Let me paint you a picture of a typical Tuesday in the life of a breadwinning kwarentahin. You wake up, check your phone, and there’s a message from your mom asking if you can pad her grocery budget this month kasi tumaas na naman ang presyo ng bigas. You...
So you read our RA 9225 piece and decided, for whatever reason, that reacquiring Filipino citizenship is not for you. But you still want to sort your housing sitiuation out. Maybe you were never natural-born, so the door is simply closed. Maybe you are a true...
So you left. Got the green card, then the other passport, sang a different national anthem at some courthouse ceremony, and somewhere in the back of your head a small voice said: Teka, did I just give up the right to buy a lot back home? Short answer: kind of, yes....
I spent a good chunk of my life surrendering two, sometimes three hours a day to Metro Manila traffic. You know the drill. You leave your place before sunrise to beat the crawl down Commonwealth, or Marcos Highway, or EDSA, you still don’t beat it, and you...
Disclaimer: This article is for general information and isn’t personalized financial advice. For decisions specific to your situation, it’s worth talking to a licensed financial advisor. Last year, our refrigerator died in the middle of a brownout. One...
