Iloilo Many years ago I visited Iloilo in the Philippines and was surprised just how unspoiled it was from the annoyance of all of us, foreign visitors. True to say that there really was not much to do there, but it was great to walk around and see some of the Spanish old homes … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2016
Philippines School Days
Public schools The Philippines began a new school year this month. Roughly 21 million children enrolled in a public school system. That after decades of deliberate starving of funds by successive governments is atrocious. Newspapers reported that in Metro Manila. 82 percent of the 764 … [Read more...]
Too Much Sun
Sun Being Filipino means staying away from the Sun and the rain and sometimes the sea. Many Filipinos quite rightly hate walking in the Sun. Not so much for the medical reasons of skin cancer and it being uncomfortable, but mostly because they do not want to have that awful thing … [Read more...]
