While the Philippine economy is still caught in the grip of a pandemic, it is widely acknowledged that the real estate market has turned out to be remarkably resilient, rebounding fast despite stringent quarantines and surges in new covid cases. Some credit may be given to how proptech companies are helping push the projects of
Overseas Filipino Workers are constantly proclaimed as the modern era’s “bagong bayani,” a title that attests to their unrelenting desire to support their families even if it means doing so from halfway across the globe. Copious accounts have been written about the travails of these migrant workers. Some are overworked and underpaid, often lonely, and
As Filipinos start regaining a semblance of the normalcy they used to thrive in, they are now restarting their lives with a priceless lesson: long-term financial stability. Culled from challenges the pandemic has wrought: As most of us know by now, the global health crisis upended life as we knew it. We were quarantined, we
Millennials, that generation born roughly between 1980 and 1995, used to be stereotyped as young adults that dislike roots, are constantly on the move, like to job-hop, and blow their savings on travel, gadgets, and other trappings of the good life.
In the Philippines, which takes pride in its close-knit families, Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) need no introduction as modern-day heroes. Their loved ones know they choose to forego the comfort and familiarity of home to spend long hours at laborious jobs and give them a better life. OFWs are also considered icons in their country.