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United Arab Emirates: Post a Report about Healthcare in the UAE and You Could Win a $25 amazon gift certificate:
If you have experience with the healthcare system in the UAE (and health insurance), we would love to hear from you. We're running a contest this week and the first 5 people to submit Healthcare Reports by Saturday will receive $25 amazon gift certificates. Submissions must have detailed answers (not a few words) and take approximately 10-15 to complete. We are really hoping to hear from expats in the UAE. To complete the report, go to:
http://www.expatexchange.com/eetr/addtiptopic/7
Philippines: Financial Advice:
Hi, All. I think we've fixed the issue. AcePoolPlayer alerted us to the problem and that test post was after we (hopefully) fixed it. In the future, when anyone encounters an issue posting or any error messages, please don't hesitate to e-mail us at help@expatexchange.com. The sooner we hear about a problem, the better. Thanks, Ace, for letting us know about it.
Mexico: Thoughts and Prayers:
We would like to send our thoughts and prayers to the people impacted by yesterday's earthquake in central Mexico. We will post embassy messages and any other emergency information below. If you have other helpful information for those in the area, please feel free to post it below.
Portugal: Retirement Report Submitted Today:
Someone submitted a Retirement Report today about Portugal. He/she is eligible to receive a $25 gift certificate as he/she is one of the first 5 people to submit the report this week. However, he/she missed filling out the form field with his/her e-mail address. I really want to thank this person with the gift certificate. If you were the one who submitted the report, please, please e-mail me at betsy@expatexchange.com with the following information so I know it's you: where you are from, where you live in Portugal and one other thing about you that you wrote in the report. Your advice and feedback was wonderful -- and we would love to send you the gift certificate. Thanks!
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Philippines: Safest Places to Live in the Philippines (2017):
Many people have been e-mailing us to ask about the safest (and best) places to retire in the Philippines. If you were to recommend cities and towns to a friend moving to the Philippines later this year or in 2018, where would you suggest? What are the best places that are not near regions where travel is not currently recommended. Thank you very much. If you would like to include information about the cities and towns, that would be greatly appreciated. If we get enough feedback, we'll pull it together into an article for our newsletter. Thanks, in advance, for your help!
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Ecuador Welcome Forum: WTF:
Thank you for starting this thread, but I need more details in order to fix the issue. Please explain what is wrong with the thread in detail. The threads are working for me... so it's very difficult for us to fix when we have no idea what is actually going wrong. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!
Colombia: Posts are disappearing!:
We have been making some technical changes to improve speed. My guess is that this is the cause. Can you give a few examples of the posts that disappeared? Are they from one member? We'll look into it!
Ecuador Welcome Forum: Site Speed... feedback needed:
We're testing various ways of improving the speed of our site. However, the page loading speeds vary by location -- and the speeds that I see up her in New Jersey are different than in Ecuador. If you could take a few minutes to let me know how the site is performing (simply form a speed perspective) this afternoon. I would greatly appreciate the feedback!!!!
Mexico: School or tutors for a child with dyslexia:
I have a feeling you'll be able to work it out - especially since you are going to be there for a set time period.
I have a child with Dyslexia and know how important it is to have a great tutor with Orton Gillingham training. I just started to search google for "Mexico City Orton Gillingham". I found this document from the US State Dept: https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/176076.pdf It includes a section about schools in Mexico City and special education services. I tried to cut and paste that section, but it was formatted strangely.
Here are some of the many schools mentioned in the above document:
http://www.westhillinstitute.edu.mx/special_ed.html
https://www.asf.edu.mx/learning/sas
I would contact all of the schools in the area.
Plus, if you can find a reading specialist with OG training / certificate to tutor privately, that may be all you need for your stay.
Hope this helps!
Betsy Burlingame
Expat Exchange
Philippines: Culture Shock Report Submitted by Someone on the Furm:
We started a contest today and the first 5 people to submit qualified Culture Shock Reports receive $25 amazon gift certificates via e-mail. For details on the contest, read today's Foreign Exchange newsletter.
An expat in the Philippines submitted a qualified report, but the form wasn't updated correctly to collect his/her e-mail address. If you were that person, e-mail me at betsy@expatexchange.com and describe a few things about yourself that you said in the report (i.e. what city/area you were reporting on, your gender and what you volunteered as when you first arrived in the Philippines). So sorry for the inconvenience - you'll get your gift certificate as soon as we hear from you!
