Everyone can benefit from having a routine. It adds structure to your day in stressful times and alleviates anxiety from life’s uncertainties. Maintaining a routine also helps improve your focus, […]
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Handling Finances as an OFW
One common impression about Filipinos working abroad is they earn more compared to what they could earn in the Philippines. However, how many of them do you think are able […]
Continue reading8 Smart Money Spending Tips for OFWs During Christmas
Christmas is a time for family. And for most Overseas Filipino Workers, it is their once-a-year chance to go home and spend quality time with their loved ones. Unfortunately, coming […]
Continue reading6 Ways that an OFW Can Invest in the Philippines
Where can an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) invest in the Philippines? What are the best investment opportunities available for Pinoys working abroad? There are currently more than 1.8 million OFWs […]
Continue reading50 Pieces of Advice For My Soon-To-Be OFW Friend
First of all, congratulations on your new job, and that fat paycheck that comes along with it. But before you leave the country, and make your millions abroad as an […]
Continue readingPhilippine Financial Literacy Advocacy Report 2013
Back in 2008, I published a special research on The State of Financial Literacy in the Philippines. Five years later, let’s take a look at what has changed since then. […]
Continue readingMoney Lessons Learned by an OFW’s Wife
I’m sharing with you today an email that I received from one of our readers, which we shall call Mrs. A. She is 29 years old and wife to a […]
Continue readingReader Mail #22: OFW Personal Finance and Investing Questions
Last week, I conducted a personal finance webinar with mostly OFW’s as my audience. The whole talk, including the question and answer portion, lasted for about an hour and a […]
Continue readingUnionBank Offers New Money Service For Filipinos in UAE
My brother works in Dubai, and to save money from remittance fees, he usually sends money once every quarter. That money is used for the simple luxuries of my parents, […]
Continue readingThe State of Financial Literacy in The Philippines
In my previous post, I shared F. Sionil Jose’s thoughts on why Filipinos are so poor. He mentions poverty of spirit, poor sense of nationalism and loss of ethical moorings […]
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