Proudly Pinoy
Filipino working life, written from the inside
Diaspora
The household stretched across an ocean, and the money that holds it together.
04 ENTRIES
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NO DATES — NOTHING HERE EXPIRES
SHORT
Who Keeps the Lights On
Remittances from overseas Filipino workers don't supplement household income — for millions of families, they are the household income.
SHORT
A Portrait Made in the Hour Before a Flight
The goodbye has its own grammar, and everyone in the departure hall already knows it.
REPORTED
The Ritual of the Remittance
Sending money home is not an errand. It is the structure around which everything else is arranged.
REPORTED
What Stays, What Goes
When Filipino workers move abroad, some things cross the border intact. Others dissolve quietly, and nobody announces when they're gone.
Where the work is
Manila, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro — plotted on the homepage map at true coordinates.