Betsy Burlingame
Expat Exchange
Panama: Are you 50 years or older and working in Panama?:
Are you an American expat (50 yrs of age or older) who works part or full time in Panama? A writer from a popular US magazine for retirees is interested in getting a quote from you about working abroad and finding work abroad. If you're available today or tomorrow to talk via phone or exchange e-mails with the writer, please e-mail us your name, e-mail address, phone number and a brief description of where you live and work. Thanks, in advance, for responding!
Betsy Burlingame
betsy@expatexchange.com
Ecuador Welcome Forum: Are you 50 years or older and working in Ecuador?:
Are you an American expat (50 yrs of age or older) who works part or full time in Ecuador? A writer from a popular US magazine for retirees is interested in getting a quote from you about working abroad and finding work abroad. If you're available today or tomorrow to talk via phone or exchange e-mails with the writer, please e-mail us your name, e-mail address, phone number and a brief description of where you live and work. Thanks, in advance, for responding!
Betsy Burlingame
betsy@expatexchange.com
Costa Rica: Are you 50 years or older and working in Costa Rica?:
Are you an American expat (50 yrs of age or older) who works part or full time in Costa Rica? A writer from a popular US magazine for retirees is interested in getting a quote from you about working abroad and finding work abroad. If you're available today or tomorrow to talk via phone or exchange e-mails with the writer, please e-mail us your name, e-mail address, phone number and a brief description of where you live and work. Thanks, in advance, for responding!
Betsy Burlingame
betsy@expatexchange.com
Belize: Are you 50 years or older and working in Belize?:
Are you an American expat (50 yrs of age or older) who works part or full time in Belize? A writer from a popular US magazine for retirees is interested in getting a quote from you about working abroad and finding work abroad. If you're available today or tomorrow to talk via phone or exchange e-mails with the writer, please e-mail us your name, e-mail address, phone number and a brief description of where you live and work. Thanks, in advance, for responding!
Betsy Burlingame
betsy@expatexchange.com
Turkey: Emergency Message from US State Department:
Turkish media is reporting that possibly two or more explosive devices detonated at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport at approximately 10:15pm local time June 28, 2016. Police and anti-terror teams are currently at the scene and there is no official announcement on the reason of the explosion(s) or the exact number of wounded. Entrance to and exit ?from the Airport have been prohibited. Flights have been suspended. All direct flights from Istanbul to the United States had departed prior to the attack at the airport. U.S. citizens are urged to avoid the area around the airport and to avoid any police action that may be taking place throughout the city. Please check local media for the latest updates. We strongly urge U.S. citizens in Turkey to directly contact concerned family members in the United States to advise them of your safety.
U.S. citizens are urged to:
Be aware of local events;
Follow local authority instructions;
Monitor local media further developments; and,
Take the appropriate steps to bolster your personal security.
In this context, U.S. citizens should exercise vigilance in public and residential areas, and tourist destinations. Specific safety concerns should be addressed to Turkish law enforcement authorities who have responsibility for the safety and security of all visitors to Turkey.
U.S. citizens injured by the attacks should contact local emergency responders at 112 (ambulance) or 155 (police).
U.S. citizens who are in need of emergency consular assistance should call the U.S. Consulate General Istanbul at (90) 212-335 90 00 or email at TurkeyEmergencyUSC@state.gov.
You can alert us to U.S. citizens affected by the attack, including yourself, by visiting Task Force Alert, selecting “2016 Turkey” and providing as much information as possible.
Those calling from outside of Turkey about a U.S. citizen loved one who is in Turkey and in need of assistance can also contact the Office of Overseas Citizens Services by email at TurkeyEmergencyUSC@state.gov or by phone at 1-888-407-4747 (from within the United States) or 202-501-4444 (from overseas).
Colombia: Pros and cons of columbia:
Couldn't agree more! Please stop being so hard on one another. As the parent of a dyslexic child, I'm sick and tired of reading so many posts about spelling mistakes. Who cares if someone misspells a word. Nobody is perfect.
Would you like it if your Spanish-speaking neighbors and friends constantly gave you a hard time for your mispronunciations?
Please offer a helpful response or don't say anything at all.
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