Benefits for Marrying your OFW Fiance

Marrying an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) is a hard option. If you plan to marry one of them someday, you should have to endure your longing for him and be both a great mother and father to your would-be children.

In this article, we will talk about the advantages of marrying an OFW since there are still positive sides why to marry them. It doesn’t speak about practicality but it just merely the reality.

OFWs Make More Money
The very reason why an OFW works is that of money. If we to compare dollars to our money in the Philippines, it is really away bigger. Of course, as a spouse of an OFW, if you are only clever in managing the money your wife or husband sending you from abroad, it could be a good investment for your future business.

Your goal is easily achieved
If your goal is to have a permanent residence and big house, a luxury car and a business to handle, there may come through with the help of your OFW partner, including your goal for your children to finish their degree.

Opportunity to travel
Since OFWs stay longer in abroad and went home in the Philippines once in a blue moon, there are moments that he/she go on a vacation with his/her family. This will be now your chance as a husband or wife to go travel to places you never been before or wants to visit too. Beside in local, your dream to go in another country might also come true. Your spouse can take you to the place where he/she is working since acquiring a visa for these days are easier if your sponsor is your husband/wife.

More Time for Yourself
Since your partner is in another country, you can concentrate to manage and handle your kidos and of course yourself.  You can divert your longing to your wife/husband by enrolling free courses online or engage in the different type of business.

Opportunity to learn new language
OFWs are good in the different languages since they mingle with different people and especially with their employers. As a spouse, you have also the potential to improve your language proficiency, especially in English as the international language.  This would be a great help for your future.



Fewer expenses at home
Budgeting is easy if the family is composed of fewer people. The same through with your savings, you can earn more if you spent only on what are the priority needs.

Opportunity to live abroad
If you have an OFW spouse, there will be a big tendency that you will also work in another country. Most of our OFW chose to take their husband or wife to their workplace to work together in order to earn bigger. Once it’s enough, they decided to migrate to the area together with their kids.

Added Fondness
Because of long distance relationship, your desire to see your partner become stronger. Both of you is too much excited to reunite again including the whole part of the family. This will help the relationship to become firmer and long lasting.

Unlimited supply of chocolates and other imported goods.
Filipinos are very fun of chocolates and imported items. You will no longer worry since you have now adequate stocks and you could also sell them as an alternative business.

source: JB Solis

7-Year-Old Kid earned $11 Million just by making videos on Youtube

Youtube has been a great help to all of us; having its variety of roles which gives us benefits such as: entertainment, stress reliever, tutorials and many more! Now, we come down to one of the important assets of life: Business.

As we all know, Youtube can be a source of income which before was just made for fun and entertainment. Now, countless Vloggers are being known for their channels and one of them is our focus for this section. The kid who has made Millions of Dollars by making Toy Reviews: Ryan Toys Review.

Image: Ryan ToysReview

Ryan was just a fan of Toy Review channels before, but now, he owns his own channel together with his parents which went viral at one time. He, together with his Mom and Dad, started his own channel when he was three. Out of curiosity and fandom towards Toy reviews, he built his own thing.

They started filming on March 2015 where they bought a toy from a store, took it home and then played with it while having the camera rolling and then they posted the video on the internet. As of today, that same video already has over 30 million views. That same year, on July, they posted a video with Disney's Cars theme and it went viral.

Image: Ryan ToysReview

The channel gained an immense number of subscribers and is now reaching 11 Million. These subscribers alone, can guarantee them a Million views a month! What more with the other views and advertisements?

Ryan even placed into Forbe's annual list of highest-earning Youtube celebrities.

During their first videos, the only people featured in the video are Ryan and his Dad, leaving Mommy behind the camera. In the year 2016, she finally joins the frame together with two more additional members in their family. They are the twins Emma and Kate.

Image: Ryan ToysReview

Later on, they created another channel focusing on their adventures as a family. They named it: Ryan's Family Review. It features the growth of the twins from their first steps along with their first actions. Their fans rejoiced!

Ryan and his family generated around $11 Million pretax, according to elite readers, and this is only for the year 2017 alone.

source: Rachfeed

Single Parent: How To File a Child Support in the Philippines?

Filipino women are known for their being modest because of the practices and cultures of our country that mold and defined them. As years passed by, modernization has evolved that changed lives of people. Those cultures and tradition then that we inherited to our pedigrees were forgotten. Issues about pre-marital sex that leads to the early pregnancy of women are very rampant in the society. The worst, their partners neglected them and let them suffer in the end.

