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More About Foreigner Jobs in the Philippines

December 23, 2011 by 95 Comments
Jobs in the Philippines

Foreigner Jobs.  This is always one of my popular and searched for items ... Jobs for Americans in the Philippines.  Personally, if I had to have a J*O*B I'd rather have one in the US, but who am I to tell others what to do. Jobs for foreigners in the Philippines have traditionally been hard to come by ... at least decent ones that pay anything like US-style wages.  There are some number of Western corporations with operations here and living allowances with those sorts of jobs tend to be … [Read more...]

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Past, Present, Future — Living in the Philippines

December 9, 2011 by 4 Comments
don't need a job to live in the Philippines

Recently I came across some results from a blogging colleague who had surveyed his readers regarding some of their biggest regrets.  I've been holding off on publishing this for sometime because I stupidly lost the link and therefore can't credit it ... so if anyone recognizes this, please shoot me a note straightaway and I'll recognize your work. Meanwhile, these are some of the responses.  that rally rang true to me, especially with my interests in: Living in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Get There

Chickens in the Philippines

November 27, 2011 by 12 Comments
Raising Chickens in the Philippines

Chickens in the Philippines. Where did that idea come from? Well, as usual, it came from one of my most valuable assets in the world, my readers here at PhilFAQS (where yu can get the answers to Frequently Asked Question (FAQS) about living in the Philippines. Even about chickens in the Philippines. Now this isn't a post about fighting chickens in the Philippines.  Cockfighting here is a huge sport/gambling center, but I'm not into that. And it isn't a "cutsey" story about selling … [Read more...]

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Party Business in the Philippines

November 26, 2011 by 7 Comments
Party Business in the Philippines

Party Business in the Philippines.  I wrote about this idea just a few days back, regarding online business and the supposed "sleaze" factor. But if that article had a real failing, it would be that it didn't focus in any way on living in the Philippines ... a major reason many of you out there show up. (And thanks for showing up, by the way, many of you haven't missed one of my "highly irregular roll calls" in years and I appreciate it.  I truly have a lot to be thankful for, and … [Read more...]

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Isn’t Making Money Online in the Philippines Kind Of — Sleazy?

November 22, 2011 by 4 Comments
Money Online in the Philippines

Money Online in the Philippines. Isn't that kind of --- You Know, Sleazy.?  That might seem a sort of strange question for me to start an article with, since many people know I make a little money online, and everyone who reads here ought to know that I live in the Philippines ... I've bene here more than five years now, as a matter of fact Money Online in the Philippines --- Have You Read What I Already Wrote? I get questions frequently along these lines which tell me that many people … [Read more...]

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Making It Hard On Yourself in the Philippines

November 1, 2011 by 22 Comments
Stop making things hard on yourself in the Philippines

You know there are lots of reasons that foreigners can have a hard time living here in the Philippines, so there is no reason to make it hard on yourself in the Philippines ... or so this old man opines at any rate. But it's likely you are saying, "How stupid is that, Dave?  I mean, who, in their right mind is going to make it hard on himself in the Philippines?" Well it may sound stupid, but I've been working directly with thousands of people whose dream is to live in the Philippines … [Read more...]

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Start a Business in the Philippines — Do You Really Want To?

October 28, 2011 by 28 Comments
Start a Business

Start a Business in the Philippines.  Yesterday I wrote an article about how to start a business in the Philippines.  You might want to refer back to it if you are still in that Philippine business dream world. Start a Business in the Philippines --- Practical? One of my good readers here at PhilFAQS is pretty well along in the planning stage for starting a business here in the Philippines.  Without revealing too many details of his plans, I feel his story is well worth looking … [Read more...]

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Start a Business in the Philippines

October 27, 2011 by 29 Comments
Start a business in the Philippines

Start a Business in the Philippines Note to long-time readers:  This post was originally published back in June, 2009.  It's still one of my most in-demand subjects, though, so I brought it up-to-date, fact checked it and rolled it out again to meet reader demand. This is one of those sorts of posts that I really don’t care much about writing.  This site is essentially a labor of love.  I make a non-trivial income from a number of online ventures, but PhilFAQS certainly isn’t much … [Read more...]

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Casablanca Subic Yet Again?

October 25, 2011 by 7 Comments
Casabalanca Subic in the lower center

Casablanca Subic ... I just looked at my calendar. Yes indeed, I just realized it's almost time.  Time for something I have bene looking forward to for nearly a month now. The lovely Unofficial Cook and I are going to the Casablanca Resort and Hotel in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone yet again.   (I've written before about this hotel in the past, see Places in the Philippines You Can Stay a While and Yes, We Went There Again — Casablanca Hotel, Subic for a sampling. Casablanca … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Restaraunt Reviews

Philippine Attitude Toward Foreign Business

October 20, 2011 by 8 Comments
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 off-the-wall crackpot writing from the hinterlands. A lot of people wonder why I am not big at all on the idea of foreigners starting a business in the Philippines.  To read more about what I think, personally, you might want to start with Philippine Business For Foreigners — You Can, You Can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Make a Living

Earning a Living in the Philippines — But Not From the Philippines

October 19, 2011 by 2 Comments
Earning a Living in the Philippines

Anyone interested in earning a living in the Philippines who comes here often should remember a post I did a few months back about online business in the Philippines aside from the language Learning Niche … which I consider a pretty good prospect, but is certainly not everyone’s cup of tea. (By the way, unless I point out some specific difference here, every idea or website I write about is absolutely as possible for one of my Filipino readers to emulate … you absolutely do not have to be … [Read more...]

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Living in the Philippines — Remembering

October 18, 2011 by 7 Comments
Living in the Philippines

Living in the Philippines --- Remembering Recently ... September 11th, as a matter of fact, I made a little trip to the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Taguig City (part of Metro Manila) (Formerly part of the grounds of Fort McKinley (later Fort Bonifacio) and, now, to most Americans living in the Philippines, simply "The Fort". It's now a very high-end residential and retail area, but the cemetery remains, hopefully forever, as a reminder to the people who made the … [Read more...]

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