Turning Remittances into Wealth: 6 Income Streams OFWs Can Use
OFWs sent home a record $35.63 billion in cash remittances in 2025, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. That’s 7.3% of the entire Philippine economy. And yet, ask around and you’ll hear the same story on repeat: the OFW who worked abroad for...
The Philippines Named the World’s Best Place to Retire (2026)
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...
The Condo-Only Path: Foreign Ownership Rules When You Are NOT Reacquiring Citizenship
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...
Re-acquiring Filipino Citizenship Under RA 9225: The Property and Healthcare Angle
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....