Coronavirus and Travel!
To Travel or Not To Travel? There are not many moments during the course of a day when you are not reminded of the panicked health scare, Coronavirus. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease that is related to a larger family of common viruses. If you contract the virus, If you should happen to contract the […] Read More
Facebook Now Sucks!
Today’s post is brought to you by the censorship folks at Facebook. A couple days ago, I received a notice from facebook that a recent post was removed for violating facebook’s own Community Standards. Before I could even ascertain whether it was a comment or post that was removed, I received another message… this time […] Read More
Vanilla Flavored Hookers in Manila?
Manila, Philippines – The Manila Police arrested ten foreign nationals last Wednesday/Thursday night who were allegedly working as Guest Relations Officers (GRO’s) at a bar in Malate without proper permits. One report claimed that nine female Russian nationals and one Kazakhstan national were taken into custody after members of the Manila Police District-Special Mayor’s Reaction […] Read More
The Search is Over – Dirty Diaper Recovered!
It is now safe to once again enter the waters at Boracay! The Department of Environment and Natural Resourses (DENR) last Sunday disclosed that the “poopy” diaper buried in the white sands of the newly rehabilitated Boracay Island has been recovered. DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda was quoted as saying “We are happy that this is […] Read More
Moving to the Philippines? Do Tell Where!
Just when you think there is way too much information to sort through when trying to make a decision on where to settle in the Philippines, along comes this list of name-saked cities to make your decision just that much harder. This list was copied from a facebook post so I’m not too sure about […] Read More
Philippines U.S. Immigration Office to Close
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) (Homeland Security) announced early in March 2019 that it will permanently shut down some 23 USCIS offices worldwide in an effort to alleviate the backlog of more than 800,000 immigration refugee applications inside the U.S. Meanwhile, In the Philippines… The USCIS has since announced that it will […] Read More
DO NOT move to the Philippines…
… IF you have not prepared yourself for what will possibly be one of the biggest challenges of your life. The decision to move to the Philippines is definitely one of the biggest decisions you will ever make, next to buying a home or getting married. If you have never lived (or just vacationed) here, you […] Read More
Palawan on Alert for Possible Kidnapping Threat
Because personal safety is always at the top of the list of concerns while living in the Philippines, I thought I might share the following information about a “credible kidnapping threat,” and one which might specifically target foreigners or the wealthy. The below information was obtained just recently via a local news network in the […] Read More
My Apologies! I feel sooo…
…Duh! I while back (a month or so ago) I mentioned in a blog post that I had enabled commenting for all posts. I had turned it of well over a year ago because of the spam attacks the site was receiving, which eventually led to this site being hacked, nearly loosing years worth of […] Read More