The Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) and the Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) continued to solidify their ...
THE Philippines is positioning itself as one of the world’s premier retirement and tourism destinations, leveraging the warmth of its people, affordability, and natural beauty — while aligning with ...
Retirement doesn’t have to mean sacrificing adventure or comfort, it can mean discovering new destinations where life feels ...
THE PHILIPPINES’ pension system remained the third worst in the world, according to the 2025 edition of Mercer CFA Institute’s Global Pension Index. The Philippines’ score, which is graded based on ...
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Old age woes

Ideally, the purpose of an old-age pension system is to guarantee a person’s regular receipt of income during their old age and to guarantee a “freedom from want,” meaning the pension amount should be ...
A relative who had worked in the United States but decided to go back to Manila is living off her monthly social security pension. She couldn’t live off that pension in the United States. How she ...
THE Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed Noel Taylaran Dotillos, the incumbent vice mayor and former municipal mayor of ...
A federal plan to manage the coming “solar waste tsunami” of retired panels has missed its start date, leaving states and the ...
The ‘old new,’ or ‘ang makabagong luma’ destination is guaranteed Instagrammable It’s a secret that Sorsogon could no longer keep. There is a sanctuary ...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has updated its rules to expand investment options for overseas Filipinos by exempting ...
The number of U.S. retirees living abroad is growing at an astonishing rate. In 2019, the Social Security Administration stated that 431,000 benefit payments were sent overseas. Last year, the number ...
If early retirement is something you're interested in, here's some advice and budget templates from early retirees to put you ...