did your time, it's terrible that you should have to go through this nightmare because someone (a foreigner of all people) set you up. People keep commenting on the Philippines being corrupt, but just remember it was a foreigner who set you up.
Hi Just curious if you think one of the "guards" would have taken a "large" bribe to let you out of there? I know you still would of had to get someone else to get you out of the country.
Happy to see your back! So after what you’ve been through in the Philippines, are you able to return toCebu? or did they block you from returning? Or do you still have a desire to return?
No one can imagine when visiting the Philippines the possibility of ending up in such a hell hole is very possible. It only takes being singled out by an immigration officer with a grudge against foreigners to detain you, withhold your passport, and off you go. Didn't realize how much power those corrupt officials have.
As you watch this videos that is why those of us who live our lives outside the country of our birth say over and over that one has to have someone in another country who is going to be there for you no matter what. Racing off to the Philippines trying to be with more than one romantic partner means one will have no support when more than one woman shows up to aid you in you time of need. That is why the Philippines is the land of one and done. "You damn well had better be bullet proof if you act otherwise". Mark Thornton
There needs to be accountability for the perpetrator, this has gone to far, it cost your freedom temporarily and ability to continue to enjoy your life. A slander lawsuit against him to escort him out from the Philippines. File it in your state and move to Judgement. He could be liable for conspiracy in the Philippines also. A criminal act and civil act. I studied law in college but not an attorney.
Maybe I could be over judging. But if there are 4 guards, can't they clean too? Because those stacks of records could be moved to that empty room next to yours and that would free up the lobby and it could be mopped and cleaned up to make a nice common living room /seating area?
What a horrible story. When you were first detained, did you have an option of being deported? When the odds are stacked against you, sometimes it's best to fold... try again later.
@@mrrobert177You don’t understand that most of us have loving families who don’t think twice about helping family members. I feel sorry for you having lived a loveless life. Sad but most likely well deserved.
Paul: I have watched each and every single one of your videos, and have made a few comments along the way. I have no idea if you remember me or not. I would like to make a suggestion to you going forward. I am sure that many people are interested as to why you were deported, if there were no actual charges brought against you. Could you please talk about that issue?
You are a good hearted person, I've seen your videos the past few years. It's jealousy from people that got you falsely imprisoned. People go to the Philippines to enjoy not to be playing games. Hope you find happiness.
Actually just needs a good cleaning and some repairs. What’s sad is this place is actually nicer than the severe poverty and slums many Filipinos live in.
Paul, it doesn't look horrible to the untrained eye. If you have been in the Philippines, you can clearly decipher the rats, mosquitos, the heat, the lack of water and the poor quality of food.
Hey Paul, I hope a very bright light shines on the BI as a cosequence of these videos. Marcos needs to take nitice and do something. Glad you made it out and you are safe.
WELCOME BACK TO YT PAUL ur experience is good content. ALSO booo to US embassy as well as the US SS these agencies are now at par with third world standards of effectiveness 😢😅
Wow and philipine congressman and senetors make 180k a year the same as in the u.s. maybe they should take 3/4 of their salaries so they can build new detentions
That place didn’t look secure at all. I think I would’ve just walked off while no one was looking. Clearly you had money I would have bought my meds tried to bribe myself onto a boat somehow and left the Philippines
Dude I was thinking the same thing I have watches for this scenario to bribe my way out on a boat or detention center.. just get by the ocean and pay someone with a rolex or cartier believe me they will take it and let you on.
@@TheAlaskanWhiskey I would try to go to Japan instead of Thailand. I think they would treat me better in Japan. Get me back to the. United States or at least to Hawaii.
I hope the next batch of expats won't have there phones confiscated because of this viedo. Can you imagine how much worse it would have been without a phone.
False report and lies meant you were incarcerated at no fault of your own. Would be good to know more about the person who did this and I hope charges are pressed against him by you and the Philippines authorities.
There was no false report. World Zoom did a vid where he messed up his online immigration stuff and a few days later the BI detained him and said it was as a result of that, that he was caught. The whole 'rat' thing is in WZ imagination, to save the embarrassment of the truth.
I agree. It certainly doesn’t look high security. No armed guards in sight. No quadruple-locked triple walls with steel bars. Looks like they didn’t keep you chained and shackled. Why did they keep you there for 4 months. Looks like they aren’t detaining anyone else, only you. Doesn’t make sense. Seems very strange.
Looks like you've aged 10 years. At least you could see outside and see normal life outside of the jail there. I don't care what Mark Thornton says, you are the Philippines favorite felon! Hope you can avoid another stay in the pen for a while.
@PaulWorldZoom I was told sha left him and he is starving and such. He was cutoff his American cripple miney and aha left him.... that pos had me gcash him money ..
I still cannot get my head round what and who some guys will do to survive. Any port in a storm ey George, god she is rough, I’d rather Ben starving and homeless 🤮🤮🤮
This is a five stars hotel compared to the crowded detention centers for the locals. Hahahaha. And you were allowed too a SmartPhone inside, and lot of living space. Freedom in the air(and bad smell too).
@@PaulWorldZoomBut you get the blame for all dishonest deeds. Your fellow RU-vidrs act like you are Willie Sutton. I am not saying you are not Willie Sutton. Hell, I am afraid to disagree with your fellow RU-vidrs. Ernst Röhm, der Führer der SA, wurde am 1. Juli 1934 während des Röhm-Putsches (auch als "Nacht der langen Messer" bekannt) festgenommen. Hitler persönlich befahl seine Exekution und Theodor Eicke, Kommandant des Dachauer Konzentrationslagers, führte den Befehl aus und erschoss Röhm am 2. Juli 1934 in seiner Zelle The past always most clearly illuminates the present and is a beacon towards the future. It is not that you are innocent in all cases but what makes a witch hunt a witch hunt is when all of her actions are linked to crimes, tragedy, and disasters.
