PHILIPPINE BARGAINS INDEX

SKYPE WITHOUT YOUR COMPUTER BEING ON!

Most of these phones also allow you to plug in a landline too allowing you to have two lines on one phone (skype and outside line). Just plug it into your router or switch.

Click the blue links to read more. Just search http://www.amazon.com/ or other shopping site
You can order these from Amazon or try sulit http://www.sulit.com.ph/ or ebay philippines http://www.ebay.ph/ to see if someone might have one for sale here in the Philippines.

Belkin Wi-Fi Phone for Skype
If you're a Skype subscriber, you're probably very happy with the cheap calls you can make to overseas land lines and mobile phones, and you're probably ecstatic over the free calls you can make 24/7 to your fellow Skype subscribers around the world. But you're probably not overjoyed having to be tethered to your computer in order to make those calls.

Thankfully, Belkin has come to your rescue. With the Belkin Wi-Fi Phone for Skype, not only are you free to roam away from your computer as you talk turkey with Istanbul, you don't even need a computer to make calls. As long as you have access to a Wi-Fi network -- any hot spot will do -- you can use your Belkin Wi-Fi phone to connect to your Skype account and talk to your heart's content.

No need for computer to be on if you have a wifi router or in a wifi zone.
$105.00 and up at Amazon.com

Check these Amazon skype phones, remember these are not USB but hook directly into your lan router and do not require your computer to be even on! They will ring when you have an incoming skype call or you it just like a landline when you want to call on skpye.

Philips VOIP 321 Skype Dual Phone Single Handset ( VOIP3211G/37 )
4 Used & new from $99.90 on Amazon or other sites

GE - SKYPE - Dect 6.0 Cordless phone
Used & new from $195.00 on Amazon and other sites

Linksys iPhone CIT300 - Cordless phone / USB VoIP phone - DECT - Skype
Buy new: $159.99 or 3 Used & new from $69.99 on Amazon and other sites

Linksys iPhone CIT300 - Cordless phone / USB VoIP phone - DECT - Skype
Buy new: $159.99 or 3 Used & new from $69.99 on Amazon and other sites

Qube computers are good buys and customize what you want

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http://www.buyqube.com/

store locations but can be shipped all over the country http://www.buyqube.com/ContactUs.htm

I have bought many units from the Cebu location and they have a good warranty and replacement
Chat with them on their website or call them on SUN too.

GENERIC DRUGSTORES IN THE PHILIPPINES

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Generic drugs are always less expensive, it cost about thirty percent to eighty percent less than the brand name drug. Generic drugs mean more cost-savings to the consumers. Its use can save patients and even insurance companies thousands of dollars without compromising the quality of health care. According to the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, generic drugs save consumers an estimated $8 to $10 billion a year at retail pharmacies. Even more billions are saved when hospitals use generics.

The following is a list of several Generic drugstores in the Philippines and some full service drugstores as well

THEGENERICSPHARMACY

The company ventured into selling generic medicines. In 2001, the retail pharmacy operations was successfully launched. By the end of 2008, 150 stores will be operating NATIONWIDE. To keep the momentum, they started to franchise their retail stores and became the first generics retail pharmacy to franchise in the Philippines.

Main Branch: THEGENERICSPHARMACY Banawe, Quezon City Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 5:30pm Address: 459 Quezon Avenue corner Banawe, QUEZON CITY E-mail: comments@thegenericspharmacy.com

They are opening a number of stores all over the Philippines and have a number in Cebu already.

check out the links below to see the locations all over the Philippines including cebu
http://www.thegenericspharmacy.com/contact.php

Cebu has already about 30 stores

Generika Generics

Mostly Manila branches now http://generika.com.ph/branches/

There is also a blog report that there is a chain of drug stores all over the RP named Generic Drug Store. What a coincidence ! heehee They sell generic Plavic and all other drugs for a LOT less. My Enalapril is cheap enough for me here in Tacloban that I do not buy from USA or from Internet pharmacies. Try both Generic Drug Store and Alpha Pharmacies, another generic chain of drug stores in the RP. Alpha is usually even less expensive than is Generic. I was unable to find them online so they must not have websites or google is not searching for them correctly.

Not generic but full service drug stores
Mercury Drug Corporation
http://www.mercurydrug.com

Rose Pharmacy Inc.
16 E Osmena corner Bacayo Streets, Cebu City, PH-6000, Philippines
()63 032 254 1491, 63 032 255 4204 fax,
Primary SIC: Drug Stores And Proprietary Stores, Primary NAICS: Pharmacies and Drug Stores
Description: Retail: Wholesale and retail of medicines, surgical and hospital supplies but strangely they don't have a website even if they are a full service drugstore all over the Philippines with store locations and contact information. They have over 140 locations.

Started out as a neighborhood drugstore along Martires St. (now M.J. Cuenco Ave.) in Cebu City in 1952, Rose Pharmacy has grown into one of the largest drugstore chain of stores in the country.

