A Filipino developer I know spent four nights in a Bangkok hospital last year after a scooter clipped him on Sukhumvit. The bill came to about 380,000 baht, roughly PHP 660,000. He had PhilHealth. He had a travel policy he bought online before he flew out, eight months earlier. Neither one paid the hospital. He […]
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The Philippine Arena is not in Manila. It is in Bulacan, about 30 kilometers north of EDSA, past the Marilao exit on NLEX, in a 140 hectare complex with almost nothing around it. Fifty thousand people are going to find that out on the same night. Three nights, actually. If you got a ticket to
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Walk down Dapitan in Quezon City in late August and the Santa Claus figurines are already hanging three deep from the ceiling. That is the signal. Ber months, parol lights on the jeepneys, and somewhere in the back of your head the thought you keep postponing: I should book that flight. Here is the uncomfortable
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Serbia has never had an embassy in the Philippines. For years that meant scanning documents to Jakarta, wiring money to an Indonesian bank, then couriering your actual passport there and waiting. Plenty of Filipinos did it. You do not have to any more, and almost nobody writing about this in English has caught up. Here
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Japan appears on almost every “best digital nomad visas” list published this year. A Philippine passport holder cannot get it. Not because of income, not because of paperwork, but because Japan’s programme is only open to nationals who do not need a Japanese tourist visa in the first place. We do. That one line, buried
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In January 2025, Alex Eala played the qualifying draw at the Singapore Tennis Open and lost. She never made the main draw. Twenty months later she comes back to the same tournament seeded sixth, ranked 18 in the world, above the woman who won the title that year. And a session ticket starts at S$8.
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In 2012 Kach Medina Umandap was sitting in an office in Kuwait doing quality assurance paperwork, counting the months on a contract, doing the arithmetic every OFW knows by heart. Send money home. Renew. Repeat. On Thursday night she walks onto the Main Stage at SMX Convention Center Manila to launch a book with Penguin
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In August 2026, Alex Eala beat the world number three in a final and became the first Filipino ever to win a WTA Tour title. Two weeks later she was seeded 17th at the US Open. The part nobody is talking about is geography. Four of her next seven tournaments are in Asia, two of
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Cebu Pacific used to fly you straight from Manila to Siem Reap. That route has been gone since December 2019, and nobody seems to have told the blogs. Half the Filipino guides still ranking for this trip describe an airport that closed in 2023 and a nonstop flight that no longer exists. So before you
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Family-friendly destinations in Asia are becoming favorites for summer travel. Families want trips that feel relaxing, exciting, and easy to plan. Parents are now looking for destinations with safe and fun attractions, kid-friendly hotels, and trusty internet for remote work. From beach towns in the Philippines to famous theme parks in Japan! Asia offers something
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