Now you’re retired: Volunteering helps both retirees and communities
As a foreigner retired in the Philippines there are many opportunities to give back to the country that is now home. Volunteering provides a chance for retirees to be engaged …
As a foreigner retired in the Philippines there are many opportunities to give back to the country that is now home. Volunteering provides a chance for retirees to be engaged …
In the first year of my retirement, following a heart attack and saddled with a ‘terminal’ blood condition, I decided to leave the comfort of small town New Zealand and …
The Bureau of Immigration will deport at least 78 Vietnamese people after the agency vowed to crack down on overstaying foreigners within the country. The Vietnamese surrendered to the agency last …
Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte has said he is open to increasing foreign ownership in business corporations in the country. He said: “I can be comfortable with 70-30 per cent” – he …
President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to resume peace negotiations with communist rebels in Oslo next month after the talks stalled four years ago. The Philippines began talks with the communist National …
An American and a small group of Filipino protesters set sail for Scarborough Shoal on Independence Day in the Philippines. The group was said to be doing fine until they …
28 angry male residents attempted, but failed, to secure an unruly Korean man after he touched the breasts of a woman while drunk in Sta. Ana, Manila. The angry mob attempted …
Fifteen policemen have been dismissed from duty after they tested positive to illegal drug use last week. Eight of the fifteen are officials, while the remaining seven are officers. Authorities said that …
A young man from Papua New Guinea was arrested two days ago for subjecting a young women to sexual harassment. Jason Chalapan Gesa, aged 25, a student at Adamson University, and …
The Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte said corrupt journalists were legitimate targets of assassination, as he amped up his controversial anti-crime crusade with offers of rewards for killing drug traffickers. Duterte …
A large armed group and the Philippine military have caused fighting between the two forces, creating a large exodus in the region of Butig, on the edge of Lake Lanao. …
A British man has been arrested for an assault on his Filipina wife after a heated argument in Barangay Pooc, Talisay City, Cebu. 55-year-old George Johnston, a former supervisor of an …
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – (Press Release) – Welcome Everyone! As you know, there are many retired and prior military service veterans in the Davao City area. A Davao group is now …
In a harrowing scenario a new report shows that over 1.8 million children lay in wait, abandoned, given up and basically left to fend for themselves. But those facts are …
The Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) presented a massive display in London trying to entice Londoners to head to the Philippines. DOT started the project a few years ago by decorating double-decker buses …
The World Bank has approved a total of $67 million (USD) in financial assistance for two renewable energy projects within the country. The institution announced this past week that its …
China is expected to add substantial military infrastructure, including surveillance systems, to artificial islands in the South China Sea this year, giving it long-term “civil-military bases” in the contested waters, …
The Bureau of Immigration will begin implementing an electronic filing and payment system for all foreigners who need to extend their stay. The service is said to be fully functional …
Fifteen foreign observers will be deployed throughout four regions of the Philippines to monitor the conduct of the May 9 elections. The observers are from Japan, Sweden, Germany and the US. …
FORBES MAGAZINE, has listed the Philippines as the seventeenth best in the world to retire in. The magazine singled out Subic Bay and Tagatay as two particularly good places to spend your golden years. …
You’ve got to hand it to him: Just when you thought you’d heard it all, someone raises the bar of weirdness with some masturbating madness. A Linton, Indiana man caused power …
A Korean couple were involved in a bizarre road accident that claimed the life of one, while injuring the other in Talisay City on Monday. Instead of warning pedestrians, a …
A Canadian man was found dead inside his rented unit in Ermita, Manila this past week. 75-year-old Generoso de Jesus, a radiologist staying in Robinson Tower 1, was found …
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agents arrested a notorious drug dealer in an entrapment operation that ended up in a church in Tuguegarao City – located in Cagayan Valley region on the …
Police say they arrested a man in Bukidnon after finding him in possession of fake American dollars. Gernabe Melig was arrested in an eatery in the town of Manolo Fortrich …
The Bureau of Internal Revenue will start to automatically report all financial accounts held by US citizens living and working in the Philippines to the IRS – the kicker? the US …