On his generation, getting involved in separation that ended in being a single parent especially for women is no longer new or surprising to everybody. Single mothers who are the common victims are the ones that experience the hardship to take good care of their children in order to give them a brighter future. But being a mother as well as a father is not an easy role. For this days, the status of being jobless has nearly similarities with the status of having a job because of our poor economy. However, for you to maintain an adequate financial support to your children, you can make a move to demand child’s support from your ex-spouse or ex-partner. 

As stated in the Family Code of the Philippines, “When one of the spouses neglects his/her duties to the conjugal union or commit acts which tend to danger, dishonor or injury to the other or to the family, the aggrieved party may apply to the court for relief.” The act also included the economic abuse in which you may file for your child support and whoever breaks this law will be penalized accordingly.

All you need to do before taking any steps is to prepare for everything. Of course, once you file in court regarding your concern, you need to prepare fund for court fees. Not all who ask for support can pay the fees, however, if you really don’t have the money, the government will provide one of your counsel that belongs to the Public Attorney’s Office, Department of Justice or the Department of Social Welfare and Development, depending on the case. The protection order is issued by the court and in some cases, this is the privilege given to the aggrieved party to protect them.

The Regional Trial Court who has also the function to be the family court will hear and decide the case. The mother’s child will be the one who will file for his child’s support and as stated in the law, 7 years of age should be under the custody of their mother.

Once the court will grant the demand for the support of the child from his father, it is then the responsibility of the latter to abide by rules of law. Support is applied for legitimate and even illegitimate children by fathers depending on their capacity to provide. According to the law, “support comprises everything indispensable for sustenance, dwelling, clothing, medical attendance, education, and transportation, in keeping with the financial capacity of the family.” So as a parent, you should not be obliged or forced to support your children but you should be full-time to give them the support, love, and care they need.

Even separation is the gap between the mother and father, this would not be the hindrance for each of the parents to provide the attention and support needed by their children.

source: JBsolis

This is the Sign to Quit your Job

Working every day is tiresome. Sometimes, it would lead a person to think too much. They end up with the ideas that they want to leave their workplace, to stop from working or even to look for another job. There are many reasons that cause them to think like this.

Even I act this way sometimes.
But do you feel when it will be the right time to quit your job?

Resigning or quitting a job is never been easy. Nowadays, looking for a job is quite very tough to everybody. Philippines who has 7.3 percent as the highest unemployment rate among its ASEAN nationals only proves the difficulty of unemployment in our country. Of course, I know you don’t want to be one of them.

According to career experts, before quitting a job you should have to consider new opportunities of job lined up. But if you experience the following signs in your workplace, then it’s the right time for you to seek a new position in other companies.

If you feel that your daily life is miserable, prepare your plan to start looking for another journey. If you are unhappy with your job and feels tardiness in the morning before entering your work, it is really the defined time. According to Susan Health field, the guide to Human Resources for About.com, ‘’Hating your job can lead to a stress that affects the family relationship, your health, and your entire outlook”.  Forcing yourself to do the things you don’t want will eventually kill you.

It will really take time for you to adjust to your new job but after a year of working and you notice that your job, the same through with your boss and co-employees does not actually fit you, it might be your time to leave. It’s not about gathering friends but looking for a mentor whom will able to help you grow and productive.



Our health is very much important. Job stress can contribute to sickness. “Chronic job strain can put both your physical and emotional health at risk,” according to Paul J. Rosch, MD, the president of the American Institute of Stress, so to avoid from getting this kind of problem, choose to be happy, quit from all the roots of your unhappiness.

Another reason is the salary. If you wish to get six figures of salary in a month that your company can’t give you where you believe you are excelling and doing your part but still they are giving you low pay then depart. Look for another company that will value you more.

It’s all about discretion.  If you feel stagnant and not productive in your work because you feel boredom at all times, if you feel that your boss is abusive, terrible and demanding, if your skills are no longer in used because you are over qualified for your position, if your company has no future because for the succeeding years, they may be bankrupt and if a greener pasture knocks on your door then take it. Do not waste your time, grab it while the iron is hot. Do actions which you believe it will lead you to happier, simple but contented lifestyle.

source: GMA News

How Much an Annulment in the Philippines?

The case of annulment in the Philippines is very rare. The main reason why is because of its very expensive cost. Most of the Filipinos choose to be practical and not everyone could afford to apply for it. Maybe even a rich man would double his mind before applying for annulment unless he has really the strong desire to void the marriage.

From the beginning, what is first an annulment? Are they similarities with divorce? In the Philippines, divorce is never been applicable because it is not in the book of law but an annulment could be. Annulment is a legal process where the courts declare a marriage null and void. Unlike divorce, it is usually retroactive, meaning that an annulled marriage is considered to invalid from the very beginning. To simplify it, a marriage has never happened. There were no husband and wife unite together, ever. 

