Bare necessities. If you are ever in Manila/PHL and looking to get a Prepaid mobile line for emergency and/or to just communicate around the islands, this might get you on the right track.

I did some research with Globe and their “GoSakto” make-your-own combos; ~P500/month for some calls and unlimited texting ain’t bad (P300 only if 1,000 of text). I’ll be able to afford more cronuts now!

PS. You may test more combos over here.

Update
Seems there’s a better promo if you are looking to spend about P500, GoUnli500. The promo bundle includes the following:

• Viber, FBMsg, Kakaotalk,WhatsApp, WeChat, Line
• Text to All networks
• Calls to Globe and TM
• Free Facebook up to 10MB
• Chat
• Validity: 30 days