On a jeepney ride when in Olongopo diving, I had to laugh at the no smoking rules and fines. Firstly, you will normally find the driver hunched over the steering wheel peering through a windscreen littered with all types of advertising junk with a cigarette hanging out his mouth.

Then when you view the fines, 1000 peso for the first offence, 5000 peso for the second and a whopping 10,000 for the third offence. All is not lost because students, senior citizens and the disabled all receive a 20% discount. I am really not sure how this is enforced, surely this would need a fine to be issued by the police, they would be the only ones with the power to issue and enforce fines. Not that you would mess with the Philippines police, since Duturte’s war on drugs, people have dragged into a back alley and shot, there are no repercussions. That will not help the senior citizen or student discount for multiple offences.