Man shot dead for bad singing in Philippine karaoke bar
Thu May 31, 4:21 AM ET

MANILA (AFP) - A jobless man was shot dead by a security guard for singing out of tune in a Philippine karaoke bar, police said Thursday.

Romy Baligula, 29, was halfway through his song on Tuesday night in a bar in San Mateo town, east of Manila, when 43-year-old security guard Robilito Ortega yelled that he was out of tune.

As Baligula ignored his comments and continued singing, Ortega pulled out his revolver and shot him in the chest.

Senior Superintendent Felipe Rojas said Baligula died instantly.

The security guard was detained by an off-duty policeman shortly after the shooting.

Deaths and violence are not uncommon in Philippine karaoke bars.

The popular Frank Sinatra song "My Way" has been taken off many karaoke bars in Manila after it was found to be the cause of fights and even deaths when patrons sang out of tune.

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Crazy! He apparently had too much to drink.

wow now thats crazy

...lol...make a note not to go to the Philipines for Karaoke.

Moving to Filipino Chat

Now yall know

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You don't sing "My Way" in an out of tune manner, you just don't.

stupid security guard!

lol what a stupid reason to kill someone

thats why its important not to sing badly in public.

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People get stabed for just staring in the philippines, how much more singing "My way" in a out of tune manner.

I frequent karaoke bars when I was back home. Its a good thing i didnt sing my way, dahil sa iyo, lang and to add Ima decent singer LOL
security guard =

*Note to self when visiting the Philippines: Don't karaoke when drunk, don't sing "My Way", don't karaoke PERIOD if I wanna live and oh...don't stare.*

ok i got it now!

Note to self, kill that stupid security guard before singing in Karaoke bar in Phil. LOLz

Woudnt be nice if American Idol judges has guns too, Simon probably needs more bullets than the other 2 judges.

wauw... definately gonna keep on refusing to sing everytime im there...

dont fu-k with us man. i told you dont fu-k with us

you just dont, we be crazy

such tragic event and all i see happy smileys

If you wanna sing here in the Phils, sing it in Private Karaoke Rooms like those in MO2 (not advertising). If you feel you can't sing well, honestly, please don't sing it out publicly. It is really irritating and I just feel my day just got worse.

^ Why?? What's wrong with the song... ( i haven't heard that song )... how does lyrics go on?? i've only heard Frank Sinatra's Strangers in night

Guns and crazy people just don't mix

I thought guns were hard to get in the Philippines...

that's what American Idol should do.

drunken paula with gun would be too funny

Randy would be like
"yo yo yo check it out check it out, i just aint feelin it" *bang bang*

dont u know u can get guns 5 for a dime

sure, but many still carry guns. altho almost 80% of the killings in the philippines are caused by knives, many people still carry guns. my uncles still carry guns. lol

go to the provinces, many households carry either a shotgun or an m-16

ya uncle Boy showed me his gun and he was like "im the only man in this house" i was like woah get it away :X euroboys aint use to seeing guns hehe but i can understand its him his wife and 4 girls and 3 little boys... :/

LOL d@mn

Have you heard of "paltik" guns? They're really cheap and easy to get. But they dont work as well as the originals, they even sometime back-fire.

pillbox na lang.

Man, i used to think the Philippines was a peaceful country but next time i go i'll be more cautious.

someone shot the sheriff outside my house

Well I remember when we were on the ferry in Bicol waiting to leave, there were boys swimming below who wanted everyone to throw coins so they could catch. And apparently they were talking bad about some ppl on the ferry so this guy on the ferry pulls out a gun, points it at them and says “Catch this!” Haha, the Philippines is like the Wild West

what an @$$! i would have pushed him over board. now that would have funnier!

^Haha, well everyone was acting like it was a normal thing. Nobody seemed to care that a man on a ferry had a gun. Think if that would have happened in America.

This story finally hit the international news today. They said that this is a common occurence in the Philippines.

^did they air it at like CNN? friggin world media only looks to show more negative stuff bout the philippines, other than that they dont care!

my dad once sang "my way" just in our house and before he got to half of the song i turned off the karaoke... geez... i love my daddy so much...