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Philippine Remittance Services Comparison

Posted in August 31st, 2006
by ka edong in Remittance

I’ve been wanting to compare remittance services for a long time. What are the Philippine remittance services, their differences, advantages and disadvantages, key features?
But I haven’t had the time to do the much research.
So I’m throwing this comparison table into the wild and will allow the public to access it and even edit it (as [...]

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Phil Equity Mutual Funds

Posted in August 28th, 2006
by ka edong in Investing

Looking for a place to put your long-term savings? Don’t put it in a savings account! Try mutual funds, so that it earns interest.

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Micro-franchises for the budding entrepreneur

Posted in August 22nd, 2006
by ka edong in Entrepreneurship

I stumbled upon an expo in Megamall. First-time for me to hear about micro-franchises.
Micro-franchises are businesses that can be put-up with a small capital. Franchise packages range from P50,000 to P95,000. They even offer terms where the balance is paid through micro-financing.
The businesses are mostly food carts (palamig, crepes, waffles, chicken, pizza, pastries). One is [...]

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Blogs for OFWs

Posted in August 16th, 2006
by ka edong in Links

Here, I gather links to blogs catering to OFWs…

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How to call the Philippines

Posted in August 10th, 2006
by ka edong in How To's

How do I call the Philippines from abroad? Let me count the ways:
Online:

Google Talk

Skype (Skype on Technobiography)

Yahoo! Voice
G-Webcall.com (G-Webcall.com on eOFW | G-Webcall.com on Technobiography)
VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
VoiceStick.com
FWD - Free world dialup (Article on The J Spot)
CallUK
IPKall

Phone Cards:

E-Pinoypinay.com (*)

1stPhoneCard
2look4
Callingcards.com
eBuyPINs
eCallChina Phone , Mobile Phone
IDPhoneCard.com
JustPhoneCards
Nobelcom
OZPrepaidcards
Philippines Calling Cards
PhilippinePhoneCard
PhoneCards
Pushline
Superline (UK)
The PhoneCard Site
World Phonecard

Prepaid cards for Philippine [...]

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Call the Philippines via G-Webcall VOIP

Posted in August 10th, 2006
by ka edong in VOIP

Here’s an interesting service from Globe: G-Webcall.com
Call any Globe or TM phone using a computer outside the Philippines for only P7.50 per minute.
G-Webcall accounts are open to Globe post-paid subscribers. G-Webcall users can place calls from a computer to any Globe/TM phone anywhere in the world. G-Webcall uses Voice Over IP (VOIP).
An OFW can avail [...]

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