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The new balikbayan box
The balikbayan box re-imagined

An e-commerce platform wants Filipino expats to send less balikbayan boxes, and buy local and sustainable products instead, to send to their loved ones back home in the Philippines. Ieth Inolino-Idzerda does…

Expat Living: Khartoum, Sudan

In Sudan, temperatures can go up 49 degrees Celsius, yet around 300 Filipinos work and live here. A Filipina teacher tells us her experiences as an expat living in Khartoum, Sudan. Working…

Pinoy truck driver traverses the European highways

The Filipino Expat Magazine talks to three kababayans whose jobs put them behind the wheel and take them to uncertain roads. Roads where they defy exhaustion, danger and even nature’s wrath.  Roads where they…

Filipino truck driver braves the Saudi Arabian desert

The Filipino Expat Magazine talks to three kababayans whose jobs put them behind the wheel and take them to uncertain roads. Roads where they defy exhaustion, danger and even nature’s wrath.  Roads where they…

Filipino frontliner Italy
Filipino frontliner is saving lives in Tuscany

The Filipino Expat Magazine talks to three kababayans whose jobs put them behind the wheel and take them to uncertain roads. Roads where they defy exhaustion, danger and even nature’s wrath.  Roads…

Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier on collecting religious art pieces

We are used to seeing them in their formal suits, working hard serving the Filipino communities in different parts of the world as members of the diplomatic corps.  But what do our…

Editor’s Note: All at once and in between

The in-flight screen says that we have already flown 2,847 miles from Barcelona and currently 39,000 ft. above Jordan. My seat mate on the left has gone to the toilet while the…

Aliens to these small worlds

Film maker Berjer Capati argues that before we know if we are being discriminated, we must first understand the culture of our new countries. I was walking in the outskirts of Leon,…

Changing the culture of senior care in the USA

A Filipino caregiver makes it his mission to change the way America takes care of its elderly. Raymond Villaroman beams as he tells me about Lea, one of his patients who is…

A travel agency’s return journeys

How a Filipino travel agency in Spain survived the Covid-19 pandemic through retail therapy and creating new business opportunities. While operating a travel company would be a dream for those stricken with…

Kenya travel: More than just safari

Discover Kenya’s Maasai Mara and four of its off-the-beaten path from the travel recommendations of our Nairobi-based columnist Agatha Verdadero. Traveling to Kenya is a once-in-a-lifetime destination. With its jaw-dropping landscapes and…

Paying taxes in the US? Practical tips to save you time and headaches

Financial expert Sharon Masler of Masler & Associates CPA shares some practical tips when paying your taxes in the USA. Dealing with tax obligations is complex and can be confusing. That is…