Watsons or A.S. Watson

Watsons or A.S. Watson is the retail and consumer division of the Hong Kong-based conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. A. S. Watson has been the largest health and beauty retailer in the world.

In Asia, Watsons main retail business is the "Watsons Your Personal Store" drugstore chain. Watsons now operates this store format in several territories in Asia including Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Macau, South Korea and The Philippines. It has recently launched this format in Turkey, Estonia and Slovenia.

In the Philippines Watsons Your Personal Store (in collaboration with SM Prime Holdings)

SM Cebu there is at least three Watson stores and one more in the SM Department store. Their drugstores have no numbering system for customers waiting in line to be served.

http://www.watsons.com.ph/web/ph/

store locator http://www.watsons.com.ph/web/ph/storelocator

CDR King, the cheap computer electronics store

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CDR King is growing fast with new varied products which customers love including blank cds and dvds. With new electronic cameras, larger drives for mp4, computer phones, and now even batteries for nokia cell phones (now mostly out of stock but still shown in the online catalog) it shows there is a huge demand for these products at reasonable prices! Keep up the great product line expansion and great prices. And the website is excellent! And the instant chats with technicians are good but the inventory and stock availability is so old fashioned for a modern tech selling firm like CDRKING. And the long lines with inefficient checkout make customers feel like animals rather than king.

But if ur seeking computer parts bargains, you can't beat the prices of CDR King so check out their online site for what you want and then head to their store but be prepared to have it out of stock and long lines waiting. If only they developed a new business model for customer service hehe.

They do have most of the drivers and some manuals for their products online and

http://www.cdrking.com/

Their branches are all over the Philippines, find where one is near you at this link

http://www.cdrking.com/local/branches/index.php

Medical tourism in Cebu, Philippines growing

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AMID the global financial crisis that has affected the travel market, the Cebu Health and Wellness Council (CHWC) remains upbeat about Cebu’s potential in medical tourism. The group is seeing an increasing number of medical travelers in the province—foreigners and balikbayans who are attracted to the “value-for-money” packages developed by the CHWC. Executive Check-up programs for busy executives who lead a stressful life. The plan combines a comprehensive history and physical examination with advanced screening test. Custom tailored diagnostic evaluations, recommended by experienced physicians who are focused on promoting wellness and prevention and thorough medical check-ups and physical examinations that help detect health problem before they become severe.

Three hospitals here in Cebu, Philippines for your information that offer Executive

Check-ups

Cebu Doctors’ University Hospital Executive Checkup, Cebu City, Philippines
http://www.cduh.com.ph/
6

3 32 255-5555 or info@cduh.com.ph

Cebu Doctors’ University Hospital offers Executive Check-up programs for busy executives who lead a stressful life. The plan combines a comprehensive history and physical examination with advanced screening test. Custom tailored diagnostic evaluations, recommended by experienced physicians who are focused on promoting wellness and prevention and thorough medical check-ups and physical examinations that help detect health problem before they become severe.

Chong Hua Hospital Cebu City, Philippines

There are four (4) Executive Check – up Plans to choose from, depending on the extent of medical assessment required by your attending physician. A DIABETIC PROFILE has recently been set-up for complete assessment of our diabetic patients. A special lounge is available for your convenience and comfort. For more details please contact Executive Check-up Office, Tel. No. 255-8000, local 5125 for more inquiries.
http://www.chonghua.com.ph/ecu.htm

Chong Hua Hospital Executive Check-Up
For inquiries and appointments, please call:
Tel. No.: +63(32) 255-8000 local 5125
The Chong Hua Hospital also provides special Executive Check-Up (ECU) for the executive staff of a company. The various other services that can be availed by the patients of this hospital are:
Emergency and Ambulance Service
Eye Center
Pharmacy Services
Litho Center
Renal Services
Out-Patient Department
Delivery Room Complex
Operating Room Complex
Hematology - Oncology Unit
The various units of the Cebu Chong Hua Hospital are:
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Critical Care Unit
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Neurophysiology
Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
Women's Health Center
Heart Institute
Computed Tomography Scan (CT-Scan)
Cardiology Unit
Pulmonary Laboratory
Endoscopy Unit
Radiology
Sleep Laboratory
For further details, one can contact at:
Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu
Fuente Osmena, Cebu City, Philippines 6000
Tel. No.: +63(32) 254-1461

Perpetual Succour Hospital executive check up Cebu City, Philippines

http://www.pshcebu.com/ECUP.htm

pshcares@pshcebu.com

Perpetual Succour Hospital
Gorordo Avenue, Lahug, Cebu City 6000 Philippines
PSH Care Mobile: (63927) 650-4065

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Hi-tech gadgets and re-writable cds and dvds are constantly flying off retailers shelves

SM CEBU FUJIFILM prints special

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If you want some good prices on prints at SM Cebu, check out these specials at lower level SM at Fujifilm sh0p. Develop 20 prints and get 6 free. Or get a 8x10 free for every 20 prints and you can get your prints also burned to CD for free in studio package. For 50 prints and above you can get free binding too.