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Tropicalpenpals.com
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TropicalPenpals.com is a blog about a British expat living in the Philippines with his wife April. Aswell as offering advice and tourism information such as hotels,restaurants,pension houses and locations to visit and sight see.
Recent Posts
Friend, Enemy, Expat, Expert or Con man?
In the time ive been in the expat community in the Philippines generally everyone fits into one of the four stereotypes above. The friends are the hardest to find as even in general life good friends are rare without moving to a limited community. A...
Aquaponics in the Philippines
I have mentioned to a few people that im looking into Aquaponics when I go back to the Philippines and the answer from everyone is “what is that?” The video gives an insight but the main thing is that its using fish and plants in harmony. The wa...
Philippine police clash with ‘massacre suspects’ – Philippines
Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:37:29 GMT Martial law has been in place in the province following last week’s massacre. The Philippines National Police have clashed with members of a local clan in the southern province of Maguindanao allegedly res...
Police commandos kill kidnappers – MANILA, Philippines
Philippine police commandos rescued a kidnapped Indian businessman Sunday and killed six of his suspected abductors in two gun battles near Manila, officials said. Heavily armed police, backed by military-intelligence agents, raided the kidnappers...
Bad publicity is destructive publicity for the Philippines
With the recent massacre and issues with the election coming up everything coming out of the Philippines seems to be bad news. The previous stories to those were the typhoons and the destruction caused. So what is positive going on in the Philippine...
Maguindanao update – Martial law and weapons found
MANILA – Troops on Saturday afternoon recovered more firearms and thousands of ammunition from a warehouse near the provincial jail in Shariff Aguak town in Maguindanao, allegedly owned by Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr. Lt. Col. Randolph Cabangbang, ...


This blog is mainly directed at people moving to the Philippines or after information on the Philippines for visiting. It has nearly 1000 articles so far and expands literally every week.
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