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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

FB Scoop: Gretchen Ho Updates on Norway Incident, Talk with PH Ambassador Fruitful




Images courtesy of Facebook: Gretchen Ho



 


70 comments:

  1. Thanks! May update agad. This was informative.

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    1. Ang sa akin lang, pupunta ka ng Europe, US $ ang dala mo. I’m sure months ang preparation mo papunta ng Europe, hindi ka nag order ng European currency sa bank mo? Or you can use your debit card sa ATM to w/ draw ng local currency.

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    2. 105 There must have been a reason why they had dollars in them and not Euros. Point is, there shouldn’t be any issue exchanging your currency, regardless kung ano pa dala mo.

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    3. 1:05 baka maliit lang palit dito or yung bank natin dito walang partner na bank sa Norway, mataas ang withdrawal. Just some of my “maybe” reasons. But usually kasi travellers bring US dollars kasi mas malaki ang palitan.

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    4. Halatang walang alam si 1:05! Krone po sa Norway!!!!!!!

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    5. Baka kasi kala nila Ang Family name na " HO ay same ng "CO" ...kasi harap harapang sinabihan ng galing sa nakaw yong bitbit na pera.

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  2. Dapat ganyan ang reporting malinaw at kumpleto ang facts at may posted questions pa sa dulo.

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  3. Hindi pa din ako naniniwla na sa hlagang 300usdollars pagiisipn ang isang turista about money laundering dahil isa syang pinoy or pinay. You are allowd to have different currencies kung ikaw isang turista tapos 300 usdollars lang pagiisipan ka na ng laundering?

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    1. Kasi nga galing sa Pilipinas the land of the kawatan. Sa TRILYONES na ninakaw sa acting ultimo ibang bansa nasshock.
      O diba, dati ang Filipino definition sa dictionary eh domestic helper. Kaso nagwarla mga utaw. Ngayon Filipinos will be defined as corrupt and money launderers. Pinoy pride pa din ha. Proud to be Pinoy as always our favorite tagline.

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    2. Kahit anong ethnicity or nationality po. Dito po sa Norway, karamihan gumagamit ng bank card. Kokonti nalang po yung nagbabayad ng cash lalo na po kapag above 1000 NOK. Minsan sinamahan ko yung coworker ko na norwegian para bumili ng IPad na gamit ng ipon na cash ng anak niya, hindi po tinanggap ng store dahil sa money laundering suspicions, kaya nagbayad sya gamit ang bank card. So sa tingin ko po hindi naman discrimination sa part ng Norway kasi yung mga rules ay para sa lahat naman po, pero yung pagkakasabi nung clerk na nasa kwento ni Grethchen about sa Pilipinas, may bahid ng discrimination. Sorry po pag magulo ang sulat.

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    3. Small amounts kasi usually ang ginagamit pang money launder “outside” kasi madalas mahirap itrace ang mga small amounts tapos cash pa. Hindi rin questionable kasi nga hindi malaki.. pero ayan na nga questionable na ngayon pati maliliit na amounts

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    4. Context is everyone uses credit card in the airport daw so anybody using non credit card is sus for them. Aorta like China uses digital money and anybody not doing so is sus. Thats why they had that system.

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    5. It may come to point beh, na basta pinoy, hindi pagkakatiwalaan abroad. Galing ba naman sa pinakacorrupt na bansa.. wag lang sana umabot sa ganun

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    6. 257 & 627 wag na magpalusot. Malinaw sinabi nun nasa counter YOU CAME FROM THE PHILIPPINES WE CANNOT EXCHANGE DOLLARS BECAUSE OF CORRUPTION AND MONEY LAUNDERING. Either slow lang kayo o in denial pa din sa corruption sa Pilipinas.
      257 Kung nasa Norway ka talaga alam mo dapat na ang layo ng quality of living ng mga Pinoy vs Norwegian. Sabi nga pag pinanganak ka sa Norway para kang nanalo sa Lotto sa dami ng benefits. Di ka ba naawa sa kapwa mo Pilipino that doesn't enjoy the same benefits BECAUSE OF CORRUPTION kahit pare pareho lang naman kayong mga tao. At kung totoong nasa Norway ka nga alam mo dapat na hindi uso ang corruption sa kanila. That the politicians there are living simply just like the rest of the people. Walang mga mansion o magagarang sasakyan. Hindi mga bilyonaryo dahil kinamkam ang kaban ng bayan.

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    7. Kung sa Pilipinas hindi pa pinapanganak may utang na, sa Norway may ipon na sa laki ng oil fund nila.

