Legal Articles - Doing Business in the Philippines

Amanda Carpo is a contributing editor for the expat Travel & Lifestyle Magazine which is read by many local and foreigner business professionals and travelers in the Philippines.  Attorney Carpo has also written articles for The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inquirer.net and Business World in the Philippines.  The articles that she has written relate to business, tax and legal topics which interest many local and foreign business people and investors in the Philippines.

  • Nine Tenths of the Law

    One sided lease agreements in the Philippines are the rule of thumb and don’t imagine for a second that they are in favor of the lessee..

  • Weddings 101

    MANILA, Philippines - Planning a wedding in the Philippines is a formidable undertaking that’s definitely not for the faint of heart..

  • Blacklisting of Overstaying Foreigners

    The Bureau of Immigration is taking a tougher stance for overstaying foreigners here in the Philippines.

  • Philippine Amnesty Act 2007

    It must be a jubilee year. In Christian theology the Jubilee is a special year for the remission of sins and universal pardon through plenary indulgence...

  • Life, Liberty, and Land: Restrictions on Foreign Ownership of Land in the Philippines

    It’s said that “a true free market economy is an economy in which all resources are owned by individuals, and in which decisions about the allocation of those resources are made by individuals without government intervention”...

  • Living and Working in the Philippines

    The drama and trauma of obtaining a working permit (AEP) and a 9(g) visa is an experience most foreigners recount with mixed emotions...

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