A marriage could be declared void according to Art. 45 of the Family Code of the Philippines thru annulment on the following grounds. The lack of parental consent if either party is at least 18 but below 21 years old, the involvement of fraud, the consent for marriage by the parent but obtained by force, intimidation, or undue influence, the impotency or physical incapability of consuming the marriage, for having serious sexually transmitted disease and the most common ground used as a defense is being psychologically incapacitated by your partner. All of these grounds, when proven by the court, could annul the sanctity of a marriage. It can also lead a family to be miserable especially for children where at the first place, the spouse use only the process of annulment for his own interest. 

According to Att. Raymund Fortun, he revealed in an episode of “Bawal Ang Pasawa Kay Mareng Winnie” that annulment in the Philippines could cost around P450,000. Fortun said that he gave one of the lowest expected amounts because there are bigger firms that may charge by the hour and the final bill could easily double the figure he gave.

Aside from the money, the length period of time for processing should also be considered. Att. Fortun said that the duration of years for his longest case was 3 years. This is due to several factors. A typical case can last up to 1 year and 2 months. 

Atty. Fortun and Pro-Divorce PH Chair Asliyah Limbona bring out a message during the show to mandate the office of the Solicitor General to protect the sanctity of marriage as another factor complicating the process. Abolishing this mandate could change the constitution, Att. Fortun said.

source: GMA news

The Importance of ASEAN integration in the Philippines

The Association of South East Asian Nation (ASEAN) Integration is one of the major pillar and ultimate goal of the ASEAN Community. It is the focal goal of the ‘’ASEAN Community in 2015’’ which the ASEAN Country Regions has convened to form last 2007.



The Philippines as one of the members of the ASEAN countries is an active contributor to the organization since its creation in August 1967 which is expected to expedite their social growth and other aspects of living through a support from the Association.

 According to an expert at the Punongbayan And Araullo CEO Business Forum in Makati City, Philippines is ‘’on track’’ with efforts to integrate its economy with those of its co-member in the Association of South East Asian Nations. Asean Integration as the major pillar of the ASEAN Community will really a big foundation that could help the Philippines to strive more when it comes to trade and finance. Although the Philippines compliance with integration targets through policies and tariff rules decreased to 74% in the 2010 to 2011 review period from 94.55% in 2008 to 2009, the country is still ‘’on track’’ and have chance to play a key role in seamless registration trade, travel and banking, ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General Dr. Lim Hong Hin said.



The ASEAN Integration in 2015 aims that the Region’s 10 member countries including the Philippines be transformed into a single market and production base that is highly competitive, and fully integrated into the global economy.

As Ayala Corporation Chair Jaime Augusto Zobel De Ayala stated in an interview, Philippines should play an active role in pursuing the integration of Southeast Asan economies. Contrary to fears that the Philippines could lose out in a regime of tighter market competition in the region, Zobel opined that the country actually had comparative advantages that should make integration beneficial to Filipino businesses.

ASEAN Integration would help to lower the cost of living. “Goods produced domestically may not be the cheapest option for the value you want,” Ronald Mendoza, Dean of the Ateneo School of Government, told Rappler on Tuesday, April 25. “If we open up our borders to trade, this is a possibility for us to lower some of the costs that we are faced with, and in a way, what we’re doing here is increasing the purchasing power of the population.” The ASEAN Economic Community aims to minimize or negate levies incurred between countries, which will let the prices of goods to go down. This will now end to a Filipino citizen into a salary which he will really feel its value because he can be able to afford the low cost of services and foods.

ASEAN Integration would also help to boost investment to develop industries in the country and to increase the foreign investment by removing restrictions and adopting international best practices. Another goal of ASEAN Integration is to facilitate the free flow of skilled labor. This would allow the national from ASEAN countries to seek and apply for work abroad. It’s aiming to facilitate the visas and employment passes for professional and skilled workers which will really compensate them and would increase their productivity in work.

The chance to go abroad to work is not only limited for workers but also for students who want to study. ASEAN universities are augmenting their cooperation which will allow increased movement for students in the region. Why is this important?

“Our young people are able to experience going to ancient sites in Myanmar and Cambodia, and going to school in places like Singapore and Indonesia, making friends not just with Filipinos but those of many other nationalities with many other religions, that will hopefully make the next generation a lot more open minded and stronger than this one,” said by Ronald Mendoza.

“They will be much more capable than ours will ever be because of the limitations of what we grew up with. So this I think is what we’re building here,” he said. “When you open up to something like this, and you have a vision of what that can do especially to your young people, it's going to make them a lot stronger. That’s really what we aspire for.”

