Brojeslov
Australian looking for information about Philippines
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Registration: 17 December 2023
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Hmm .. is this different from Russian missles on Cuba? by PalawOne
Don't know what's right, but ...Wondering how this is any different from Russian missiles in Cuba?https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2025/03/the-d-brief-march-26-2025/404058/Beijing hates the Typhon missile launcher Biden sent to the Philippines. ...
@danfinnThese missile systems are easily reconfigured from conventional to nuclear warheads. They're a wolf in sheep's clothing, hence the freak out factor. Read More
More on WISE AML activity by danfinn
WISE cracking down to lower AML risks. It can impact Customers when banks so easily pull the trigger to reduce customers' AML risk. It appears WISE may be one of the banks (UK). I would not deposit or even transfer amounts over $500 with banks that ...
@danfinn Same as you, my account was 鈥榮uspended鈥� so I couldn鈥檛 put money in or take money out. Luckily I had access to other funds, so was able to do a bank transfer for the funds my father鈥檚 overseas family desperately ... Read More
More on WISE AML activity by danfinn
WISE cracking down to lower AML risks. It can impact Customers when banks so easily pull the trigger to reduce customers' AML risk. It appears WISE may be one of the banks (UK). I would not deposit or even transfer amounts over $500 with banks that ...
Wise, Remitly, World Remit etc provide a cheap service for retail customers wanting to transfer modest sums for domestic purposes. That's their risk profile. I've used each service with little difficulty until I wanted to transfer larger sums in ... Read More
Tariffs for Everyone by mugtech
Saw the amount for Philippines goods going into the USA is 17%. I know some clothing gets shipped to the USA. Wonder what other products are involved. Saw the rate for Vietnam is 46%, supposedly they had about $100 billion worth of ...
Donald Trump is the new Liz Truss, wolf-warrior tamed to pussy cat by the reality that investors not voters rule the world. Liz鈥檚 austerity budget crashed and burned on the bond markets, Trump鈥檚 tariffs have just done the same. I was ... Read More
Tariffs for Everyone by mugtech
Saw the amount for Philippines goods going into the USA is 17%. I know some clothing gets shipped to the USA. Wonder what other products are involved. Saw the rate for Vietnam is 46%, supposedly they had about $100 billion worth of ...
@FredAmerican immigration has always had a bad reputation for bullying but these latest reports are really something else. Usually the horrendous experience of being banged up by a petty ICE official with an axe to grind is limited to young people, ... Read More
Tariffs for Everyone by mugtech
Saw the amount for Philippines goods going into the USA is 17%. I know some clothing gets shipped to the USA. Wonder what other products are involved. Saw the rate for Vietnam is 46%, supposedly they had about $100 billion worth of ...
Once upon a time you wanted your neighbours poor so they could make you cheap stuff. Now economic theory shows you want your neighbours rich so they can buy the overpriced crap you produce. As stated succinctly above, Trump's tariffs completely miss ... Read More
Rodrigo Duterte arrested. by Lotus Eater
The former president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested in Manila by the ICC (International criminal court)Chickens finally coming home to roost Rod?
My friends in the north of the Philippines haven't batted an eyelid about Duterte's extradition while those in the south are universally outraged. Politics is played rough there! I don't feel sorry for Duterte, he would have done the same to Bong ... Read More
Newspaper concerned about tourism safety by PalawOne
`EDITORIAL - Murder in BoracayThe Philippine Star, March 14, 2025https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2025/03/14/2428211/editorial-murder-boracayBoracay island remains safe as a travel destination, according to Philippine officials.They will have to do ...
No-one is absolutely safe anywhere but I can only hope we're distressed by this poor tourist slain in Boracay because it's such a rare occurrence. Policing and private security on the tourist strip in Biracay is highly visible and I've seen what ... Read More
HOA Billing CondoCorp Horrors馃槺馃サ by KenUSA
Does anyone have experience dealing with Condo CORP HOA Billing for condos in Bonifacio Global City, TAGUIG 鉂� I have two condos there and even after paying 12 months in advance all my dues they keep sending me bills and penalties and ...
What I don鈥檛 understand is how owning a property in the Philippines can be justified when rents seem so low in comparison. Mine is an imperfect analysis because I鈥檓 going off apartments for sale and apartments for rent of the same ... Read More
Bureau of Immigration bars 6 sex offenders from entering PH in January by PalawOne
BI bars 6 US sex offenders from entering PH in JanuaryBy: Ferdinand Patinio Philippine News Agency / Feb 14, 2025 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/264228/bi-bars-6-us-sex-offenders-from-entering-ph-in-januaryBI bars 6 US sex offenders from ...
@mugtech Australian authorities won鈥檛 care about your 35 year old DUI convictions Read More
Bureau of Immigration bars 6 sex offenders from entering PH in January by PalawOne
BI bars 6 US sex offenders from entering PH in JanuaryBy: Ferdinand Patinio Philippine News Agency / Feb 14, 2025 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/264228/bi-bars-6-us-sex-offenders-from-entering-ph-in-januaryBI bars 6 US sex offenders from ...
@mugtechIt鈥檚 encouraging to see effective inter-governmental cooperation and with technology capable of so much it ought to be easy but it鈥檚 not. In the main, countries don鈥檛 hand over information on their citizens as a matter of ... Read More
Problem getting my acknowledge of paternity accepted by locals by General Q
Hi, new hereI am an EU-citizen and my PH GF recently gave birth to a daughter in the Philippines.I signed an affidivit and acknowledment of paternity and sent to their embassy in my country. For unclear reasons (it has not been accepted). It was ...
@Andy_1963that's exactly the process that was explained to me four months ago in Leyte. paternity out of wedlock was confirmed by the mother's consent and the father's sworn affidavit. mind you, that was under philippines law, your own country may ... Read More
Banned For One Week by mugtech
On Cruise Critic I posted on a thread about weather in the Gulf of Mexico. The OP was concerned about the weather on a cruise later this year. Told him the name was gonna change to the Gulf of America, then the weather would improve. ...
@Brojeslov All aside the goings on and crap with the new US administration is more entertaining than a day to a visiting circus, the circus clowns pale in comparison to what is taking place now after a week. Seems they can't even deport 2 plane ... Read More
Banned For One Week by mugtech
On Cruise Critic I posted on a thread about weather in the Gulf of Mexico. The OP was concerned about the weather on a cruise later this year. Told him the name was gonna change to the Gulf of America, then the weather would improve. ...
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The safest cities in SE Asia .. Numbeo.com by PalawOne
Davao City ranks 3rd safest in Southeast AsiaBy Che Palicte January 20, 2025聽 聽https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1242155DAVAO CITY 鈥� Davao City was ranked the third safest city in Southeast Asia in 2024 according to crowd-sourced ...
I live in Davao and travel throughout most of Mindanao with out concern. Admittedly I don鈥檛 travel to the provinces bordering the Sulu sea. Common sense is needed - @gregparker6201 Do you have a sense for the safety of the region around ... Read More