03/05/2026
Did you know Filipinos didn't choose to work abroad on their own?
The government designed it that way.
In 1974, Marcos signed a policy that literally said: "Let's export our workers. Solve unemployment. Earn remittances. Simple."
But nobody mentioned the families that would be torn apart. The children raised by one parent. The mothers and their kids would only know through a phone screen.
10 million Filipinos. 200 countries. Billions in remittances every year.
We call them Bagong Bayani — New Heroes. But who exactly keeps sending them away?
Read the full story. You probably know someone in it. 🇵🇭
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