I hear a lot of people here on various types of visas who don’t really worry much about keeping it up to date. I don’t know why, but they don’t go and take care of the paperwork with BOI as they should, etc. Maybe they are leery of going to the BOI because of the […]
What about medical insurance
In a previous post, I told you about my experience with Philippine Health care, and how satisfied I was with the quality of care available here. As I said, the cost is much lower than what I would have expected to pay back home in the USA. However, there are ways to even keep costs […]
Open Mic Friday – How much is that?
When it comes to people wanting to live in the Philippines, for the majority it seems to come down to prices. Yes, most things are quite inexpensive here. Some things are more expensive here, as I have pointed out on some posts in the past. But, I still get a lot of e-mails saying things […]
How is the medical care in the Philippines?
A question that I hear from people often is this – “how is the medical care in the Philippines?” Well, let me relate my experience. In 2001, at just 39 years old, I had a stroke. i was living in General Santos City at the time, which is a rather small city of maybe 400,000 […]
Bureau of Immigration running into trouble vs. Korea
Over the past months on this blog there are two issues that we’ve discussed that are kind of moving together and certainly coming to a head. Remember how I reported that so many Koreans are coming to the Philippines? They come here mostly to study, but for other reasons too. Also, remember how I reported […]
Hey! Why don’t they do things my way?
Probably one of the most difficult things to adjust to for a foreigner living in the Philippines is getting used to the fact that things are done differently here! Believe it or not, it takes years to figure out the simple fact that you are not back home any longer, and almost everything is done […]