In Spanish, Ilustrado means “enlightened one.” During the 19th century, it referred to the Philippines’ Europe-educated literati, whose revolutionary ideas helped establish the foundations for Asia’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Filipino expats who visited the Philippines from the Middle East during the recent holiday season replaced traditional pasalubong ...

With more than a million Filipino workers spread across Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar, it is small wonder that President Rodrigo Duterte has undertaken a week-long tour of the Gulf. The migrants ...

Another fake cop learned a hard lesson after picking the wrong person to mess with—a sharp Filipino expat in Kuwait. The impostor demanded to see a civil ID with a fake English accent, but the expat ...

Dubai: The success of Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra rouses incredible pride in the UAE’s Filipino expats, many of whom now consider him the pride of their home nation. Philip Borbon, 31, a media web ...

Philippines marks 127th Independence Day with record job opportunities and global celebrations The Philippines celebrates its 127th Independence Day on 12 June 2025 with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ...

LOS ANGELES – The last time Armi Go called her 81-year-old mother in the Philippine city of Tacloban, the rain from the approaching typhoon was so loud they could barely hear each other. Go, a 59-year ...

Officials from the Philippines’ state education departments will meet with their Qatari counterparts to discuss a law which threatens the jobs of up to 12,000 Filipino engineers and architects in the ...

‘Dedicate this money to her’: Marvin Ida gets lucky on his very first attempt A Filipino expat in the UAE has won Dh100,000 in the UAE Lottery, and the timing couldn’t have been more significant.

Abu Dhabi: For Dennis Mallari, a Filipino expat and photographer living in Dubai, every frame tells a story and this week, his own life added a joyful new chapter. Mallari won Dh50,000 in Big Ticket ...

Imagine winning the life-changing amount of Dh30 million, but completely missing the phone call informing you of the win! That's what happened with Dubai-based Filipino expat Anna Lee Gayongan, who ...