Some time back, I got a question from my friend Bill. He was wondering about tourist visas. How long could Bill stay on his tourist visa? How often would he need to renew or extend his visa? Where could he do the renewal? Would he have to travel far to do the extension? Well, as […]
Whatever Floats Your Boat
Recently I wrote an article about the Balikbayan Privilege Program (which many of us call the BB Visa.. but it’s not a visa). Does Everything Have To Be Controversial? Many good comments were shared and different points of view expressed. I enjoyed it. There were (at last count) 88 comments, and the title, “Decide by […]
Dealing with Brownouts
Brownouts are a big part of our lives these days here in Davao, and for others around the Philippines. Especially in Mindanao where Davao is probably the most hard hit city. That’s why I am writing about it again today. Last week, Aaron wrote an article about Brownouts on Tuesday, and I wrote a sort […]
Note from a reader
A few days back, I got an email from a reader of my site, and a friend on Facebook. I will not give his name, but would like to share his email, and my reply. It might be information that other readers have an interest in. eMail received I have slightly edited the email I […]
Why I (somewhat) disagree with Aaron
My son, Aaron, who writes on this site weekly, is a pretty smart guy. I wonder where he got his smarts from? 😉 This week, he wrote an article about the fact that we are experiencing some pretty long brownouts in Davao right now. Aaron gave some reasons why he thinks that Davao Light is […]
Finally a bit of good news
Let me start out this article with a quick update about Paul Thompson. Monday is usually “Paul” day here on LiP, but for the last few weeks Paul has been absent due to some health issues. I don’t know too much, only what I find on Paul’s Facebook page. Paul had surgery for some kind […]