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Earn A Living In The Philippines

This is a free announcement for ALL my readers.  You certainly don’t need to be an American to participate, or too succeed online.  Virtually every day someone calls me or emails me to ask … at times even beg … for information on making money in the Philippines, getting a job in the Philippines, earning [...]

Philippine Living — Bursting the Bubble

Over the past few weeks I have been thinking about and researching a lot of what we who earn money online call niche markets.  In plain English this means finding an area where there are ‘hungry buyers’, people who want information or a product that will solve a problem they have, and more critically, finding [...]

Living in the Philippines on $770 a Month — Part 2

An interesting discussion seems to have come up here about living in the Philippines on $770 USD per month.  A reader on another venue asked me my opinion as to him living here in the Philippines on US $770 a month and my response was, “well, not knowing how many people you are talking about, [...]

Real Filipinos — Ramon Magsaysay – Part 1

A while back I published some articles on the ‘real Filipinos’ which pleased me, at least, greatly.  I recently came across some very well done biographical material, thanks to the US Army History Center, on one of my personal heroes and a Filipino whose life is worth knowing about, I think.  Sadly, you won’t find [...]

Live In The Philippines On $770 Dollars A Month?

It’s Thursday again, time, as always for some Philippine living questions and answers.  Recently I had a reader pop this question out to me .. can I live in the Philippines for $770 a month?  Hmm interesting question.  And quite easy to answer:  Yes, No or Maybe.
“Come on Dave, that’s not a helpful answer” I [...]

Foreign Exchange Philippines

Thanks for sticking with me folks.  I’m on the road and time and connectivity are spotty.  I’ll be home tonight and things will hopefully get back to normal.  In the meantime this site has had it’s highest single-day readership ever … wow, thanks to everyone for visiting.  I try not to flog too many things [...]

Living in the Philippines — Recession? What Recession?

 
8 Steps to Recession-Proof Wealth

Have your 401K savings vanished?

Are you worried about losing your job?

Is your retirement plan on hold?

There’s no doubt about it. Things are tough out there. 401Ks have shrunk. Stocks have nose-dived. Unemployment is soaring.
But guess what? The key to wealth has little to do with the economy. There is a clear [...]

Philippine Living – Good News Potpourri

A couple “catch up” news items today plus a shout out to a couple Philippine government agencies trying to do a good job in providing useful resources to foreigners and Philippine citizens alike.
Philippine Embassy in Dublin opens Temporary Office
Posted: 14 Jul 2009 03:26 AM PDT
PR-536-09, 14 July 2009 – Philippine Ambassador to Ireland Ariel Y. [...]

Philippine Jobs— Have You Recognized Your Job Abuse Problem Yet?

Let me set the stage for this one by reviewing a few things many of you already know about me.  This blog is something like a part of a 12 Step program for me … you know the organizations like AA and Addicts Anonymous and others that try to help people stay away from harmful [...]

Living in the Philippines — A Green Card is Not a Visitor’s Visa

Many of my readers either already have, or plan in the future to become quite well acquainted with the United States Permanent Resident Cara, commonly known as the “Green Card”.  Many folks I have chatted with in the past 10 or 11 years of being intimately interested in moving to the Philippines, living in the [...]

Do You Want To Earn a Living Where You Choose, Or Do You Want To Sit and Watch?

Some months ago I recall writing about these folks and getting virtually no feedback at all, good or bad.  One gentleman wrote to take me to task for promoting a free seminar because it required calling in, he didn’t want to pay toll charges, and he didn’t want to bother using the totally free VOIP [...]

Earn a Living in the Philippines — Fulfill a Need

It’s a bit amazing to me how many people write we, week after week about what sort of visa they would need in order to live in the Philippines.  All the information one could ever want is on line, especially on the new and improved Philippines Bureau of Immigration site (Thanks BI, even all the [...]

Live In The Philippines — Respect the Rumbles

FYI:
THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES IS TRANSMITTING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION THROUGH THE EMBASSY WARDEN SYSTEM AS A PUBLIC SERVICE TO AMERICAN CITIZENS IN THE PHILIPPINES.  PLEASE DISSEMINATE THIS MESSAGE TO ALL U.S. CITIZENS IN YOUR ORGANIZATION OR NEIGHBORHOOD.  THANK YOU. (editors note … Filipinos are allowed to pay attention to this warning as well [...]

Living in the Philippines — Your Relations Are Always Your Relations

Normally I don’t write much here about the wise world of Internet income and many of the people I know from the online world, but I figured today would be a nice exception, since it is certainly Philippine-related and there is some great ‘eye candy’ here.
Tyler Cruz is a fellow I met on line some [...]