Anyone to ask about living in the Philippines? - Page 516

Forgot my wallet in a Chinese restaurant run by pinoys. They managed to find my cellphone number using ID in my wallet, called me and returned my wallet with everything inside. I had around 1k usd.... is the pinoys that nice in the Philippines?

They really go out of their way to help us foreigners. But expect them to post any pic that they took with you on social media.
Pretty cool story with the wallet... holy **** 1k usd in it? You're rich as fawk then

My local friend works in the govt and said that Duterte is always threatening to declare Martial Law in the whole country, but said that there's no fukking way that he's gonna do it

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05-25-2017 , 10:18 AM

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bernie68

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Originally Posted by hafnuts

oh man, martial law declared on Mindanao island, might declare throughout philippines.
T.T

It may be related to this : since it happened, coins.ph has gone from
-2% / +0.5% in their normal bid/ask for btc/php quote to
+4% / + 20% super wide and completely 'bid' price

165.000/190.000 php per btc right now...

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05-25-2017 , 04:38 PM

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Info Shove

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What could martial law throughout the Philippines possibly mean for expats living here?

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05-25-2017 , 05:07 PM

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jspill

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Well Thailand under martial law didn't really affect me at all

Apparently there was an earthquake today but I slept through it

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05-25-2017 , 05:19 PM

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Bluegrassplayer

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Title is just clickbait anyways. If "ISIS has taken control on Luzon" then you'll be welcoming martial law.

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05-29-2017 , 06:35 AM

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bernie68

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Duterte interview on RT, does not hold back..

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=duterte+in...ai=rHjlCmdyesY

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06-01-2017 , 02:30 PM

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Killah

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Very scary(resort's world has always felt safe and had very tight security), hope everyone is ok

http://www.rappler.com/nation/171701...edium=referral

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06-01-2017 , 02:41 PM

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jspill

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Damn

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06-01-2017 , 02:44 PM

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Bluegrassplayer

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awful. be safe everyone

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06-01-2017 , 03:17 PM

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bernie68

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for uncensored comments
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-0...ppines-capital

dirties the US on RT interview while visiiting Putin and couple of hours later gets hit by ISIS
attacks the 'honor' of the Clintons=TPTB and within 48 hours gets a hit in Manila... hmmm

kudos for standing up, but I think he overplays his hand

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06-01-2017 , 04:24 PM

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DJA125

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Damn, so crazy. Had been at Resorts World almost nightly for the last month. So have it my lease just happened to end today and I moved to a new condo outside of Newport City. Hope everyone is safe out there

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06-01-2017 , 10:09 PM

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Going2Asia

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Agree with bernie, this has gotta be some proxy war chit

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06-01-2017 , 10:11 PM

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Going2Asia

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Just lmao at this terrorist who couldnt kill anyone. What a n00b

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06-01-2017 , 10:37 PM

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kick2dante

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is the rake there finally too high?

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06-01-2017 , 11:42 PM

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ITT666

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Originally Posted by kick2dante

is the rake there finally too high?

Eh...There was an armed robbery at the Bellagio a month or two ago. I get that this is a bigger scale thing, but it's also the third world. My point is if an armed robbery can happen at one of the wealthiest and biggest name recognition casinos in the entire world in the heart of Las Vegas in the first world then casinos aren't as impenetrably safe as many people like to believe they are anyway.

Considering this is the third world I don't think it should be all that surprising just because the location was a nice casino.

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06-02-2017 , 04:03 AM

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NLNico

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At least 37 dead in Resorts World Manila attack - police

If I understand correctly, he didn't shoot anyone but burned the gambling tables causing a lot of smoke which killed 36 people. ****ed up.

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06-02-2017 , 04:13 AM

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jspill

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All those shotguns security guards everywhere carry, and dumb bag checks, and they can't stop one armed guy walking in and starting a fire

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06-02-2017 , 04:18 AM

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ITT666

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Originally Posted by NLNico

At least 37 dead in Resorts World Manila attack - police

If I understand correctly, he didn't shoot anyone but burned the gambling tables causing a lot of smoke which killed 36 people. ****ed up.

I wrote my above reply with the information available at that time which was that no one had been killed or died as a result of this attack. If indeed 37 people died from this attack then even considering comparing it to an armed robbery in a US casino in which no one was killed is absurd.

My general point about casino safety still stands, but I don't wish to in anyway compare a deathless armed robbery to what happened in Resorts World yesterday.

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06-03-2017 , 10:59 AM

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Bluegrassplayer

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06-03-2017 , 06:25 PM

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coinflipper

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travel time from manila airport to greenbelt excelsior by uber/taxi in peak and non peak traffic?

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06-03-2017 , 10:53 PM

#12897

kick2dante

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Originally Posted by ITT666

it was pretty absurd the whole time if you are talking about those pig head guys who robbed some watches and comparing it to a terrorist attack

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06-03-2017 , 11:49 PM

#12898

ITT666

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Originally Posted by kick2dante

it was pretty absurd the whole time if you are talking about those pig head guys who robbed some watches and comparing it to a terrorist attack

I wasn't really comparing it to a terrorist attack though, I was looking at iit from a casino safety perspective. Was pointing out that in general people are not quite as safe in casinos as many seem to think they are...regardless of where they are located in the world.

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06-04-2017 , 12:32 AM

#12899

tapgeorgian

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I can't believe how some Filipinos think that this incident is planned so that Duterte can declare martial law not just in Mindanao but in the whole country.

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06-04-2017 , 12:52 AM

#12900

NLNico

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Originally Posted by tapgeorgian

I can't believe how some Filipinos think that this incident is planned so that Duterte can declare martial law not just in Mindanao but in the whole country.

Meh comparable conspiracies happen in every country after every (terrorist) attack. Some go as far as claiming western politicians are behind terrorist attacks just to make Islam look bad. So IMO these conspiracies are not a Filipino thing

I personally don't ever believe politicians are behind such attacks. But they certainly do introduce/accept "privacy-reducing laws" because of such individual attacks even if the effectiveness of these laws are very questionable.

Anyway, in this situation Duterte seems to agree that this was the work of a "crazy man", so I don't expect much law changes after this.

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