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    8. Un Norwegian na kakilala ko di nagwowork sa Pinas lang siya muna. May pension siya 150k in pesos a month. Pension for being sick mentally parang ganun. Bipolar. Tuwa nga siya kasi beer dito mura lang eh. Enjoy lang siya sa Pinas

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    9. 1:13 paiba naman na yung sinasagot mo ate..wala naman silang pinapalusot. I agree sa sinabi ni 257 mahigpit talaga ang batas dito, at yung batas na yon ay applied sa lahat ng tao dito, hindi lang sa mga tourists at immigrants, as in lahat ng nandito sa Norway. Mukhang rude yung clerk sa airport, pwede namang i-explain yung rules dito without discriminating Phils.

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  4. Ikaw na ang malakas, The Gretchen Ho tinawagan ng Ambassador. Kung ordinaryong mamamayan lang ang nag email, mamumuti ang buhok mo, walang reply from embassy (from.experience). Halos wala din pinagkaiba sa corruption yung palakasan eh. Di lang pera ang corrupted sa atin, pati na rin yung ganyang mentalidad. Kung sino lang kilala yun ang pinakikinggan.

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    1. Kung di ka man nareplyan ng embassy hindi na kasalanan ni Gretchen Ho yun. You're barking at the wrong tree. Wag kang inggitera. Panget na mentalidad din yun.

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    2. ito mahirap eh buti nga sa kanila nangyari para atleast may aksyon kaaagd gusto mo sayo mangyari pasalamat ka na lang at may resulta kaagad

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    3. "Halos wala din pinagkaiba ang corruption sa palakasan" say it louder. Nung sinabi nya na kakausapin nya ung embassy, alam kong opportunity to flex din. Ung mga iba, hindi nga nag corrupt/nagnakaw pero guilty sa palakasan. Para lang sabihin na viral ung tweet.

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    4. Couldn’t agree more

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    5. Hahaha THIS! Yan din una kong naisip sa post niya pa lang na "my family", "i will call the ambassador" lol

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    6. 1:16, 4:53, 6:40 & 7:14 walang mali kay Gretchen, alam nyo ang mali? Yung perspective nyo at paano kayo mag interpret. Ang nega nyo

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    7. 1:16 ganito gawin mo. Mag volleyball player Ka din. Tapos apply ka reporter. Tapos post ka reklamo mo baka mapansin ka na tutal inggitera ka naman. Buti nga nagraise siya ng awareness eh. Kasalanan ba niya di ka napansin o un concerns mo? Embassy na ba si Gretchen Ho? Sana sa embassy o DFA ka tumahol o nagpa TV ka para sikat ka.

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    8. 4:53 Hindi din kasi maiwasang mag-doubt sa kanya at sa intention niya lalo na at kasagsagan ng issue at mataas ang emosyon ng taumbayan. My take on this is, parang she was just waiting for an opportunity like this na konektado sa corruption. And of all people, sa kanya pa talaga nangyari. In the end, hindi lang niya natrigger ang netizens but she became a hero as well.

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    9. 335 how stupid can you get ? Hindi ka ba galit sa corruption? Hindi kaba galit sa ninanakaw sa'yo? That instead na humaba pa sana ang buhay mo dahil sa dekalidad at libreng pang ospital at gamot eh napupunta na lang sa luho at kapritso ng iba. These politicians have billions in their pockets. Imagine jets and plane pa lang 5B na. Un 1B isang transaksyunan lang and here you are pumipila ng 3 oras para sa 3 kilo ng bigas at 3 sardinas. Really, how stupid can you get?

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    10. That is how you use your voice. Ganun talaga at hindi naman ito exclusive na nangyayari sa Pinoy. Kahit sinong may pangalan ang mag reklamo, nagpa panic talaga at kasiraan nila yun. At least si gretchen gusto niyang itama ito for future pinoy travellers.

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  5. Not on this issue about gretchen ho but about all the corruption issues, where is grace poe? Hindi mahagilap si zaldy co but he has a senate counterpart. Why is nobody looking for grace poe and why super quiet? Lalo na ang insertion nya is 11B almost double than the next highest senator, francis tolentino.

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    1. Di ba sabi ni Fortun may iimplicate si Brice Hernandez na 2 ex senators at 4 na incumbent senators kaso hindi na natuloy. Hindi na sinabi sa hearing. Ewan ko kung sa ICI sinabi. Kasi nga naman paano mo ituturo un mga salarin kung sila din mismo nagiimbestiga. Grace Poe was the Chairman of Finance nung 19th Congress and look at what we found 11B in insertions. Wow. Grabe si madam and to think ang dami na niyang namana kay Susan at FPJ.

