On this page you will find a lot of useful links. For your convenience I have made them in categories. All links supposed to open in a new page. If you know of other useful links, please let me know through the contact page.
YOUR LINKS ON THIS PAGE TOO ?
Let me know through the contact page and we will review the link and after approval the link will be placed.
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
- phil travel photos
- Bob Kaufman: Return of the Native
- Rich’s website: Philippines or bust
- Sunshine, the coffee artist
- ‘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
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 SITES
- Beautiful pictures of the Philippines
- Boracay Compass, a good guide to visit the island
HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION
- Tricare
- Health Care International
- BUPA International
- 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
VARIOUS
- Mabuhay forum
- Building a strong house?
- Global Balita
- Environmental organisation Haribon
- Sky cable schedule
- this metric converter converts everything you want; on top of the page switch to what you would like to convert
PHILIPPINE TOURIST INFO
PHILIPPINE NEWS PAPERS
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
