While the company and helping hand of their offspring are welcome, parents also encourage their children to pursue education. Although primary and secondary education is free, only half of Filipino children finish elementary school. In the late 1950s, there was virtually no high school in the provinces – or at least in our town Antipolo. Melbourne, Vancouver and Toronto) the federal governments of these countries now want migrants to populate their provinces, states and territories. As a former OFW, political asylum-seeker and exile, I’ve been there, done that and returned home a better probinsyano.

Source: Manila Times November 25, 2018 16:18 UTC