Overseas votes cost P1,310 each
By Norman Bordadora
They spent so much but showed very little for it.
They spent so much but showed very little for it.
The Catholic Salesian congregation which runs schools around the world faced the prospect of bankruptcy on Wednesday after losing a court case in which it claimed it was the victim of massive fraud.
Many Filipino families have a hard time talking frankly about money matters—especially with the children. Not many families of overseas workers understand or realize that their loved ones overseas live month-to-month on their entire salaries. They want to move away from the hand-to-mouth existence to create better lives.
SAN FRANCISCO —Tony Ranque worked for years in Saudi Arabia where he faced a dilemma other overseas Filipinos have probably encountered: The longer he worked abroad, the bigger his debt grew. “Imagine the worst situation, when my credit cards, all five of them, were used up to their maximum credit limits,” he told me. Eventually, [...]
SAN FRANCISCO—The debt ceiling debate, which finally got resolved this week, raised issues and questions that are, in some ways, familiar to many U.S. Filipinos. The past three years have been rough for many of us, after all. After more than 20 years of a steaming hot economy, the party came to a painful end. [...]
Before, money abroad could be received overnight; then, money could be received on the same day, Now it can be received real time.
