biggles45

I have ridden here for 20+ years and the number of locals who do not look before they cross the road is astounding. Is it a Buddha thing, do they believe he, or their amulet will protect them? Why is it so common.

I live a 5 minute walk from the police box outside Big C Extra and go past often. I have NEVER seen a cop OUTSIDE the box, tho a bike is parked there. No helmet, 3 on a bike, running the red light, offences by the score every day but no action. So the high road toll is not surprising, they don't really care!

I have never had a problem with my Philippine licence. I would have taken the receipt to the police station where a more knowledgeable officer would most likely cancel it. An email to the Singapore consulate would have been a good step also.

What has changed. You could get 30 days visa free before, now it's 60 days!

If, as the news above your post says, he is from Britain, he would not have required a visa under the earlier policy as he gets 30 days visa free. So he could still have holidayed here without a visa the same as a million others.

' One or two police boxes strategically placed, and a small shop selling safe helmets at a reasonably expensive price.' If only! I live 5 minutes walk from the police box outside Big c extra on Klang and pass regularly. I almost never see a cop outside the box doing anything, even tho his bike is parked there. Literally 100 bikes would stop at the lights with no helmet but they are just too lazy to make the effort. Oh, and you can buy a 'legal' helmet in Big C for under 300 baht less than the fine if the cops were serious.

So the Dems don't want Trump to have control but having a senile Biden, with dementia and who will just do what he is told, is fine!!

Perhaps cracking down on Local criminals, who are the majority, might inspire more confidence in tourists!

For many years I have been an avid watcher of Aljazeera news. Since the Oct 7 massacre and the retaliation by Israel against Hamas in Gaza, I have seen a definite pro Palestine anti Israel bias in their reporting and comments. I have stopped watching now

I have an 7yr old Click 125, with a kickstarter, a main reason I bought it. I regularly leave it for 3 to 4 months, under cover. When I return I always start it with the KS, only needs 2 kicks or so, and I only use the KS for a few days when the engine is cold. It still has the original battery and the bike has only 6k on it, very low use and mostly around town. Previous bike was a 125cc Suzuki underbone, with a KS and got 8yrs from that battery as well.

Well if you can say that a transgender is a real woman then denying reality is quite an easy step.

You could double their salaries and still the corruption is so embedded in the RTP that nothing would change.

The number is probably charged and you can have a long wait in a queue. By the time you get answered you are out of load There are a few apps which give cheap international calls. I have used Talk360 to call OZ from the Philippines successfully.

A well publicized case in Olongapo, Philippines a few years ago where a LB picked up a young Marine. Her LB friend told her to tell him, but she wouldn't. She was found, dead, in the hotel room with her head in the toilet.

This is incorrect. I personally know 3 Oz Citizens receiving the old age pension in Thailand. There are conditions and you don't get the allowances given to those in OZ.

It's only 90% of the crimes they decided to investigate! There's lots in the 'too hard' ad 'too sensitive' baskets I am sure.

" Trump is the true fascist. " Really, I thought it was Biden/Harris that weaponised the DOJ, FBI and other Law Enforcement branches against Trump

Also be aware that though Manila accepts in person only, processing takes two working days. Apply before 12noon day 1,pickup after 3pm day 3 And if you are taking a Filipina with you there is no charge for her tourist visa - ASEAN concession)

Not yet another pointless topic solely designed to get a response and generate traffic.

'Saremongering post.' Gotta protect that revenue stream!

The added 'service charge' annoys me the most. I will decide if the service was good enough to get a tip.

Lots of mentions on line about being harassed by these guys, good job done

A waste of time, any rules they come up with will be ignored, by the public and the police.

We live 8 minutes or so walk from BC Extra, so we do all our shopping there and use the Food court often. Been going there 12 years, never been sick and really have no complaints..... unless the ceiling falls on me of course.

Yes, I agree, in fact an elderly friend has raised 2 kids on it. It's still quite a way short of the 65k required for an extension tho. So they need 800,000 baht in the bank, 400k of which has to be there for the year.