When Bob and I got married over 17 years ago. We purchased my wedding gown in a small department store in General Santos City. At that time there were no malls in General Santos yet. Prior to our wedding I came home to Gen San to visit my parents from studying college in Cebu City. […]
Some hard times for the Philippines
Hard times are normal for Filipinos. Over the years, it seems that anything that can go wrong for the country does go wrong. The political leaders often look out for their own interests instead of the interests of the common man. But, the last week or so has presented some real challenges to the Philippines. […]
My contribution to Philippine Society!
I first started coming to visit the Philippines in the year 1990. I came back for visits many times during the 90’s, before finally settling here permanently in 2000. My goodness how things have changed in that short amount of time! I have witnessed the part of the country where I live move from mostly […]
Tourism and Davao City
When I decided to write a series of articles about Tourism in the Philippines, the whole idea was sparked when I did some research on the Web to answer a tourism question that I received from a reader of one of my blogs. I didn’t know the answer to his question, so I started looking […]
What kind of tourists are visiting the Philippines?
Are tourists coming to the Philippines to visit? Not many, unfortunately. And, do you know what? There are a lot fewer “tourists” coming here than statistics will say. Why? Well, let’s take a look and you be the judge. At this time, there are more than 11 Million Filipinos working overseas (OFW’s or Overseas Filipino […]
Why is tourism important to the Philippines?
As I noted in my column yesterday, the tourism related websites of the Government of the Philippines are, unfortunately, in a mess. There are simply too many such websites, and each of them seems to be pulling potential tourists in a different direction. In addition to that, much of the information listed on these sites […]