Help Is Really, Really Needed — This Is The Opposite Of A “Good Thing”

Help Is Really, Really Needed — This Is The Opposite Of A “Good Thing”

I just 5 minutes ago received this mailing list email from my friend JD, a retired US Marine, who lives in Baguio, Philippines.  I’ve know JD for years and believe me, he is not a rumor monger nor a guy who is prone to panic:
Sunday (11 October 2009) 1330 hrs:
Just got internet after 4 [...]

October 11th, 2009 by Philly 

"Super typhoon" bears down on flood-ravaged Philippines

"Super typhoon" bears down on flood-ravaged Philippines

This afternoon I spent some time depositing my monthly check to myself at the bank (yes, you can write a check to yourself and deposit it in a bank account in the Philippines … it’s easy and it’s cheap … hard to believe how many people search here every month looking for information on that [...]

October 2nd, 2009 by Philly 

Free Money While You Fill A need

Free Money While You Fill A need

I have been a customer of RemitHome for many years now.  When I first moved here to live full time, they were our money ‘life line’ who kept us afloat during the time it took to getting our bank accounts set up here and ‘aging’ deposits until there was enough “in the bank” here to [...]

October 1st, 2009 by Philly 

Storms Aren’t Over Yet — Just A Part Of Living The Philippines Experience

Storms Aren’t Over Yet — Just A Part Of Living The Philippines Experience

U.S. Embassy Manila
Warden Message
October 1, 2009
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.
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Typhoon Watch in Effect
Be advised that there are three tropical [...]

October 1st, 2009 by Philly 

What is a Typhoon, Anyway

We’ve been a little slow on actual posts from the Philippines lately, as business here in the US has been consuming a lot of time.  A fellow whom I’ve know on line for some years, Thomas Glenn, who lives in San Fernando la Union, on the western (South China Sea) coast of Luzon sent some [...]

September 26th, 2009 by Philly