I Googled for VAs from the Philippines and picked a service which looked reasonable.

I'll be happy to recommend them after they produce recommendation-worthy results, but I'm barely started with her yet. The first task was only partially successful, but that wasn't her fault. (I had her cancel a service that I've had AOLesque difficulty canceling. They wouldn't talk other about it, but she did get a direct line to a CSR with cancellation authority for me to call, so I was done in two minutes on the phone instead of an hour.)

If she can reduce my bookkeeping backlog from ten hours to one, then I'll spend an hour singing their praises on my blog. (And then figure out some more grunt work to get rid of.)

Ha! Might have been all local calls, conducted in her native language.

Thanks for the answer!

His blog states that Midwestern housewives with advanced degrees can be hired for $10/hr., so I'm hoping that's it, but we'll see.

I interviewed a few VAs from Philippines recently. But things did not take off from my end, I still have their contacts on records, if you want, drop me a note (see my profile).