The PRA is a Government owned and controlled corporation established in by President Ferdinand Marcos in 1985 to attract foreign nationals and former Filipino citizens to invest, reside and retire in the Philippines.

The Philippines Retirement Authority or PRA held its 24^th Anniversary dinner on the 14^th of July 2009 at the Crown Regency in Cebu and Streetwise Philippines was in attendance. 

Christopher Bennetts from Streetwise Philippines sitting at one of the VIP tables at the front

It was a very well organized and entertaining evening.   After a brief introduction we were provided with an excellent buffet and entertained by local Cebuano cultural dancers and music.  

Cebuano Cultural dancers provided great entertainment

The Anniversary dinner also saw the signing of a memorandum of Understanding with various parts of the private secretor as PRA now want to integrate more with business

Philippines Retirment Authority MOA signing Cebu 2009

We were then invited to try one of The Crown Regency Cebu Sky Adventurers which currently includes the Skywalk where you walk around the top floor of the building in a safety harness and the Edge Coaster ride.  Both of these give you a 360 degree view of Cebu city and with the Crown situated on Osmea Blvd you are pretty well in the center of the city.

I took the Edge Coaster ride.

Streetwise Philippines Representative taking in a night view of Cebu city

Retirement to the Philippines will be the subject of our next guide book currently being research and written.  This will be the definitive guide to making the Dream of living in the Philippines into a reality.