Banks Closed for Two Weeks

People often talk about how the Philippines are laid back. The banks in the Philippines closed on the 24th and have not re-opened and will not re-open until the 5th of January 2009. That should give the uninitiated some insight into just how laid back the Philippines are. Now I doubt that all banks have been closed every minute. I don’t see how the banking system could just shut down completely for an entire country. Remithome, a firm that many use to send money to the Philippines stated on their website that banks will be closed on most days. That seems to imply some lead-way on the matter.

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