Welcome back to another edition of the Expat Answerman Podcast! Some people have been asking me to have a new Podcast episode, and it was certainly about time, so let’d do it! Today, we have a very interesting questions from Joseph, a person who was visiting the Philippines and ran into some problems. His problems […]
How to Ride the Bus in the Philippines
If you come to the Philippines as a tourist, or you live here, the likelihood is that sooner or later you will ride the bus. I am sure that a lot of you might be wary of riding the bus, maybe you don’t know what you are supposed to do, how it works, etc. I […]
Davao – GenSan Travel
Earlier this week, I wrote about What You should know about Martial Law, and I mentioned about my trip last weekend to General Santos City. General Santos is between 2 1/2 to 4 hours travel from Davao. That is a big spread, but the difference depends on the level of traffic, the driving of the […]
Paradise? Who are you kidding?
I hear from a lot of people about how they can’t wait to move to “paradise”. Paradise? Who are you kidding? Yeah, a lot of people have this fantasy that the Philippines is paradise on earth. Well, friends, I have just one thing to tell you: There is no paradise on earth! Forget it, it […]
Question from Sean: $10,000?
Today we got a question from Sean: This is what Sean had to say: Hi John, I read an article that states the in order to be approved for a perm status on a 13a you must have a document stating you have a minimum of a $10,000 in a Bank acct to prove that […]
Origins of English use in the Philippines
Over my years of living in the Philippines, I have come to realize that the way Filipinos use the English language has come from many different sources. A few days ago, I came to realize something about it that I had never realized before. Most people would think that the way the Filipinos use the […]