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OTHER BLOGGERS IN THE PHILIPPINES

in random order, blogs not updated from time to time will be removed

• Aliawan, Dutch Photographer in Mindanao
• Dave Dewall’s new site: Philippines PLUS
• Friends of Mindanao
• Klaus Doring, a German in Davao
• Mabuhay! Greetings from the Philippines
• Matt’s Tropical Pen Pals
• phil travel photos
• Bob Kaufman: Return of the Native
• Rich’s website: Philippines or bust
• Sunshine, the coffee artist
• Tom’s : Hey Joe!
• ‘Ivan about town’ from Ivan Henares
• Sidney Snoeck: my sari-sari store, a Photo blog
• conny?veneracion: house on a hill
• conny?veneracion: home cooking rocks?nice recepies
• Market Manila, a good read
• interesting site from a Dutch student
• Bob’s Travelling Fool
• Texan in the Philippines
• Tim Potter from Texas to Cebu
• Corey, about his life in the Philippines

• YOUR LINK HERE TOO ?

MORE DUTCH IN THE PHILIPPINES

• Michel and Neressa and their animal shelter

PHILIPPINE BANKS

These are a few of the largest local banks. There are also several international banks with branches in the Philippines (mostly in Manila).

• BDO – Banco De Oro
• BPI – Bank of the Philippine Islands
• PNB - Philippine National Bank
• Bank of Commerce
• MetroBank

LEARNING TAGALOG

These are podcast sites, very interesting

• tagalog Juan
• Viloria?dot com
• kalyespeak learn Filipino
• and his new site kalyespeak very good !!
• learn tagalog easy
• Filipino survival phrases
• learn tagalog show
• learn Tagalog

TRAVEL LINKS

• Beautiful pictures of the Philippines
• PkTan and friends: Tourism Philippines
• Luxury Thailand Travel

HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION

• Tricare
• Health Care International
• BUPA International
• Insular
• Blue Cross, Blue Shield
• PhilHealth
• and very useful: Health card

IMPORTANT PHILIPPINE LINKS

(links to government sites in the Philippines are often broken, why? They have more traffic than the hosting company allows !!)

• Official Government Website
• Bureau of Immigration
• Philippine Retirement Authority
• all Tax issues
• Chan Robles – Philippine laws
• If you need a legal form in the Philippines
• Latest rates Bangko?Sentral ng Pilipinas
• There used to be a link to LTO here, but the website is too often not reachable

• LOTS of other Philippine linksif they are all working, I do not know. But the page does.
• Mabuhay forum

PHILIPPINE TOURIST INFO

• Metro Manila maps
• YELLOW pages Philippines
• a Manila tour guide

PHILIPPINE NEWS PAPERS

• American – Filipino news
• Philippine Star
• Inquirer
• Manila Bulletin

and lots of digital newspapers all over the country

• more than 60 digital Philippine newspapers

PHILIPPINE MALLS

The malls list special events, stores and movies as well as other information about location and hours of operation.

• SM Malls
• Robinsons Malls
• Ayala Malls
• Santa Lucia East
• Festival Mall, Alabang

CHARITY ORGANISATIONS

• Bethany Christian Home
• Home For Good Foundation
• Preda, a good Charity

VARIOUS LINKS

• Building a strong house?
• Global Balita
• Environmental organisation Haribon
• Sky cable schedule
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SOCIAL CLUBS IN THE PHILIPPINES

• The ELKS CLUB in Manila
• American Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines
• The American Association of the Philippines
• The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines