Cost of Living in the Philippines. (Last updated 6 April 2017) Take Google With a Grain of Salt. Good advice, I suspect. I've been given it before, but I have to admit I don't always follow it, … [Read More...]
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Annulment in the Philippines — Real World Report — 2017
Annulment in the Philippines. (last updated 30 March 2017) A lot of articles and comments about annulment have crossed through this space since the site first went live more than 13 years ago. Most … [Read More...]
Moral (and Legal) Dilemmas — and Wrong Head Thinking
Moral (and Legal) Dilemmas in the Philippines. (last updated 27 March 2017) Yesterday while researching information on a completely different subject I came across this article in linking to … [Read More...]
Basics Of Annulment in the Philippines
Basics Of Annulment in the Philippines. (Last updated 25 March, 2017) I've written before on this subject, and I'm sure I'll write more. Here's a couple of my previous articles to get your thinking … [Read More...]
Is There Divorce in the Philippines?
Is There Divorce in the Philippines? (Updated 18 March 2017) Isn’t it always great when you get a note from a reader telling you that you got things wrong? Recently I got such a note from a reader … [Read More...]
Is It Really More Fun in the Philippines?
Is It Really More Fun in the Philippines? (Last updated 18 March 2017) I guess the answer to that question revolves a lot around your conception of just what ‘fun’ really is. Recently I was … [Read More...]
Doing the Right Thing in the Philippines
Doing the Right Thing in the Philippines. Here's another of those posts that essentially wrote themselves. A reader posed a question, very typical to questions I get here all the time. I … [Read More...]
Philippine Retirement — Right For You?
Is Philippine Retirement Right For You? (Last Update 14 March, 2017) Some of you may be surprised by that headline. I have a reputation, with some, of being a guy who urges Philippine retirement on … [Read More...]
Move to the Philippines — Kiss 2
Move to the Philippines ... next installment in the Keeping it Simple series. (Last updated 12 March, 2017) Yesterday I published an article that urged people to stop making it so complicated. I … [Read More...]
Move To The Philippines — KISS 1
(Last updated 12 March 2017) Move To The Philippines. Always a popular subject here at PhilFAQS. But you know what I hear very, very often from readers with moving to the Philippines on their … [Read More...]
Here’s One Of The Reasons I Tell You To Think Bigger — You Are So Much More
You Are So Much More. (Last updated 16 February 2017) So many people visit here, many read, a few ask questions and there are times I feel so inadequate. I have only traveled down on path in … [Read More...]
Is The Philippines A Good Place For Military Retirees in 2017
Is The Philippines A Good Place For Military Retirees? I often tend to write too "long", so let me cut right to the chase here. YES, in my opinion anyway. I'm a retiree from both uniformed … [Read More...]
Beware Of Scammers in the Philippines — Of All Colors
Scammers in the Philippines. (Last updated 3 February 2017) How's that for a subject? How many times have we all heard stories, warnings and tales of woe about people being scammed here in the … [Read More...]
Spousal Visa (CR1/IR1) Updates — 2017
Spousal Visa (CR1/IR1) Updates. (Last Updated 20 Jan 2017) Here's an item I have written about many times here on PhilFAQS, where you can learn how to live, earn and even retire here in the … [Read More...]
Philippine Cost of Living
Cost of Living in the Philippines – 2017
Cost of Living in the Philippines. (Last updated 6 April 2017) Take Google With a Grain of Salt. Good advice, I suspect. I've been given it before, but I have to admit I don't always follow it, … [Read More...]
Philippine Cost of Living Update — June 2015
here we go with another installment in the ongoing expat guide to Philippines ---Philippine Cost of Living telenovela. You can read more cost articles starting here: Philippine Cost Of Living 2013 … [Read More...]
Still Keeping Me Rudely Awake — Can’t Wait to be Back Home in the Philippines
A few days ago I wrote about some current costs in Colorado and why the Cost of living Philippines is often 1/12 the cost of the USA. It’s here if you want to read it. Got a Rude Awakening … [Read More...]
Some Aspects of Living in the Philippines Where You Get Lied To — Regularly —
I’m republishing this article to share these TRICARE problems across a wider audience. Major thanks to Jim Houtsma, who has worked tirelessly for many years now to bring these out and out abuses to … [Read More...]
Can I Live in the Philippines For $770 USD per Month?
Can I Live in the Philippines For $770 USD per Month? I wrote an article or two, both here and on my friend Bob’s Living in the Philippines web magazine, that concerned the question “can you live … [Read More...]
Why You Want a Diesel in the Philippines
Why You Want a Diesel in the Philippines. A few weeks back I posted and article about the day my little Mitsubishi diesel Adventure wouldn't start. See: Wired in Series — Driving in The … [Read More...]
Doing Business in the Philippines
Why I Left The Philippines Again — Visit the USA, RT Air Fare, $350 USD, Flight Time ~3 hours Each Way
Significantly updates in Octobe4, 2014. Part of a series on living in the Philippines on the BB (Balik Bayan) Privilege stamp. Part One is here: Why I Left The Philippines Part Two: Why I … [Read More...]
Make Money in the Philippines With Burgers?
Make Money in the Philippines With Burgers? I've written often about business in the Philippines. So thoughts and comments I've received indicate people think I focus too much on "Online … [Read More...]
Some Real Reasons You Don’t Want a Business in the Philippines
I want to start a business in the Philippines. Day in and day out these queries come to me. How do I start a business in the Philippines? I want to live in the Philippines with my girl friend, … [Read More...]
Is It Really More Fun in the Philippines?
Is It Really More Fun in the Philippines? (Last updated 18 March 2017) I guess the answer to that question revolves a lot around your conception of just what ‘fun’ really is. Recently I was … [Read More...]
Business Ideas With a Lot of Potential
Help Me Set Up a Business Recently I received this email regarding a Phil-Am couple wanting to set up a business in the Philippines. I get many like it. Unlike many, at least, this couple have … [Read More...]
Can I Start a Business in the Philippines for $10,000
Can I Start a Business in the Philippines? This is one of many such queries I receive all year long basically about moving to and living in the Philippines. As with almost all these sort of … [Read More...]
Make a Living in the Philippines
Philippine Attitude Toward Foreign Business
Philippine Attitude Toward Foreign Business I came across this recent article in a decent-size, respected newspaper in Cebu ... the second-largest city in the Philippines. So it is not just some … [Read More...]
Life Can Be Taxing in the Philippines
Life Can Be Taxing in the Philippines. Indeed it can. I just had a question from someone about my life here in the Philippines that made me think of this article, written several years back, and … [Read More...]
Here’s One Of The Reasons I Tell You To Think Bigger — You Are So Much More
You Are So Much More. (Last updated 16 February 2017) So many people visit here, many read, a few ask questions and there are times I feel so inadequate. I have only traveled down on path in … [Read More...]
There Is No Profit in Being a Skeptic
If you are interested in leaning how to make a living online (or off), I recommend you take the time to read h-this great article my blogging colleague Chad Hamzeh recently published. “THAT DOESN’T … [Read More...]
Do You Hate Your Job?
Do you hate your job? Well It’s Sunday morning here in the Philippines as I write this. My websites are all running well, thank the Lord, and the sun is shining. I’m a happy camper. In about 24 … [Read More...]