One thing more, through the ASEAN Integration, member countries support each other in preventing the rampant piracy, terrorism, and drug trafficking which is actually happening at the moment.
 ASEAN integration makes it quicker to achieve these goals by working together, rather than individually. Finally, with their strong determination helping one another and full of cooperation, Philippines, and other South East Asian nation will soon turn to a more and better nation.

source: rappler

Pinoy Work From Home, Earns P20,000 to P40,000 a month.

One of the trending work today is the home-based job.  Nowadays, it is where a lot of Pinoys spend their time and efforts in this modern and productive way of living.

Now, you can work at home and earn money from the different social networks and websites on the internet as long as you have a stable connection.

Working at home is really very convenient. This helps home based employees to become more flexible on their time and reduce tension or stress thinking to pass their reports on the scheduled time. Working at home is also very useful because it helps you to save your money.  There are no longer hassle transportation, no allowances to budget, and no decent clothing and foods to prepare.  If you have small children to take care, you can still do it while working. There are really numerous advantages when you choose to stay and work at home.

According  To Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), they estimate that there will be 2.5M telecommunicating jobs to be made available in the next 6 years for Filipinos. Because of the tremendous demand for such jobs, a bill was passed, waiting for the approval in Congress where it aims to protect the rights and provide benefits for workers in the home.


From a report, ABS-CBN news revealed that remote workers in the Philippines can earn around P20,000 to P40,000 a month.

A virtual assistant worker for an Australian company, Bheng Celon said that she earns around $3 to $10 per hour. As a working mom, Amber Lupena, 22-year old, can also earns P20,000 to P22,000 monthly as a social media manager and marketer for 2 clients based in the U.S. She prefers to stay and work at home to have more time for her family.


If working at home, keep in mind that you also have to invest money on stable Internet connection, electricity, community devices and other equipment.

Register PhilHealth Online: Guide and Tutorial

PhilHealth is a mandated program created by the government to ensure that all qualified Filipino citizens, whether direct beneficiary or dependents will avail cheaper expenses in the hospital and medical bills. The government’s goal is that every Filipino should exercise this opportunity but how can an individual be benefited from this government program?

First and foremost, a Filipino citizen should register first to get his PhilHealth Membership ID Number which is to be presented during any transactions to public/private hospital or clinic. The government created an online processing which is very helpful and convenient to everybody in order to secure your PhilHealth Number. Unlike to other way that you need to go directly to PhilHealth agency just to pass the PhilHealth Membership Form. In online registration, you can also process the requirements needed through an email.

The online registration can avail by any employee, self-employed, overseas Filipino worker and retirees in either under the government or private sector. Bear in mind that in processing your online application, it is important to always remember and save your email address, password and other pertinent information regarding your log in details. It is your duty to always keep your PhilHealth Identification Number so that you can’t lose it. Take note that you can only avail one permanent PhilHealth Number and it is for a lifetime.

In order to get your PhilHealth Identification Number online, there are steps to do on how to enroll. The first step is you need to open the PhilHealth eRegistration page, read the terms and conditions and check the ‘’agree’’ box afterward then hit the accept button in order for you to proceed to next step. What you need is to fill out about your personal information, contact details, address, dependent’s information, guardian in formation, membership category information, upload section and by entering a captcha.

When it comes to your dependents, for singles, the qualified ones are your parents who are 60 years old and above. For married, they can list their spouse and children as their dependents. You need to attach the supporting files like valid IDs and birth certificate in the upload section. Before that, you need to scan them first in a clear and readable photo. Birth Certificate is one of the most necessary documents needed as part of the requirements to verify the age of your dependents.

Once you finish fill outing all the needed information, review them and attach all the needed documents to have a smooth flow of processing and get the immediate approval. Wait until you will receive an email from PhilHealth Agency successfully confirming for your application online. For now, PhilHealth Card is considered to be a valid ID because of the new feature of it.

Trump shares dubious Twitter poll saying he's better than Obama

Who is a better President of the United States? That is the caption in a poll conducted by ProgressPolls on August 4, 2017, Obama's birthday.

Who is a better President of the United States? #ObamaDay

— ProgressPolls (@ProgressPolls) August 4, 2017

 According to David Axelrod, a former Obama adviser, Trump is desperate to embrace the poll.

This "poll" is laughable. The fact that @realDonaldTrump felt the desperate need to share it is revealing...and, well, SAD. https://t.co/8QXcv5bxlT

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) August 10, 2017

President Trump shared a dubious Twitter poll Thursday that shows him to be considered “a better president” than the former President Barack Obama.

According to President Trump, no administration achieved what he achieved.

source: yahoo