I’ve had a little bit of a tummy problem the past couple days, so I haven’t been eating much … seems much better now, and as I write this it is coming up to supper time, so I guess I thought about writing this post because I’m a bit hungry.
One food I almost always [...]

A perennial favorite topic.  I see frequent searches on this topic and I have written a number of previous articles on Internet Cafes (or "computer shops",a so many people call them).  See here and here and here for a few examples.
My friend Yuga recently wrote a widely read article on his GMA TV blog and [...]

This is a hotel which shows up frequently on listings for Subic.  Have I stayed there?  No, and I’ll tell you why.
I went to check this place out and I found the locations is quite remote from any of the ‘fun’ things on Subic.  It is a refurbished navy billeting (what they call Navy Lodge’s [...]

Disclaimer. I haven’t stayed at the Davao City Microtel Inn and Suites.  I thought it was worthy of a mention, though, because it is a US  chain and very familiar to many of my US readers … and this can ‘make or break’ a trip to those who otherwise are overcome with all the strangeness [...]

Well, of course, there is a lot of real gold in the Philippines.  Mining for minerals is enjoying quite a boom lately,and the Philippines is rich in a number of important minerals, gold being one of the most well known.
But that is not the sort of gold I am thinking of.  I’m thinking about [...]

I just did a cursory search here on PhilFAQS and was surprised to see that I seem to have ignored an old friend of mine, the Montebello Villa hotel in Cebu.  This is a moderate price hotel located on the north side of the city (within walking distance of the Gisano Country Mall, so [...]

A tip of the blog hat to regular reader Laurence who brought this to my attention:
Asean open skies
We hail the announcement by Transportation and Communications Secretary Leandro Mendoza last Thursday that the Philippines will sign in December an open skies agreement with Asean member-countries.
Open skies throughout the ten countries of Asean will surely [...]

The Bayfront Hotel in the Boardwalk area of the Subic Bay Freeport is a place I have stayed several times.  (The hotel also lists themselves as being in Olongapo City, which is partially correct, the Subic Bay Metro Freeport area is actually carved out of Olongapo, but the hotel is inside the gates and security [...]

The cost of living and ordinary family purchasing information is always a popular subject here at PhilFAQS.  My friend Bob just posted an article wondering "if the worst was over" regarding the exchange rate between the US dollar and the Philippine Peso.
In some respects this last year has been rather tight for us … when [...]

On my last visit to Davao City I stayed at the We R Inn Hotel on JP Laurel Avenue, Bajada, Davao City.  This is a moderate-priced hotel that is a pretty good bargain for the money.  I had a mid-priced air conditioned room, at PhP 1,000 per night which included a generous-sized room with two [...]

The Philippine National Anthem is something I never expected to see a lot of interest in on this blog.  After all, I’m an American and a guest here and also, in common with Japan and a number of other foreign countries I have lived in, the Lupang Hinirang (Philippine National Anthem) is seldom heard here.  [...]

I was happy to see a write-up in today’s news paper that there is a new US-flag airline serving Manila.  Hawaiian Airlines, based in Honolulu is now making four flights a week between Honolulu and Manila.  Continental and Northwest are the only two other US carriers who actually come to Manila and with the [...]

A while back I did an article about how a local entrepreneur took a couple lots with run-down old houses on them and made a very nice apartment complex that will earn him money for life.  Not quite passive income in the Philippines but well within the reach of many folks who write in saying, [...]

A while back I wrote about making money in the Philippines with a phone, which was mainly a link to a free book on outsourcing that I thought was very valu8ble … mainly for its suggestions on ways to run businesses over distances.
I intended to add some more specifics about phone, what you can [...]

A times lately I have written about the NLEX (Northern Luzon Expressway) and the SCTEX (Subic, Clark, Tarlac Expressway), which recently ope4ned its segment from Clark to Subic Bay.  (The remaining segment, Clark to Tarlac is slated for opening next month … I have to go north early next month so I’ll be anxiously awaiting [...]