Well I thought this would be a relatively simple thing … a lot of people want to know about the best schools for nursing in the Philippines … and the exams that nursing students have to pass are "big news" here, so finding the top ten or so schools should be easy, no?
Well, in the [...]
Citizenship … actually the legal term is nationality, but few use it outside immigration court … is always an object of interest ’round here.
A few days ago I got a query regarding my article on Henry Sy. My reader wanted to know how Henry Sy, who was born in China of non-Filipino parent, could [...]
Fuel: Just looked a few minutes ago and diesel at the Shell station around the corner is 36 Philippine Peso per liter ($3.36 USD per Gallon) and unleaded regular is 42.10 Philippine Peso per liter ($4.00 USD per Gallon). Here’s a clip from an article I read after I came home about fuel prices in [...]
In eight or nine years now of learning about the Philippines myself, talking with and working with people moving here and then moving my wife and myself to the Philippines nearly a year and a half ago, the number one question on people lips has always been one thing … in number one by a [...]
Ever meet this man? I haven’t, although I hope to some day soon. I’m taking a slight departure here from my usual "Real Filipinos" features and profiling someone most of us will never meet but a man who has had more influence on today’s Philippines than virtually any other Filipino you can name.
Henry Sy [...]
Indeed, you heard right. This is the "saving grace" for many foreigner/Filipino couples who want to buy property together here in the Philippines and have an assurance the the "foreigner ‘ half of the couple can continue living in the couple’s property.
Notice something important that I didn’t say above, though. I didn’t call it [...]
MANILA, Philippines — For insulting Filipinos in public and bad-mouthing an immigration officer, a foreigner has been banned from entering the country by Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan.
Libanan issued the blacklist order against Jenifer Sharmila Kalka, 42, identified as a Dutch national.
The incident occurred at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) immigration arrival area last February [...]
The latest podcast from Bob Martin and I on getting around within the Philippines. You can listen or download it here.
I write quite a bit about domestic air travel. Airlines don’t go everywhere, though, and a lot of people come here with the idea that they should rent a car and drive themselves around, much [...]
Just in case some of you have the idea I am too much of a Pollyanna, always preaching good things about the Filipinos, "This Bud’s for You". recently, my dear wife, the Unofficial Cook, posted a rather moving story or two about our experiment with having a maid … and trying to do a little [...]