As you can imagine, I get a ton of e-mails, day in and day out. No day goes by that I get fewer than several dozen e-mails through this site. Some e-mails are friendly. Some are not. Some ask for assistance with things that I can help with. Other e-mails seem to ask for assistance, […]
Has the Philippines cleaned up corruption?
It’s a new day for the Philippines. Things have changed here, and the country is now on the right track! A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about President Aquino’s first 100 days in office. As part of the article, I noted that President Aquino had stated that he knew the names of […]
Do you hate Filipinos?
Yes, you read the title correctly… Do you hate Filipinos? What do you mean, Bob, of course I don’t hate Filipinos! If I hated Filipinos, I probably would never visit this site! Unemployment is high in the USA, and in other Western Countries. In the USA, the official unemployment rate is hovering somewhere around 9.5 […]
Philippine Tourism: Festivals
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been writing a series of articles about tourism in the Philippines, and how to increase the number of people who are visiting the country. Today, I’d like to look at festivals in the Philippines. The Philippines, more than any other country that I know of, has a […]
Forty Four and Declining
When I moved to the Philippines in 2000, it felt like a party. Have you ever heard the song…. Up, up and away in my beautiful balloon…. That’s how it was to be living in the Philippines. I am talking about the US Dollar. The value of the dollar was constantly moving up. It was […]
One hundred, and counting
Last week, Philippine President Noynoy Aquino celebrated his first 100 days in office. In many countries, a new President’s first 100 days are considered very important, because they set a tone for his Administration’s direction. The first 100 days are seen as a kind of test as to what the President is serious about, and […]