biggles45

I was referring to the Inspectors checking the 809 buses, as in the posts topic and headline, not the specific bus that caught fire. Presumably these 809 buses have been inspected regularly and any illegal work would/should have been already discovered.

Are these the same inspectors who already inspected these buses, including the one that caught fire, on a previous inspection, and found nothing wrong?

That's because they can get regular income to ignore these activities. Within 100 yards of the Soi9 police station on beach road there is a stall openly selling porn dvd's, sex toys etc. Been there for years!

Note also that you don't need an IDP for use in another ASEAN member country, your local license suffices under an agreement they all signed. I have used my Philippine license in Thailand for many years.

Curious as to what constitutes a Royal Funeral, do members of the Royal family attend?

Probably hired from a local beach outlet, who he left his ID with. Shouldn't be hard to track him down.

Why aren't they investigating also him for getting a 10% commission? Oh, they all do that!!

Come to the Philippines Mike, just the same. Pulling out onto a highway, on a motirbike to save 10 seconds. Sometimes I want to be driving one of those 2 ton Jeepney!

Haha, watch the little darlings ride out, 3 on a bike. No helmet, no license and the police hold up the traffic for them. No one cares folks, it's just a fate! Oh, and the police can't be shamed here, they are beyond all that, a law unto themselves.

I am in the Philippines but having grown up in Australia I have had a lot of skin cancers. Most have been Basel Cell, the mildest, and a few Squamous. A few were removed by surgery during Covid but more recently I have had laser removal by a specialist Doctor, trained overseas. I can recommend it Perhaps check for clinics that do this, but not the 'beauty' treatment ones

Respect is not an automatic right and given her history Granny didn't deserve it.

Why is this here, it belongs in World News, if anywhere at all!

Why is this here, it belongs in World News, if anywhere at all!

Much crime in Thailand never gets recorded, or proceeds to the next stage of prosecution. BIB negotiate a settlement, for a fee of course! A friend tried to break up a bar fight between 2 foreigners. One guy swung a punch, which hit my friends wife, smashing her teeth. BIB arranged compo to repair the damage, but as wife had a lot of pain she wanted him charged. Never happened, as he paid off the BIB and the records went into the bin.

'So you can't even clean a friend's business as a favour now ???' I can recall past reported instances of foreign volunteers being arrested. The most famous was after the Phuket tsunami when lots of volunteers came to help. Very negative publicity for Thailand

Worth nothing until he faces court, is convicted and punished. The people he did the illegal titles for will make sure he is protected

I do find it hypocritical when Thais, who have probably the largest number of ladies taking money for sex, criticise foreigners for lude behavior.

Really, Enter Thailand illegally, or overstay, and you go to the detention Centre and get deported. No free accom, food or cash given out here

Not sure how making the Russian guy hire a dodgy Thai 'electrician' will do that though!

What about the mental capacity of voters who choose a woman who for nearly 4 years has shown what she REALLY believes in and is now trying to do a complete 180 turn? Maybe just gullible or stupid?

It's just a guess. So to meet their high target all they have to do is 'guess' that the average spend rose. Easy. Pluck a target out of the air and adjust your guesses to meet it... and get paid for it!

The TAT tourist spending figures seem 'flexible' to me. Visited 4 times a year for ten years, NEVER asked for or provided data to a survey. I think they just pluck a figure from the air and It gets 'massaged' as it goes thru the bureaucratic layers.

Says it all really! Thainess at its best!

Philippines Options:- 1. Enter visa-free for 30 days, extend to total 59 days. Keep extending for a max of 36 months. Leave RP then return visa free entry and start again. No hassle from immigration for this. 2. Resident Retirement Visa. (SRRV) A bank term DEPOSIT needed, amount varies. USA service folk deposit only $1,500°. No reporting to an migration office, EVER. The PRA, a govt agency, issues a member card, valid 2 years. You show it entering and leaving country. Had my SRRV 14 years, never a problem. Never visited a immig office in that time. Google PRA Philippines SRRV for more

In the early days in England Dad was a coal miner. Mum rode a bike with me on the back a few km to local shops. Small village. Later, in OZ, they used public transport.