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    2. Isa rin yan grace poe always pa safe yan walang paninindigan

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    3. Remember 2016 election? Grace Poe ran for president. Nahati boto ng mga dilawan between her and Mar Roxas. Ayaw niya talaga mag VP. Kahit na experience niya lang eh MTRCB chairman and 3 years senator, takbo agad as President. Grace Poe ran as president and Chiz Escudero her VP. Birds of the same feather flock together.

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    4. Gamit na gamit si FPJ diyan sa Grace Poe na yan. Mga tarpaulin akong nakita, tatlo sila, si FPJ, si Grace Poe at si Bryan Poe. Naging Poe na pati anak hindi na kinuha un apelyido ng tatay. At si Bryan Poe at isang CONGRESISTA ng FP PANDAY PARTYLIST kakapanalo lang. TSK TSK

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  6. Sus. Puwede naman pala nyang gawin yun nagpost muna ng panira sa image ng Pinas. At bakit hindi rin i search yung date na nahpunta sila sa miney exchange xounter anong oras kasi malalaman kung sinong nakaduty doon. Nasa Norway ako nakatira now and this is clearly fiscriminatiin and racusm which is a big no no sa Norway.

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    1. Sa Oslo ka baks?

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    2. Matagal ng sira ang imahe ng pinas LOL feeling makabayan ka bumoto ka ng maayos

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    3. Pinagsasasabi mo? Okay nga yun eh, ginagamit niya platform niya to raise awareness na may nangyayaring ganyan sa Norway.

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    4. 1:20 Sensitive sa racism kuno. The teller suggested other exchange counters outside the airport so baka strict ang airport kasi syempre ang mga gustong lumusot, dun magpapa exchange. Di lang kasi tayo sanay na ung policies natin sinusunod so ung mga bansang nagiimplement ng policies for the good of their country e racist na.

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    5. 2:44 Bergen ako.
      1:20 the way she poated it eh is with malice. And hindi nangyayari yan dito sa Norway. So kubg may eme tlagang ganyan then that is racism and discrimination. 300US dollar paghijinalaan ka na ng ganun? Tpos wala naman palang policy. Eh kubg magtstravel ka sa visa application pa lang may announcement na about sa ganyan kaso ayun lumabas wala namang policy. Nagpost lang bigla yung wana be journalist pata makisabay lang sa trending.

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    6. This is not racism but following anti money laundering rules. There are countries in a ‘risk list’ & possible that Philippines was added again recently because of all the corruption scandals. I work for a financial company and there are strict regulations on money laundering. I’ve also just been all over Norway & no experience of discrimination at all. In fact, the Norwegians are one of the nicest & happiest people I’ve met! Maybe because they have no worries about food, shelter, healthcare & paying for college or unemployment. They’re pretty hardworking but get paid really well. Best government system!

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  7. Wag niyo sisihin ang Norway at least corrupt country yan. Pag diyan ka pinanganak jackpot ka sa dami ng benefits. Di uso politikong corrupt diyan.
    Walang ginagawa ba ang Bangko Sentral sa Money Laundering na nangyayari sa Pinas? Sayang naman ang kanilang pagkalaki laking budget kung nakakalusot sa kanila yang mga ganyan. FYI mga ka FP hindi sila kasali sa salary standardization law. So un mga sahod nila matataas kumpara sa ordinaryong taga gobyerno. Obvious na obvious money laundering 500 million a day. Tapos panunod na araw pa. Tapos nilabas ng Landbank hindi tseke kundi cash. Maryosep! Ordinaryong tao masshock sa mga transactions nila. Sila pa mga Bank Officers walang ginawa? Nakakapagtaka.

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  8. Kung talaga ngang kasama tayo sa Grey List before, hindi nakakagulat na mababalik tayo sa listahan lalo na sa mga nangyayari sa bansa ngayon. Plus our former President is detained in ICC. So 🤷🏻‍♀️

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  9. Hmmmm… am I the only one who finds this unbelievable? Nagpapa-bida na naman ba tong si ate gretch nyo

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    1. Agree. Pabida rin kasi tong si Ho kaya lahat ng gawin nya hindi ako ma-impress.

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    2. Kulang kwento nito.

