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Visit To The Doctor — Updated

My post on visiting my so-called “third-world” car dealer recently turned out so well that I decided to document my last trip to see the doctor.  My primary care physician is an internal medicine/pulmonary specialist.  I started going to him because he’s been taking good care of Mita’s mom, who has diabetes and some other [...]

Just What Is Good Health Care in the Philippines?

An American retiree in the Philippines recently asked me a very interesting question about emergency services and medical care in general for retirees in the Philippines.  One thing you have to keep in mind, when planning on retiring here, is that in many cases there are no good answers.  You have to think this through [...]

Do I need a Visa?

Since I was just involved in a small way with someone running afoul of Philippine Immigration regulations I though I ought to post some more clarification on this … there never seems to be any lack of self-styled information on this subject, but there is always a lot of information that is partially or totally [...]

How Low Can You Go With Philippine Cost of Living?

As I recently posted, yet again, in spite of all the really important issues you need to decide upon for yourself, the number one questions on virtually everyone’s mind is “Cost of Living in the Philippines.”
I’ve lately seen many articles on this subject, in addition to noticing, last time I checked, that several more sites [...]

Things To Consider Aside From Philippine Cost Of Living

Time and time again I meet people, or get emails from people, with questions about living in the Philippines.  Without a doubt, the most frequent question I hear … the favorite by at least 10 to 1 odds … is “How much does it cost to live there”?
You’ll also see, if you look on-line, something [...]

About That Philippine Job You Want — Part 2

Why do people spend 4-5 years at University, but they can’t get a job?
That’s what my friend Brendon say often on his website and in his great article on this subject (how to find a job) which I recommended to you a couple days ago.  You did read it, didn’t you?  If you [...]

Find Out About Tech in the Philippines

It’s always nice to watch friends grow and succeed.  One of the first Filipinos who ever spoke with me as a friend … long before I came to live in the Philippines was a fellow with the curious name of “Yuga” who operated a little blog centered around tech issues and what we call “gimmicks” [...]

How Low Can You Go With Philippine Flights?

I may not win a lot of friends with this post … because I perceive an awful lot of fellow Americans who get so angry at the thought of government regulation that they quite literally “throw out the baby with the bathwater”, but here’s a post from my blogging friend Don Brown that I recommend.
Do [...]

About That Job in the Philippines You Want — Part 1

As we have said here many times before … jobs in the Philippines is a very important subject that this site gets found for by search engines …people, rally, people who (at least say they are) desperate for a job in the Philippines so they can live out their dreams.
I get inquires from these people [...]

Back From the Deep Freeze

Well on Wednesday am my dear wife and I arrived back in the Philippines after three weeks in Florida.  Broke, happy and COLD.  I’ve been to Florida in the winter before, I don’t know what could have possessed me to go there again in February … momentary insanity perhaps.
It was my first trip back to [...]

Is This Good News, Or Are They Missing Something?

My wife just pointed out this article from the Inquirer this morning: Read about the PRA and the SBMA joining forces on promoting retirement:

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Top officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority want to grab a share of the growing industry of retirement-tourism and turn this freeport into a haven for [...]

There’s Meat In Those Noodles

Regular readers might get the idea that I am pro-Chinese and anti-American when I point out things like the tremendous economic advantage we, the US, have given China by becoming their financial serfs for the next hundred years or so.
I am not pro-Chinese, but I feel I am reading the writing on the wall better [...]

A Lot Depends Upon Whose Ox Is Being Gored

I decided to update and republish this post after my article yesterday on outsourcing office work on-line.  It’s a bit interesting since it looks at the situation of ‘exporting’ jobs from a couple different angles.
Almost without question I am sure I could find plenty of Americans up in arms about ’stealing American jobs’ … but [...]

You’ve Scored a Job —- Or Have You?

One of the most popular topics ever here on PhilFAQS is the subject of jobs … especially jobs for foreigners in the Philippines. For example, see my “Ox is Gored”  job outsourcing editorial, just updated.
It’s a kind of strange topic for me, because I never thought of the Philippines as a place to work by [...]