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I've never heard anyone refer to Southern Mindanao. Better to refer to areas as Benign, Dodgy and Dangerous.

Fake I the cards are as common as street litter in the Philippines. As suggested by RK, a passport is the only one that's likely, if not necessarily, to be authentic. Go down to Colon in Cebu and...

Actually, the village is Tan A Wan. It's about ten kms south of the town of Oslob.

I second this suggestion. Presently it is a bit awkward and serves no useful purpose.

Small breasts with perky nipples that become bullets when stimulated is my first choice, Skip.

This is the first anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda, one of the most devastating storms of all time. Tacloban was the center of the surge that destroyed the city and caused several thousand deaths. Huge...

So, yes, as shown by Hutsori, land can be leased by foreigners. No problem, right? Well, this is the Philippines, so there are Always Problems. A major one to consider is the archaic, corrupted,...

According to a news report there are approximately 1700 OFWs working in the three nations of West Africa hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak and an additional 100 Philippines peacekeepers in Liberia....

Hard to believe, but this is a particularly bad month to be Swiss in Mindanao. Report in today's Manila Times that a 23 year old Swiss, Forian Mayer, was killed in Surigao City. Robbery apparently...

Kongking's report is probably pretty accurate, regarding these two murders. Interesting how there is very little mention in the national press! Don't want to upset the tourists, do we? Obviously a...

I think the builder is Nigel Roberts. He owns a small resort called Tonga Sails Resort at Tambobo Bay about an hour south of Duma. He runs a boat building co-op specializing in large cruising...

My sincere thanks to those, especially Amanut, who responded to my query. The Philippine Forum is truly exceptional for the level of expertise and willingness to share, that is constantly apparent...

I'd like to bring my fiance to Canada on a visitor's visa for a couple of months. She lives on Mindanao and so, spending considerable time and money dealing with those 'hard ass Phil / Cans in Manila...

Certainly the more attractive urban Filipinas will be having pre-marital sex as a matter of course. The church has little influence when it comes to crime, corruption and sex. Technology has...

Yes GE, and it's even worse than you suggest. An extremely high percentage of 'graduates' in many fields NEVER get hired. (eg nursing, teaching, HRM, ad nausam). Many 'nurses' cannot afford, or fail...

Try to demand the recently announced minimum wage out in the provinces. The actual normal daily wage a girl will get in most areas outside the largest cities is around 200. 250P per day for a 10. 12...

Slippery seems to be deliberately missing the point. His WTF retort lacks any attempt to respond rationally. In any case, by referring to $11 US he is obviously thinking of American values with an...

This is based on Cebu, Davao, and smaller provincial cities, for chatmates and mall pick-ups. Keep in mind, always, what the average daily wage is for regular jobs. One girl was working in an...

Guys, if you are in P I for longer than a fast trip, check out the discount deals available online through 'Groupon Philippines'. I just came across it while browsing online. Many of you will be...

The one question that will stump every Filipina is,"How many cousins do you have?" When I tell them that I have three in total, they express complete disbelief. Meanwhile the population keeps...

I suggest (politely) , that you read TFF, UB. There have been several excellent reports in the forum by guys who know Davao and Samal. Just put 'Samal' into the search field. Definitely a BYOB kind...

It can get even worse. A nurse friend of mine had to PAY to get a VOLUNTEER job in a hospital! Reason? . Lots of job possibilities for Filipina nurses qverseas, but these require a nursing degree,...

The flash flooding calamity was centered around Cagayan de Oro and Iligan to the west. Heavy rains resulted in torrents of water and debris smashing into neighbourhoods in the middle of the night....

Climates change, conditions change, and those not suitably adaptive to changing circumstance, follow a downward spiral to extinction. Given the multiple scourges of cultural dependency, corruption,...

I am constantly in awe of the erudition displayed by numerous members of this forum. The reports of the last several days have been uniformly insightful, cogent and thought provoking. What saddens me...