Top Ten of 2011 Happy 2012!  I won’t be boring you with a list of boring New year’s Resolutions. Most of which I won’t keep anyway. But I did think a nice way to kick off the New year would be to review what you, the reader found most interesting in 2011. 2011 Articls arrnaged by Popularity Percentage: 63%  More About Foreigner Jobs in the Philippines 50%  Your Best Places To Live In The Philippines 28%  Start a Business in the Philippines 24%  Owning Your Own Home — in the Philippines — Part 5 23%  Places to Retire — They Skipped the Philippines? 22%  We R Inn Hotel — Davao City 21%   Medical Care in the Philippines — Insurance Companies Do NOT Own Americans 19%  Retire in the Philippines for Good Reason? 19%  Retirement…

Continuation (Part II) of Why Choose the Philippines — comparison with Malaysia Why Choose the Philippines — vs. Malaysia — Part I If you missed the beginning of the series on Philippines retirement comparisons, just click. The reason I really got started on this series, though, is the large number of folks who are retired

Continuation (Part II) of Why Choose the Philippines — comparison with Malaysia Why Choose the Philippines — vs. Malaysia — Part I If you missed the beginning of the series on Philippines retirement comparisons, just click. The reason I really got started on this series, though, is the large number of folks who are retired

Retire in the Philippines. It’s a popular subject.  I got a gratifying ‘read’ on a recent article about expat retiring on the Philippines, including so very useful comments and email.  one comment was so good, I couldn’t resist making another blog post out of it (Thanks, Mike, and to anyone else who wants to see

This is reprinted at the  request of the US Department of  Veterans  Affairs … the “VA”: WARNING TO VETERANS Forwarded by Kevin Secor, VSO Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. An organization called Veterans Affairs Services (VAS) is providing benefit and general information on VA and gathering personal information on veterans.  This organization is not affiliated with VA in any way . http://www.vaservices.org/us/index.html VAS may be gaining access to military personnel through their close resemblance to the VA name and seal.  Our Legal Counsel has requested that we coordinate with DoD to inform military installations, particularly mobilization sites, of this group and their lack of affiliation or endorsement by VA to provide any services. In addition, GC requests that if you have any examples of VAS acts that violate chapter 59 of Title 38 United States Code, such as VAS employees assisting veterans in the preparation and presentation of claims for benefits, please pass any additional information to Mr.Daugherty at the address below. Beware of Fradulent VA services organizations Michael G. Daugherty Staff Attorney Department of Veterans Affairs Office of General Counsel (022G2) 810 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20420 Let me add an item or two: The official source of Veteran’s Affairs information online is their official website: http://www.va.gov/ That’s a pretty simple URL, learn it and use it.  Don’t be fooled. If you…

One of my long-time Australian readers sent me a link to a nice article from an Australian expat living in Indonesia.

One of my long-time Australian readers sent me a link to a nice article from an Australian expat living in Indonesia.

I had a lot of great responses from yesterday’s post on learning how to work for yourself.  I haven’t shared my New Year’s resolutions for 2010, and I guess I am glad … because I am breaking one or two of them already.  I was resolved to write less, actually, and focus more on non-blog writing and building up my FAQS section here. But people want to know things, and I have the knowledge to share, so what can I say … I’m a publisher, I have to give the reader what they want.  Resolutions are meant to be broken, I guess. photo credit: Hanumann Anyway, let me make one little announcement here, because this is a resource I feel you folks reading who have any interest in learning about business, specifically in the Philippines, need to know.  Rudolf Kotik is a gentleman who lives near me and has been successfully earning a living (and perhaps more) here in the Philippines for something like 27 years now.  So he’s a valuable resource.  Rudolf already has a web site which …

A significant group of readers who I have been in contact with are still of working age (who said retirement had to be age based, anyway?) and are conflicted with the seemingly conflicting goals of earning a living and a deep desire to live in the Philippines. A large percentage of the folks who find

Here’s another site with some good information on airline seat selection I like this one becuase it clearly shows the “Deluxe” seat space on Eva Air.  Notice that info is available from many other Asian-based airlines.  Recommended.