A scam well known locally but many foreigners aren’t aware of is the coin drop in a jeepney. How this works is someone will sit to side of you normally the right (being your wallet side) and someone sits opposite. The person opposite will pass money to the person next to you who then...
Cebu Expat – Podcasts
- Driving in the Philippines is it a nightmare?
- Matt Wilkie on being a transient expat
- Philippines Visa Renewal PodCast – By Matt Wilkie ( Cebu Expat )
- Cebu Expat – Podcast No.4 By Matt Wilkie “Philippines Food”
- Cebu Expat – Podcast No.3 By Matt Wilkie
- Cebu Expat Podcast 2
- Podcast 1 Cebu Expat–Matt Wilkie discussing moving to the Philippines
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Posts Tagged ‘ foreigner ’
Have Migrant Filipino’s And OFW’s Become The New Voice Of The People?
There are many problems in the Philippines the main one being corruption that leaks into everything from school grades being affected by donations to voting in officials including the Arroyo Presidential election scandal that is currently under investigation. I have yet to hear one foreigner or Filipino say they believe Arroyo will be convicted...
Australia forms task force to tackle reported abduction in Zamboanga Sibugay
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard ordered a consular task force led by the Australian Embassy in Manila to coordinate with local authorities and monitor developments in the reported abduction of Australian Warren Rodwell in Ipil City, Zamboanga Sibugay, on Monday night. There are a couple of things I want to point out here it...
Philippines The Alcoholics Paradise
Alcohol has been part of my life for a long time (no I am not an alcoholic), one of the things I studied before was bar and retail management for which I got my British Institute of Inn keeping certificate many moons ago. Traditional beer interested me and at the time I got involved...
Frustration Of Meeting A Good Foreign Husband From The Philippines
The frustration of meeting a good husband. Odd thing is I am not trying to link people up but often I am asked “Matt do you have a friend looking for a husband?” or “Matt can you introduce me to your friends?”. Issue is I am avoiding getting into this scenario because of the...
What Would You Do If You Knew Police Weren’t Following Genuine Enquiries About A Case?
Recently I have been involved in several what I can only call “real cases” involving foreign nationals caught up in the system here in the Philippines for various things. I will be honest I will happily help convict child abusers or anyone else who’s committing serious crimes but the issue here is evidence. You...
What Do You Think?
One of the most common phrases I hear in the Philippines and I often wonder why when a lot of things are stating the obvious. The reason being is that the Philippines is insular in information which is why things like the health bill will struggle to pass. Why people believe in their government...
The Philippines Underworld
In recent months I started researching a lot of things that in the UK I simply ignored. Here I found that the rules and justification of things are very different though to what goes on in the UK. Prostitution in the UK is often caused by expensive drug abuse where here in the Philippines...