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Sadly the chickens are coming home to roost I've seen 3 RIP notices in the expat forums here in Cebu in the last couple of weeks alone. I had my own scare a couple of weeks ago (non covid) and bought...

Looks like the admin has been kind enough to make me a Senior Member so I now have a private inbox.

I have posted before about the critical importance of having an Atty you can trust if ever you...

Certainly he knew this. The girl was actually 24 but she had a mental age of a child and so counted as a minor in the Phils which he wasn't aware of. He also didn't have any sexual intent he had just...

A few months ago I posted about an American guy who had wound up in Cebu City Jail following a allegation by the mother of a downs girl he had let into has apartment. If you recall he had been...

My view for some time now has been that a lot of people are catching Covid at least here in the big cities such as Cebu but that the vast majority of cases are asymptomatic. Cebu City Mayor...

No DS is the guy's real life initials. I believe Dragon Slayer is a different person.

The guy I was referring to almost a month ago has now wound up in Cebu City jail. However, the charges have been lowered to attempted HT and Child Abuse which are both bailable so he should only need...

When I do remittance I find that the new services such as Azimo, Transferwise, WorldRemit always beat traditional interbank transfers and whenever I have checked have also beaten WU. It's hardly...

I'm afraid you are right. It's largely a matter of trust. One reason there are very few wealthy Filipinos in jail but quite a number of at least formerly wealthy foreigners is that well connected...

An American was arrested in Cebu last week and charged with "child abuse" and "QHT" . I believe that he is being held in a police cell whilst a Preliminary Investigation is conducted to find out...

Pretty sensible advice re phones. Almost all SIMs sold in Phils now will be LTE so one less thing to be worried about. Get a Smart and Globe SIM if you have a dual sim phone as Sun is the same group...

The Most popular Globe Promo is GOSURF50 = 50 pesos for 3 days all net text +1 GB data.

The Equivalent for Smart is GIGASURF50.

In General if you just get one sim f=go for Smart as between them...

I'm afraid another American has been sent to Cebu City jail. Details are currently sketchy put it seems he was caught up in what he believes was a scam to encourage him to send money for "naughty"...

Using overseas ATM cards used to be the best way to go but unless you have a particular privileged account you are likely to face several layers of fees.

1 Your own banks international fees. Only...

The banks are a serious rip off when it comes to transferring funds to the Philippines.

PayPal is OK for small amounts as they don't have fized fee, but they have a poor exchange rate.

Usually...

Some of what CM is saying is certainly true. If you do wind up in jail its going to be tough to get out. Even if you have a bailable offence and just need to arrange people from home to send through...

CM gives some excellent advice re dealing with neighbours kids etc but his overall conclusion: the guy's situation was so hopeless that suicide was a sensible option is IMHO fundamentally incorrect....

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2017/12/05/american-national-hangs-self-inside-nbi-restroom-57829

A little while I posted a warning re the dangers of arrest in the Phils re sex offences....

Workers in official positions with large employers will generally be on minimum wage varying from around 500 P a day in Manila to around 270 P in the provinces.
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No one can claim Phils is a world class cuisine, but it may not be quite as bad as most foreign visitors experience. In the cities the food is dominated by fast food often of poor quality. There are...

I'll try to think of a solution, I don't especially want to become paid member just for the privilege of passing mostly ungrateful dudes sound advice. Your attitude is sensible. Its a bit like skiing...

Sxxxx is sadly correct that Attys in Phils in general and in particular in the criminal field are focused primarily on their own profit agenda rather than their client's interest.

The Embassies...

Sxxxx is absolutely correct that Defense Attys in the Phils are generally of poor quality and often interested to gouge you as much as they can.

The lists of Attys provided by the embassies (and I...

I'm sorry to throw a little cold water on the discussions here but I think its important that members are fully aware of some of the dangers one faces in the Philippines.

You will not hear much...