Lotus Eater
English looking for information about Philippines
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Registration: 26 June 2012
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Move to Jakarta by Sanca Corcor
Hello everyone,I want to move to Jakarta and build my life there, but I need advice and support to make it happen. Indonesia is a country I truly appreciate, and I鈥檓 highly motivated to find a job and settle down permanently.I have a security ...
@daviddomoneyThe OP stated that he would like to 鈥渕ove to Jakarta鈥� not the Arabian Gulf馃檮 Read More
World's Best Islands to Visit for 2025 by PalawOne
World's Best Islands to Visit for 2025 馃榾Source: U.S. News & World Report
@Lotus Eater A 鈥楤ogan鈥� & 鈥楥hav鈥� free zone smile.png And redneck free as well I assume 馃槃 - @danfinn I don鈥檛 recall seeing any red caps.. Read More
World's Best Islands to Visit for 2025 by PalawOne
World's Best Islands to Visit for 2025 馃榾Source: U.S. News & World Report
@mugtechIndeed a beautiful island with mystical flavours. Have only visited once with my Indonesian GF. Stayed at a boutique hotel in Ubud. A 鈥楤ogan鈥� & 鈥楥hav鈥� free zone Read More
World's Best Islands to Visit for 2025 by PalawOne
World's Best Islands to Visit for 2025 馃榾Source: U.S. News & World Report
@FredThe reason I hated Bali was the bogans that brought with them everything that I left England to get away from.What about the Daily Mail reading 鈥楥havs鈥�? 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 ...
It seems there is a distinct lack of supporting posts on this website lately from the normally extreme MAGA supporters who usually want to tell us that Trump knows what he's doing and it's all part of a very clever plan that Scrotus the Potus has ... 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 ...
@FredThere's no 'could'about it. China runs a one party, one mind, long term plan to be the bestThe problem with each of the great superpowers is just that: the 鈥榦ne mind鈥� of both Trump and Xi Jinping. Both set in their ways but at ... 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 ...
I thought that maybe Spence had taken a sabbatical. Either that or I upset him with my pills gag. 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 ...
@Larry FisherThat increase in CPI will directly affect those of us on Social Security with larger checks in 2026. Possibly higher increase than the inflation rate for the Philippines? I guess will have to wait till Oct to find out.Don鈥檛 forget ... 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 ...
@FredWhat was that聽 about free speech?I have a book by the respected historian Frank Dikotter entitled 鈥楾he tragedy of liberation鈥� - a history of the Chinese Revolution.I would be lucky to be denied entry on arriving at Beijing ... 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 ...
@FredIt seems something like 4 million UK tourists visit the US every year, so changed minds will be a problem for US businesses, and stories like the above will do exactly that.It always amazes me how easily Joe Public can be influenced by media ... 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 ...
@PalawOneThank you Palaw One for that informative link. May I add a complementary link below to an interview on BBC Radio 4 (3 April) between Evan Davies the 'PM' news presenter and a regular guest on BBC current affairs programmes, Robert Reich who ... 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 ...
@bigpearlPolitics as seen very much these last months weigh in heavily on working expats as well as retired expat.In some respects retired expats in the Philippines who are reliant on either a state pension and/or a private pension suffer the most ... 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 ...
Economists refer to Mr T鈥檚 tariffs as Beggar My Neighbour . I remember playing the titular card game as a kid. Of course being a card game there was always a winner. With tariffs everyone loses in the long run.The madness has begun fueled by ... Read More
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. ...
@FredI'm sure you're idols, Probowo and Xi Jinping see eye to eye on many things. Takes one to know one. Read More
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. ...
@FredAs with so many, you attack a man without giving reasonsAs discussed on the Indonesia Forum a few months ago Prabowo has questions to answer. He was banned from visiting the USA for 20 years for human rights violations. He is now in the process ... Read More