Everything you might want to buy is cheaper in the Philippines, right? Well, I’m sorry to inform you, but it just ain’t so. Indeed, many things are cheaper here, but the truth is, many things are much more expensive here than in your home country, you can bet on that. For the most part, the […]
Tax ID Number?
The time for gathering personal information needed to file a U.S. income tax return is at hand. Those of you who have been down this road before and have filed U.S. income tax returns in the past know the routine. For some others, however, this could be a new – and possibly overwhelming – challenge. […]
It Did Smell Bad
Paul Thompson is taking a well deserved week off, so I decided to re-run this early article of his, originally published in August 2009. This story is our first story about Paul’s (in)famous “new-old car”. It is a classic. Paul will be back again next week with a new post! It did smell bad. […]
Can you live on P10,000 per month?
Jay Stainback has been writing a series of articles about living in the Philippines on $200 per month. I remembered that I had written an article a number of years ago (2008) about living on P10,000 per month (at today’s exchange that is roughly equal to $200). I thought I’d re-share it with you. Bob […]
Credit Reporting System
For the past several years, there has been talk in the Philippines about a credit reporting system. I had never really heard of anything coming from the talk, although I heard a few years ago the law was passed about this. Still nothing concrete though. The other day though, I got an email from Globe […]
EAM Paypal, PayMaya and Viewer Question
These days, a lot of people use Paypal or other online money transfer methods for transacting business online. I personally have been using Paypal since they first went online, which, as I recall was in about 1997 or so. Paypal was not an option in the Philippines, though, when I first moved here, in 2000. […]