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Where to Renew your Philippine Passports

If live in the state of:

Alabama, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virgin Islands, Virginia, West Virginia, Netherlands, Antilles

You will need to go to the Philippine Read the rest of this entry »

You’re a Resident Alien and You Need to Renew Your Philippine Passport

Situation: You’re a Filipino that has been here for many years, didn’t bother to get your citizenship, and now you either:

1) lost your green card and need your Philippine Passport to get a new green card
2) have an expired Philippine passport

Guess what? To renew your Philippine passport, you will now need to be present at one of the Philippine Consulates handling your state or the Philippine Embassy in Washington. Yes, you have to be physically present to renew your expired Philippine passport.

The good news to some is that the Philippine Consulates are doing Read the rest of this entry »

Filipino Organizations – Some make it, Some don’t!

There are so many Filipino organizations in each city, state, and in the US. It can range from social, non-profit, sports, religion, political, and professional. Membership varies depending on the type of organizations. Filipinos are known to have good parties (inuman), easy-going (makikisama), sports-minded, and especially matulungin (helpful). Read the rest of this entry »

Filipino Population in the United States

There are two data points about the Filipino population in the US. One is not far off from the other (difference of about 500K). In 2000, there were 2,364,815 Filipinos or Filipino Americans(includes half or quarter) in the United States of America.

Here’s the low down: Read the rest of this entry »

Corruption in the Philippines – Here to Stay!

The Philippines has been ranked one of the most corrupt country in the world. What’s new? Maybe the Philippines is just the honest country that the “envoys” can talk to. In other countries, I’d suppose they won’t exist.

Most critics would have a lot of things to say or suggestions on how to stop the corruption. I believe the Philippines even acquired the person who was responsible for eradicating the corruption in HongKong. Well, so far, it hasn’t done anything. Why? It’s in the Filipino culture. It’s built-in. Read the rest of this entry »