Last week, a good friend whom I originally met from his participation on this site contacted me. This fellow recently moved to the Philippines. He will be living here for a while, but probably not permanently. Because he doesn’t expect to be living here permanently, my friend opted not to go for a permanent resident […]
Philippine Tourism Improvements On A Budget
A few weeks back I wrote an article on one of the big problems facing Philippine tourism — and a very critical safety issue that by chance involved the Philippines ‘Top Man’ in the tourism business, Secretary of Tourism Joseph Hotchkiss Durano, commonly known as “Ace”. As a little aside, I wonder how many otherwise […]
Is the Philippines becoming more attractive?
Hmm… what is going on with the Philippines? For some reason, I believe that the Philippines is becoming a more desireable destination for people to live or retire in. Why do I say this? Well, as you can imagine, because of this website, I get a lot of e-mails from people who are interested in […]
Financial Considerations
Yesterday, Rusty wrote an article about sending money to the Philippines by a number of different methods. He pretty much covered all of the money remittance services, so I won’t be going into that. However, a number of questions have already come up in the comments section of Rusty’s article that I want to address […]
Moving to Bukidnon to Retire
Today’s Guest Column is from our friend, Jim Cunningham. Jim and his wife, Marilou are soon to embark on a trip to a new life. In just a day or two they will move permanently to Talakag, Bukidnon. Jim retired just a couple of months ago, and this trip is something that he has been […]
A new way to stay!
I hear from a lot of people looking for a way to stay in the Philippines as basically a permanent resident. If you are married to a Philippine Citizen, or a former Citizen, it’s very easy to get a Resident Visa (13 series visa). If you are not married, it is very hard to get […]