Pay Your Filipino Freelancer On Time

Pay your Filipino Freelancer On-Time If you’ve hired someone in the Philippines and pay them via paypal. It’s a good practice to pay them a least couple days before your arranged payment date. So if you’ve agreed to pay them on the 15th/30th of each month, make sure you send the funds on the 13th/28th respectively. Since the Philippines does not have a paypal debit... Read More

Protect Yourself from Hackers

//cbtplanet.com Did you know that computer hacking started as a byproduct of phone phreaking, which is an illegal practice of exploring the phone system? The phone phreaking communities are able to make long distance or international calls without charge from their telephone networks. As these networks evolved and became computerized over time, phreaking has also become closely... Read More

How to Help Typhoon Sendong Victims

//rina-alcantara.com The Philippines is one of the ten most vulnerable countries cited to be affected by severe weather conditions due to climate change. Our country not only sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, it is also susceptible to typhoon disasters as it lies on the path of storms that are formed in the western Pacific every year. Last December 17 and 18, 2011, villages in eight... Read More

The Pinoys’ Unique Ways of Celebrating Christmas

//seasite.niu.edu Does the closing in of the “ber” months ring a nostalgic bell? If so, you must be a Filipino by heart. Filipinos, a.k.a Pinoys, can’t help but feel the Christmas spirit as the first day of September arrives and the countdown to Christmas cheerfully begins. You will start seeing homes or tree branches along the roads glittering with Christmas lights and decorations,... Read More

Poor Educational Standards

Just had to share this story. Apparently, there’s a elementary school here where one of the students was given the Top Student of The Year Award in front of hundreds of parents, students, and faculty. Only a few days later his parents were told that he needs to go to summer school, because he can’t read. This child is around 9 years old and can’t recite the alphabet... Read More