Book Melancholy of the Tongue Genevieve Asenjo

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Filipineya: Egyptians’ sad definition of “Filipina”

Despite breaking through stereotypes, the image Filipinas in Egypt as a meek wife and a domestic helper persists, that it has even become an adjective. Sometime before the COVID pandemic, I met…

Nora at an tent at the evacuation centre after Typhoon Yolanda
The horrors of Typhoon Yolanda through the eyes of an OFW

Eight years ago, Typhoon Yolanda (or Typhoon Haiyan), one of the strongest storms ever recorded, ravaged the provinces of Samar and Leyte. A Filipina expat in Barcelona relives the harrowing experience she…

A rainbow over Tartola British Virgin Islands. Photo Dean Torno
Expat Living: British Virgin Islands

A Filipino expat finds work-life balance on the British Virgin Islands. When I arrived in Road town, the capital of the British Virgin Islands ten years ago, I was no longer new…

Rhea Topacio owner Pamana World BV
Ube Queen Rhea Topacio is building a European legacy

Europe’s Ube Queen Rhea Topacio, founder of Filipino brands Luneta ice cream, Ubeness, Terifico, Guapito beer and Manong Sorbetero, celebrates a decade of pioneering unique products that strengthen Filipino food recognition on…

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Book Melancholy of the Tongue Genevieve Asenjo

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