INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE · PHILIPPINE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Watching home
from afar.
The Philippines matters wherever we live. PHExpat brings an overseas Filipino perspective to public affairs—with evidence, context and room to think.
FACTS & CONTEXT
Understand the story.
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Philippines Today
Important developments in Philippine institutions, public decisions and accountability—what happened, what is verified and what remains unresolved.
EXPLAINERS
Beyond the headline
Plain-language guides to the policies and processes behind the news, with sources you can follow.
SOURCE DOCUMENTS
Show the receipts
Original records and public data, with context on what they establish—and what they do not.
PHExpat is just getting started. New articles, explainers and source-based work will appear here as they are published.
DEAR MA · PERSONAL ESSAYS & OPINION
“Ma, let me tell you
what’s happening back home.”
Some questions about our country begin as conversations with someone we miss. Dear Ma is a personal column addressed to my late mother—about home, distance, life abroad and the country we left behind.
A personal literary reflection, clearly separated from factual reporting.
PERSPECTIVES · CLEARLY LABELED OPINION
Life between countries.
How home, work, public affairs and everyday life look from overseas—and the questions worth asking from wherever we call home.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
Earlier PHExpat guides
Our previous writing on digital tools, travel and remittances remains available. Check publication dates: these older guides are not current public-affairs reporting.
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