PINOY LIFE ABROAD
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…
Her broken Swahili helped expat writer Agatha Verdadero escape an angry Somalian herder demanding payment for his stolen camels. When it comes to language gaffes, my favourite is that made by President…
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…
When an Italian teacher told columnist Elisha Hidalgo that her child should only speak Italian, she re-evaluated the role of language in the lives of Filipino expat children, and made a plan…