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  10. Nagisip muna sana si GH bago sya kumuda kasi lumalabas na napaka racist mga norwegian people na sa halagang 300usdollars ng isang tiga Pinas e sinabihan ng nagmo money laundæring. Mas ponalabas na masama ang mga norwegian kaysa don sa gusto nya palabasin na kurap na gobyerno. Strikto ang norwegian government sa bank transactions nangyayari in and out from Norway hindi sa pagpapalit mo ng currency sa money changer outlets.

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    1. Totoo naman eh. There's nothing wrong with stating the fact. Parehong masama ang racism at corruption. Wala namang nilalabag na batas o rules sa pagpapalit ng 300 usd so anong kinalaman ng pagiging strict ng government nila?

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  11. Hirap paniwalaan neto, walang paki alam ang mga money exchange sa ibang bansa unless peke ang pera mo. Daming hanash para lang sa konting halaga.

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    1. Konti lang sa iyo pero sa iba ay malaki na iyan

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    2. Lol not true. Hindi ka pa siguro nakakatungtong sa ibang bansa or baka pinapapalit mo barya barya lang lol. Here in Dubai they ask for proof of source of funds

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    3. 3:38 Mayabang si OP pero tinalo mo siya. Mas arogante ka pa eh yung point mo pareho lang din naman sa kanya.

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    4. Sa airport sila nagpapalit na sobrang strict pa. Pag na tyempo ka sa staff na masungit at racist, malas mo

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  12. Why are you bashing Gretchen Ho. She just expose the consequences of Filipino politicians corruptions and how it affects pinoy abroad. Yes where's Grace Poe, why radio silent about these corruption and other anomalies.

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    1. Kasi gusto nya revenge sa clerk in the guise of reporting.

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  13. bakit parang bineblame nyo pa yung family ni Gretchen Ho at si Gretchen?

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    1. Entitled family. She not special.

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  14. Clerk was being cautious; that was a private business so they could refuse your transaction based on their internal policy which is typically part of their risk management. Kawawa talaga tayong Pinoy. Dunno if Gretchen’s post will help.

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  15. Thank you for the follow up and update, Ms. Gretchen.

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  16. Buti pa sa ibang bansa updated and may action agad sa katiwalian dito. Samantalang mga bangko dito nakakapaglabas ng 400M para sa mga contractor.

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  17. Thanks for sharing this info-loaded post of Gretchen Ho. I hope the real money launderers with their family who are in hiding in other big countries should be the ones to suffer the experience of Gretchen’s family member. And I hope the Swiss banks would not accept the deposits coming from dubious personalities.

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  18. It probably happened na hindi pinayagan pero I doubt na it's connected to the corruption issue. Knowing na Norway yan and very safe na bansa, they must be implementing strict rules especially for foreign tourists from certain countries. She's a reporter at part ng job nila is to exaggerate or sensationalize the story para mas may impact sa tao.

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  19. Di pa ako nakapag Europe, hanggang HK lang narating ko, that was more than a decade ago 😅
    Curious lang,
    sa mga nakapagtravel na,
    sapat na ba $300 pocket money for one week/single traveller sa isang European country?

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    1. 4:19 baks hindi un sapat syempre may kasama yang debit at credit card. Need mo lang cash para mas madali wala aberya in case may mga stores lr whatever na need ng cash kaya dapat mayron ka parati cash ng iba ibang bansa na gusto mo puntahan na nasa itinerary mo.

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    2. $300 is not enough for a week’s stay in Europe. I’m sure it was just for cash transactions. Based on my recent travels, a medium budget week in Europe can cost around $1800 per person (Spain, Portugal, Italy) to $2100+ (UK, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland). That includes hotel, meals & transport (taxi, train, bus). Tours are extra.

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  20. These celebrities are one-upping each other. Parang may kompetisyon sila kung sino ang may mas impactful na post tungkol sa corruption issue. Siya, nag-share ng airport experience ng kamag-anak niya sa ibang bansa. Si Pokwang naman, tungkol sa reaksyon ng simbahan sa ibang bansa. Sino kaya ang susunod na artista, at gaano kaya kadramatic ang next story? Abangan..

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  21. The last time i was in Europe tamad sila mag sukli naiirita sila mag bilang ng coins hahaha . they really prefer credit card Or debit tap tap lang pero maganda talaga If may cash ka on hand. I never exchange money sa AirPort masydo mababa pag sa labas ng AirPort mas mataas at maganda magpalit . Iisa lang ba ang money exchange sa Oslo AirPort? Sana nag Try sila sa iba para Ma compare .

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  22. Atleast they are doing something. Hopefully all the nepotism babies and wives of those crocodiles will be humiliated by all those who have the opportunities.

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