Who? One Korean tourist. What? Stabbed to death by a lady boy. Where? Boracay. Why? Korean didn’t pay for “entertainment services.” “Boracay Lady Boy Butchers…

“Proper Pooch Pool Party Philippines” isn’t one of seven related American International Pictures beach party films from the Sixties. Former Mouseketeer, Annette Funicello, was my…

I apologize to my readers. While I haven’t posted on a daily basis for years, I have been wanting to opine about our local utility…

Barangay cop killed over missing chicken: A tanod, barangay policeman, in Cuartero, Capiz was accused of stealing his neighbors’ chicken. The suspects? A father and…

Our new Filipina helper was fired on her first day on the job. We had previously committed to hiring a Pinay whose mother-in-law was reportedly…

Our Filipino workers have left the building after almost two years. Brother-in-law Joery led a crew that built a nipa hut on our property in…

Truth? Yes, it is stranger than fiction at times. Often the limits of credibility are stretched beyond imagination in the Philippines (and in politics.) The…

I don’t hold babies. I figure they’re going to pee, poop or spit up on me.

You can have a face like a dog’s rear end and still attract a lot of attention as an expat in the Philippines.

NO ONE, NEITHER A COAST GUARD OFFICER, OR BOAT CREW MEMBER, has told any passenger boarding their vessel that they are required by law to wear a life jacket.

As my wife and I were taking our walk, we spied a group of schoolgirls picking at each other’s hair.

it’s a dog’s life in Guimaras.

We’ve moved into our new shack in the Philippines.

I run into a group of over-sized mangoes at the Manggahan Festival.