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World● Low6d ago · Nov 1, 2026, 9:07 PM

Divided we fall

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from inquirer · philippines · East Asia

A couple of years ago, I started hearing the unthinkable. Expats, I was told, who’d long loved living in the Philippines, no longer viewed Metro Manila as a plum post. From traffic to climate, red tape, and services, the country was increasingly considered hopelessly inefficient, backward, and downright unpleasant compared to neighbors, Filipinos and expats […]... Keep on reading: Divided we fall

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