There's a cell with a sheet covering and I recognize that voice. Barry Jordan along with his constant clearing of phlegm from his throat. It's in the last 2 and a half minutes of the video.
I still don't know the point of living in Phillipines when the others south Asia countries are way better than Philippines. I been in Cebu and what a creepy country 😂
@@Raymon2142-oj2pq well I understand everything @Paul is a racist Guy. Ive been as a expat travel abroad for 20 years living alone. No criminals Record😂 clean passport is the key into safe living wherever you want to stay. Every different country we had a law to follow.
@@leanyfurio9081 what he said about being held in a condemed building? Bribes infront of people? Maybe 20 years ago. If your an expat running from the law...dont go to the philippines. They will catch up and deport you not keep you in a room with a fan
Looks exactly like I expected. It is a third world country. The Philippines can't even keep up with maintenance of their govt buildings in Manila, let alone some detention facility.
Even though, according to the U.S. government, you are free to travel (the U.S. government obviously didn’t take your passport) it would have been good for you to get an official U.S. police/federal clearance because of your previous history. Along with the checks that the Philippines B.I. does when you want to extend your visa, this might have helped you to avoid the trouble that you got into there.
Man...that's pretty bad. When I was a kid, there were many derelict and condemned buildings where I grew up and I'd go inside to see the same filthy mess as is seen here in your video. It must be so good to be home, Paul. Perhaps it's a naive question, but will you return to the Philippines?
@@PaulWorldZoom Yeah. The whole land purchase thing is wearing on me. Marie will be in Canada soon and 3 years until she gets her citizenship. Time to reconsider things. Maybe South America. Closer and same time zone.
I don't want to be there but to be fair, except the lack of running water and toilet, for being the "poor" country, it does not seem to bad. I was expecting a really bad situation like in TV with 50 shirtless people in 10x10 cell..
Yeah thats pretty bad. But many locals live about like that so cant expect much for detainment center I guess. I would have spent some money on some upgrades to make it a bit more tolerable and just leave it for the next detainee if they would have let me. Maybe even have running water for cleaning up.
@@PaulWorldZoom Im the sure the guards and their families would have appreciated it a lot also. And since they were nice I wouldnt have minded. But hey, hard to say for sure if I would have that unless I was there I guess.
I suggest you should send it to Senator Raffy Tulfo and BI management will be grill on senate hearing.Im sorry that you have experience that in my country.
I was thinking the same thing!! The attorneys should have brought this up to someone trust worthy about using an abandoned building to house detainees, and assisting in the "payments" that were needed. Things need to change for the better instead of just turning a blind eye to it and say ehhh, that is just how it is.
What a nightmare prisoners of war got better treatment than you. After seeing these videos I would not want to move to Philippines. The United States has just approved 500 million aid to Philippines, this aid should be put on hold u til human right abuses are addressed. Hang in there and stay strong. I might right to my congressman to investigate mistreatment American citizens. Also, if your story was sent to Hollywood they could make a movie out of your experience.
@@roybarker5896oh yeah....they can make a movie out of this. BEHIND ENEMY LINES. Bamboo cages. Had to pay for food. Guards would sell their wives as sex slaves to the prisoners
@@PaulWorldZoomYah, you’d be a fugitive constantly on the run. Not fun. Once they caught up with you - and they eventually would - you’d surely be put in a higher security, far worse sh*t hole. I expect you could never get past airport security unless you could forge a passport. A pro like you, perhaps you have several passports already... lol! Seriously, if there was a way, I expect you would have figured it out.
For $13K US, you could have stayed in a nice, 5-star luxury hotel with a pool and food/drink buffet easily for 4 months... ;-). I’m amazed how greedy the guards and staff were there to extort all that money from you. Very pathetic of them.
I'm sorry but allowing you to Buy food and water is Not being as you say "Gracious". It should have been provided Free. It was Not by your choice to be there.
@@PaulWorldZoom I'm not saying it didn't happen, but I am saying it shouldn't happen. Even in the Philippines. Even a murderer is allowed food. You should try doing something about it. But as an American there isn't much you can do.
@ricksdestinationcebu There're so many countries better and cheaper. I'd avoid rolling that dice since most Filipinas aren't worth it either. If a pinay doesn't get you, somebody else will get you. Everyone wants to be in your pocket. EVERYONE!!!
Useful info . Thank you.. I try be anonymous and careful. I had my share of how vicious can be in Norway with false accusations, twisted words..when you are poor you don't have much t o say. Surface level Norway is civilized and decent. Even there can be comraderi and fabricated lies against people who they don't like
My impression is that Norwegians are known for being a happy people as opposed to Swedes who are more serious. I have relatives in both Norway and Sweden.
Deplorable conditions. It's hard to believe they lock people up like this for overstay or visa issues. I am sure elderly guys have died in these conditions just so these guys make a few bucks.
No offense to Paul but he has been in custody in Thailand and the US so is a bit toughened to that way of life and is in good shape for his age. The average tourist/expat may not make it out of a place such as that
I am still irate about what happened to you. I hope you go after the person responsible that doctored your wanted poster. Is he a Filipino or westerner? I hope he has to endure what you did.
Looks like a backyard, where gangs meet for a fight it out in Amerika(Westside story). A showcase of da Philippine backdoor, out of which foreigners are kicked out.
