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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Category: Filipino Culture
This Week in the Philippines 3.8.17: Smoking Bans, Drug Busts and Randy Koreans
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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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