A German Expat in The Philippines - Ein deutscher Auswanderer auf den Philippinen

You plan to move to the Philippines? Wollen Sie auf den Philippinen leben?

There are REALLY TONS of websites telling us how, why, maybe why not and when you'll be able to move to the Philippines. I only love to tell and explain some things "between the lines". Enjoy reading, be informed, have fun and be entertained too!

Ja, es gibt tonnenweise Webseiten, die Ihnen sagen wie, warum, vielleicht warum nicht und wann Sie am besten auf die Philippinen auswandern könnten. Ich möchte Ihnen in Zukunft "zwischen den Zeilen" einige zusätzlichen Dinge berichten und erzählen. Viel Spass beim Lesen und Gute Unterhaltung!

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

MANILA BULLETIN

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Manila Bulletin Entertainment

A High-Flying Official (HFO) recently turned a routine flight into a subtle lesson in attitude. During meal service, the HFO reportedly ignored the cabin crew, only to suddenly request tea while an attendant was in the middle of delivering another item. She was asked to wait, which visibly irked her, until another senior crew member stepped in to accommodate her request.

As if that were not enough, she then asked the crew to locate an assistant seated in economy—without providing a seat number, only a name. After an unsuccessful search, the crew returned empty-handed. 

The Buhangin Underpass in Brgy. Buhangin, Davao City reopened to the public

The Buhangin Underpass in Brgy. Buhangin, Davao City reopened to the public on Monday morning, May 11, 2026.

According to a Facebook post by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), this follows a directive from Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to improve road drainage systems to help prevent flooding, especially during the rainy season.

It is also expected to help ease traffic flow in the city.

DPWH

Department of Energy

It's 2026, why are we Filipinos still poor?

Dayang Marikit

Philippine History Professor

Not everyone here is poor… look around you, a lot of people are progressing, I have friends who bought condominium units and they've turned them into rental properties, each unit earns around 60,000 pesos a month. You need to surround yourself with positive and business minded people. The pandemic should've burst the condominium bubble, but prices bounced back within a year, this is due to strong domestic demand. Clearly a significant portion of the population have some money to spend. People have gotten way too comfortable stereotyping Filipinos as “poor”… I'm not saying that poverty doesn't exist here, but when people talk about Filipinos they make sweeping generalizations and they act as if the middle-class, upper-middle-class, and upper-class doesn't exist. The way people speak, you’d think that everyone here just live in slums.