First, my apologies for the rather long hiatus I’ve taken from writing any articles (not just tax articles) here in LiP. A few chronic maladies have had me down for quite a while, and making my way back to being “my chipper old self” is taking some time away from the keyboard. Though I’m still […]
The real skin tax
A lot of foreigners will mention the “skin tax” when talking about the Philippines. What they mean when they say “skin tax” is when Filipinos overcharge them for products or services based solely on the color of their skin. In other words, when the Filipino taxi driver or shop owner sees a white or black […]
Teach them to fish
When I moved up to Roosevelt in Bataan, I found myself getting to know the people who lived around me, whereas when I lived in Olongapo City, I really didn’t have the opportunity, because I was still shipping out, and only home for two months at a time between ships. Well owing to the fact […]
Philippine Tourism: PKG?
PKG. That’s what this article is about. What is PKG? Well, it’s the latest attempt by the Philippine Department of Tourism to come up with a campaign to bring tourists to the Philippines. Frankly, I think it is a looser. I should say, I think it’s a big loser. For the past 8 years, the […]
Scanning Memories
A few months ago I upgrade my Puter operating system to Windows 7, one would think this was a good thing until I noticed that my printer a HP DeskJet 810C (Or because of its advanced age I thought it was called a DeskProp) failed to load up on my new windows 7. Hum, I […]
What would you do?
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, […]