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Category: Filipino Culture

Why Foreigners Love Dumagute, Pt 2 of 2

July 26, 2017 Philippine Dreams Filipino Culture, Leisure, Philippines Attractions, Photos

In our first installment of this groundbreaking two-part series on why foreigners love Dumaguete, we looked at expatriate camaraderie, ideal city size, good food, pleasant

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This Week in the Philippines 3.8.17: Smoking Bans, Drug Busts and Randy Koreans

March 9, 2017 Philippine Dreams Filipino Culture

  Well, it’s another rainy day in Dumaguete city, and although it’s rather dreary, I am thankful for the continued cool weather.  Right now, it’s

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This Week in the Philippines 12.13.16: Trump, Duterte, BPO’s and Why It’s No Longer More Fun in the Philippines

December 13, 2016 Philippine Dreams Filipino Culture, Lifestyle

  DONNIE AND RODDY:  Best Friends Forever For those who haven’t heard, President Duterte recently chatted with President-Elect Donald Trump.  The short phone call evidently

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This Week in the Philippines, November 11, 2016

November 11, 2016 Philippine Dreams Filipino Culture, Hazards

THIS WEEK IN THE PHILPPINES November 10, 2016 It’s been a while since I’ve done a Livecast update on Philippines-centric news that could affect foreigners

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This Week in the Philippines October 22, 2016: President Duterte’s Keynote Speech from the Philippines-China Trade and Investment Forum

October 22, 2016 Philippine Dreams Filipino Culture, Hazards

Today is Saturday and tomorrow we are heading off to Apo Island to do some snorkeling and SCUBA diving.  Snorkeling for Michell, her sister and

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This Week in the Philippines!! News and Happenings That Can Affect Expat Life – October 6, 2016.

October 6, 2016 Philippine Dreams Filipino Culture, Hazards

This Week in the Philippines! Three things stood out from the Philippines CNN newsfeed this past week.  Now, I know some of my subscribers (most

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Why Filipinos Do the Things They Do? Philippines Cultural Psychology

September 2, 2016 Philippine Dreams Filipino Culture

    Being strangers in a strange land, it is always advisable to have at least some understanding of the local cultural flow.  Most times,

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Buying and Selling in the Philippines – Part One: Selling

August 9, 2016 Philippine Dreams Filipino Culture, Money

As with pretty much everything else in the Philippines, buying and selling here is….different.  In this first half of a two-part article on “Buying and

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It’s a Dog’s Life in the Philippines – the Philippine Askal

March 30, 2016 Philippine Dreams Filipino Culture, Lifestyle

Askal – A conjunction of the Tagalog asong kalye – ‘street dog.’  These tough little mutts are ubiquitous across the Philippines.  Somewhat feral, askals survive

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The Slum – Aljazeera’s Documentary on the Philippine District of Tondo

February 22, 2016 Philippine Dreams Filipino Culture

  As our “hunt for the perfect domicile” continues, I happened to come across The Slum.  And I only mention the perfect house hunt as

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