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Philippine Retirement — Right For You?

February 28, 2011 by 17 Comments
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Over my years online, and especially in the past 10 years or so since my focus has been about Philippine Retirement, Living in the Philippines and Earning a living in the Philippines, I have come across hundreds of articles and reports, eBooks and magazines all dedicated to the delights of living abroad in retirement.  I've even written a few myself ... Is the Philippines Really a Potential Retirement Destination? So many seem to expound the merits and benefits of retirement overseas to a … [Read more...]

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How Much Does It Cost to Retire in the Philippines

September 24, 2010 by 16 Comments
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I have written about this question dozens of time.  For example, you might want to visit my Philippine Cost of Living category for a quick dozen or so.  Lately its come to my attention that “Cost of Living in the Philippines” is not such an important question than the overall one of “Costs of Living for Americans, Overseas, Anywhere”. That link (not any sort of affiliate or business tie in, by the way, I’m not a business partner of Kathleen or her company) … but there’s a … [Read more...]

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Pulling the Trigger is More Important Than Any Other task

July 29, 2010 by 18 Comments
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Whenever I am not sure exactly what idea I should craft an article around, there is one “evergreen”, always ready one that will work on this blog … Moving to the Philippines.  One reason it is always a “go” for me writing or visitors reading is, there’s a whole group of people who have been “thinking about” and “planning for” and “considering” moving here for years now … I just heard from a guy this am that surprised me … he was a frequent contributor to a Yahoo … [Read more...]

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Philippine Asteisms

July 23, 2010 by 4 Comments
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I guess it shouldn’t be too hard for me to rank on page one in Google for that title, should it? *smile* But what the heck is an asteism?  Well, as my dear departed and sorely missed daddy would have said, it’s a 64 dollar word for a backhanded compliment. OK, so what is a backhanded compliment, for those who aren’t familiar with the term? (Hey, my dad was born in 1903, and I not long thereafter, so I am not always as up-to-date as some of my younger readers).  Simply stated, it is … [Read more...]

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Is the Philippines Really a Potential Retirement Destination?

April 9, 2010 by 6 Comments
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I know, you’ve likely hear this question a time or two before. For some who are going to read this who can’t separate the image of old men drinking themselves to death in bars while “ladies of the evening” (very young ladies at that) pick their pockets) from the many other ways to spend a retired life, then it’s likely that the answer to the Retirement Destination question is “NO”. I always attempt to give you the straight answers to questions here on PhilFAQS, the site that … [Read more...]

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Is This Good News, Or Are They Missing Something?

February 20, 2010 by 4 Comments
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My wife just pointed out this article from the Inquirer this morning: Read about the PRA and the SBMA joining forces on promoting retirement: SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Top officials of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority want to grab a share of the growing industry of retirement-tourism and turn this freeport into a haven for foreign retirees. The Philippine Retirement Authority and the SBMA recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the Subic Bay Freeport Chamber of Commerce to market … [Read more...]

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Living in the Philippines — Steak

May 19, 2009 by 8 Comments
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A few weeks ago Mita and I had dinner with an old friend, Manny Paez of Manila Forwarder and Mita steered us right to a very satisfying steak experience.  Believe me, this is not easy to do in the Philippines.  It’s easy to find beef here in many combinations for breakfast, lunch or dinner but in most cases you are going to be very disappointed … even ground beef is typically tough, full of fat, hazardous to your teeth because of carelessly included sharp bits of bone Meat cutting (I could … [Read more...]

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Retire Like a King

June 15, 2008 by 2 Comments
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Books, often with subjects like Retire Like a King, are something we have talked about here on PhilFAQS in the past ... I actually have half a dozen or so in my reading list that my readers have graciously recommended and commented upon.  I've decided I'll add a book review category/page to the site to document some of my reading, which may be of help to those looking for information about Planning, researching and Waiting to Retire to the Philippines. Side Note: Every post or entry here has a … [Read more...]

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