Is It Really Less Expensive To Live In The Philippines?

[tom_shor]

Boss Man,Surigao City Official Sitehttp://www.surigaocity.gov.ph/index.php?op...ge&Itemid=1The Galing Pook Foundationhttp://www.galingpook.org/awardees/1998/19...fra_surigao.htmSurigao City has 16 public and private hospitals, 26 rural heal and family planning centers, 64 barangay health stations, 3 private mediccal clinics, 61 drugstores, 117 Small Provence Pharmacies and 25 hospital pharmacies. For a little City it has addiquate Medical and Dental services.The Larger Hospitals are:Caraga Regional Hospital http://www.doh.gov.ph/crhweb/Miranda Family Hospitalhttp://www.mirfam.com/mfh/photo.htmlGrace Christian Clinic, Capitol Road Surigao Medical Center, Km. 1 Poly Clinic, Rizal StreetRehab Specialist and Pain Clinic, Km 1hope this answers your question.

Very informative. Did you actually walk around and count those small pharmacies? :thumbsup:

[jamesmusslewhite]

Boss Man,Surigao City Official Sitehttp://www.surigaocity.gov.ph/index.php?op...ge&Itemid=1The Galing Pook Foundationhttp://www.galingpook.org/awardees/1998/19...fra_surigao.htmSurigao City has 16 public and private hospitals, 26 rural heal and family planning centers, 64 barangay health stations, 3 private mediccal clinics, 61 drugstores, 117 Small Provence Pharmacies and 25 hospital pharmacies. For a little City it has addiquate Medical and Dental services.The Larger Hospitals are:Caraga Regional Hospital http://www.doh.gov.ph/crhweb/Miranda Family Hospitalhttp://www.mirfam.com/mfh/photo.htmlGrace Christian Clinic, Capitol Road Surigao Medical Center, Km. 1 Poly Clinic, Rizal StreetRehab Specialist and Pain Clinic, Km 1hope this answers your question.

Very informative. Did you actually walk around and count those small pharmacies? :thumbsup:

No, I plagiarized a lot of local web site's information....hehehe

[tropicalwaste]

For me personally I can give you a bit of a comparison as I have had a bit of time in both the UK and the Philippines and I keep spreadsheets of my costs so this is before all the prices went up in the UK but will work in Peso as it was around P100 to the

[Old55]

Its very interesting when someone takes the time to compare personal living costs from their

[tropicalwaste]

Its very interesting when someone takes the time to compare personal living costs from their "mother" country to those found in Philippines. Thanks!OUCH!!!!!$$$$ I had to re-read those UK prices. :lol: WOW and I thought it was expensive to live here in the States! "Cinema ticket in UK P800Bar price for beer P300Bar price for meal P500+Bus ride for around 6 miles P400"

All those government services have to come from somewhere and generally I have a tax man hanging on the back of my jeans.. on pay day he picks me up shakes me.. picks up the notes and walks off as I gather my coins I pay the rent and other bills and by the time I do that im left with the empty envelope..Well it used to be like that many years ago.. but I worked long hours every job since i got my first major job and had plenty of cash since. But if you take all the taxes into account e.g. :- Philippines capital gains tax for property rental I believe is 12%?UK is 40%. It works out that every

[retired]

Boss Man,Surigao City Official Sitehttp://www.surigaocity.gov.ph/index.php?op...ge&Itemid=1The Galing Pook Foundationhttp://www.galingpook.org/awardees/1998/19...fra_surigao.htmSurigao City has 16 public and private hospitals, 26 rural heal and family planning centers, 64 barangay health stations, 3 private mediccal clinics, 61 drugstores, 117 Small Provence Pharmacies and 25 hospital pharmacies. For a little City it has addiquate Medical and Dental services.The Larger Hospitals are:Caraga Regional Hospital http://www.doh.gov.ph/crhweb/Miranda Family Hospitalhttp://www.mirfam.com/mfh/photo.htmlGrace Christian Clinic, Capitol Road Surigao Medical Center, Km. 1 Poly Clinic, Rizal StreetRehab Specialist and Pain Clinic, Km 1hope this answers your question.

Very informative. Did you actually walk around and count those small pharmacies? :wt-hell:

No, I plagiarized a lot of local web site's information....hehehe

So , when my wife and i arrive from CDO we just ask where the foreigner lives that's 30 yards from the beach ? Been wanting to visit that area and wondering if you had any idea of the number of expats thereabouts including Surigao Island ?

[tropicalwaste]

Boss Man,Surigao City Official Sitehttp://www.surigaocity.gov.ph/index.php?op...ge&Itemid=1The Galing Pook Foundationhttp://www.galingpook.org/awardees/1998/19...fra_surigao.htmSurigao City has 16 public and private hospitals, 26 rural heal and family planning centers, 64 barangay health stations, 3 private mediccal clinics, 61 drugstores, 117 Small Provence Pharmacies and 25 hospital pharmacies. For a little City it has addiquate Medical and Dental services.The Larger Hospitals are:Caraga Regional Hospital http://www.doh.gov.ph/crhweb/Miranda Family Hospitalhttp://www.mirfam.com/mfh/photo.htmlGrace Christian Clinic, Capitol Road Surigao Medical Center, Km. 1 Poly Clinic, Rizal StreetRehab Specialist and Pain Clinic, Km 1hope this answers your question.

Very informative. Did you actually walk around and count those small pharmacies? :541:

No, I plagiarized a lot of local web site's information....hehehe

So , when my wife and i arrive from CDO we just ask where the foreigner lives that's 30 yards from the beach ? Been wanting to visit that area and wondering if you had any idea of the number of expats thereabouts including Surigao Island ?

Nothing wrong with using other peoples data.. whole point of the net :AddEmoticons04230: i mix a lot in with my blog simply because the whole point of my blog is getting all the information in one place. The amount of people that are searching for things and spend ages trying to get the right info is a joke.. especially with so many "old sites" out there that are in the wrong rankings e.g. ok the sites are up for 10 years but thats roughly how old a lot of the data and articles are aswell :)

[Call me bubba]

It can depend on how you live, how you budget your expenses , . if you live a simple lifestyle here you can do well. perhaps under $1000/1200 per month,

[Art2ro]

It can depend on how you live, how you budget your expenses , . if you live a simple lifestyle here you can do well. perhaps under $1000/1200 per month,

I remember this old post of 2 yrs ago! Some of those prices are off some what from what they are today, but yes, people can still live on a $1,200 a month income! It's all about location and being frugal! Besides, there's already a topic on this same subject which is more recent. This old post will just throw people off and won't serve it's purpose except for locations of different places to live! Edited June 22, 2011 by Art2ro

[Jollygoodfellow]

Yes I think there are too many topics running almost the same here at the moment about living cost,this one is outdated so I will close it. Thanks for those who have contributed to the topic.