So we won something. Should we rejoice with the usual unhealthy amount of peenoise? In June 2026, a United Kingdom insurance outfit called Expatriate Group released its Retirement Abroad Index, and guess who landed at number one. Tayo. The Philippines scored 78 out of...
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....
Let’s talk about getting healthcare on a middle class budget here in the Philippines. There’s this post about how a patient was denied Philhealth coverage because the person’s confinement did not reach 24 hours. The person was just admitted and...
Considering how the amount of crap that’s been going on in the country, not everyone hates the Philippines. We still have OFWs, balikbayans, and foreigners (often married to Filipinos or plan to) who are seriously looking to spend their twilight years on our...
There is a special kind of energy in the family group chat whenever the peso slides. Some tito drops a screenshot of the exchange rate. A cousin asks if now is the time to magpadala ng marami. Somebody inevitably types “buy condo na!” with three fire...
