News
Raffy Tulfo Tries to Help Couple Living in the Streets in New “Balik-Probinsya” Segment
Raffy Tulfo recently launched a new segment, “Balik-Probinsya”, that aims to help bring street people out of the streets and back to their home provinces. The program will help them find a brand-new start.
There are many people living in the streets of Metro Manila. Most of them came from faraway provinces, lured by the promise of a better life in the big city, only to find that their dreams are too difficult to achieve. Many of them were also promised big money but ended up doing things they aren’t supposed to do – and not getting paid at all!
Photo credit: Raffy Tulfo in Action / YouTube
The team from Raffy Tulfo in Action roamed the streets in search of a person or family to help send back to the province, in line with the new segment.
Photo credit: Raffy Tulfo in Action / YouTube
Photo credit: Raffy Tulfo in Action / YouTube
Patoy Latimbang lives at the sidewalk somewhere in Brgy. West Kamias with his partner, Baby Rose Villen from San Fernando, La Union. According to Patoy, he came from Davao City and has been in Metro Manila for 10 years.
Like many others from the provinces, he was promised a good job in Manila but found bad living conditions and wasn’t paid as much as he was told he would get. So, he decided to leave that job and just be a scavenger. He would spend hours walking around Kamuning and Morato in search of things he could still sell.
Photo credit: Raffy Tulfo in Action / YouTube
Photo credit: Raffy Tulfo in Action / YouTube
He met Baby Rose in the streets and they became a couple. Seeing that these two seem like the best candidate to send back to the province, especially because Baby Rose is pregnant, the team decided to help them out.
Baby Rose is 8 months pregnant with Patoy’s child, but already has a kid living with her aunt in Araneta. She left the child under her aunt’s care because she doesn’t have a home. The older child is now 9 years old.
Photo credit: Raffy Tulfo in Action / YouTube
In a day, they earn about Php100 to Php150 as scavengers. They sometimes don’t have enough food to eat, but Patoy makes sure Baby Rose has food because she’s pregnant.
The team from Raffy Tulfo in Action planned a surprise for the couple, but they weren’t at their spot the following day. It turned out there had been clearing operations by the local government; they were asked to move from their spot at the sidewalk.
Photo credit: Raffy Tulfo in Action / YouTube
They later found the couple living at an impounded jeep. The brought the couple to a medical facility for Baby Rose to undergo ultrasound.
Photo credit: Raffy Tulfo in Action / YouTube
Then, Patoy and Baby Rose met with Raffy Tulfo at the studio. He promised to help them out, bring them to La Union, help rebuild their house and buy appliances, give them a sari-sari store he would stock with groceries and rice, and help them shop for things they could use for their baby and their new life.
Photo credit: Raffy Tulfo in Action / YouTube
But on September 23, the scheduled day of their “Balik-Probinsya” move to La Union, the couple was nowhere to be found…
Photo credit: Raffy Tulfo in Action / YouTube
Here’s what happened next:
Life in the Province and the City
As opposed to the rushed life in the big cities, life in the province is much slower and quieter. Whereas the big cities have lots of vehicles, tall buildings, and people who appear to never sleep, you can find the farms in the provinces. Although there are highways in the provinces, life begins to slow down at dusk and people retire to their beds early.
While many people enjoy living in the big city because of the modern advances and perks they can enjoy, a lot also take time to spend their weekends in the province or during vacation months.
In the provinces, there are fewer jobs and people tend to receive lesser pay than if they were in Metro Manila; this lures many workers to move to Manila, with the dream of living a better life.

News
“Yaya” Ad Goes Viral over Requirement for University Diploma and Teaching Experience
A “yaya” (nanny) ad recently went viral over the requirement for university diploma and teaching experience! And while the salary is certainly quite good (nearly 3x) the standard rate, many netizens still think it’s degrading to college graduates…
What do you think?
University Diploma and Teaching Experience for “Yaya”
Being a “yaya” or nanny in the Philippines isn’t exactly considered a good job. After all, the pay is quite low and many aren’t even treated well.
Although most get free food and accommodation, many aren’t provided enough meals – and a lot don’t have the same food that their ward/s or employers eat.
Also, the nannies are usually on-call nearly 24/7, and they aren’t paid for the overtime hours they spend taking care of their ward.
Recently, there’s a nanny ad that has gone viral on Reddit. It’s reminiscent of the “yaya” ad post that required the nanny to have extremely high beauty standards.
In this new viral ad, the family offers a salary of Php15,000 to their prospective nanny. Now, that’s actually a great thing (for this part, at least)! The post declares that the nanny will work in Makati, so this isn’t an OFW posting for work abroad.

The post also declared that the nanny will be given free food and will have two days off a month.
What irked netizens is that the yaya is required to have a college degree and teaching experience! This person is supposed to be responsible for the education of a 5-year-old.
At this rate, the salary is actually good, yet many netizens felt that it was “degrading” to college graduates who are supposed to find a job within their career path.
“Why in the world would anyone need a university degree to be a yaya? It’s basically babysitting. These people who want university degrees and only give 2 days off a month amaze me with their entitlement,” one netizen commented.
“This is basically a live-in job, like you’re on-call 24-7. They have no control over their time. At least blue collar workers can get away from their job after 5pm and actually go back to their families,” another wrote.
What’s the Minimum Wage in NCR?
According to the National Wages and Productivity Commission of the DOLE (Department of Labor and Employment), the minimum wage for domestic workers in the NCR (National Capital Region) is Php6,000 per month.
Meanwhile, workers in the Non-Agriculture sectors have a minimum wage rate of Php570 per day, and the other sectors at Php533.
Inspiring
Pinays Join in Breaking the Guinness World Record for Multilingual Reading
Two Pinays join in breaking the Guinness World Record for Multilingual Reading – and they received recognition for helping the international team achieve this feat.
Isn’t that wonderful?
Pinays Help in Breaking the Guinness World Record
We are all in awe of people who are able to break world records, particularly when the feat is recognized by the experts in the field – the Guinness World Records.
Filipinas Maria Corazon Cabrera and Janine Cabrera Mendoza (Maria’s daughter), participated in the multilingual reading aloud relay broke the Guinness World Record for Multilingual Reading last February 26, 2023 at the Bib Sophia library in Schaerbeek, Brussels.

The new world record was achieved by the international team by doing the relay with 65 languages, with the team comprised of children and parents from different schools in the community.
They broke the previous record held by the Museum of Islamic Culture in Qatar for reading in 55 languages.

To ensure that the new world record for “most languages used in a reading relay” is authentic and official, the event was judged by a jury of experts, including professional translators from the European institutions as well as professors and staff from the universities of Ghent, Brussels, Louvain-la-Neuve, and Antwerp.
For this event, participants were tasked to read one sentence from “Mister René,” a book written by Leo Timmers about the Belgian painter Rene Magritte.

In the reading relay, the participants had to read in these different languages, with just a maximum of 10 seconds of waiting time in between.
Aside from Filipino, languages used to read the line from the book include Welsh, Hebrew, Swahili, Akkadian, and Urdu.
It was another Filipina, Ms. Maria Alicia Reyes Amarga, who attested to the correctness of the Filipino translation that the Cabreras read during the event.

“We share this achievement with all Filipinos. We should be proud of our language and culture,” the elder Cabrera said.
How Many Languages are There in the Philippines
The Philippines is a very diverse country, with as many as 120 spoken languages.
News
Russian Stuck in PH, Sells Bottled Water after Losing Valuables to a Pinay
A Russian stuck in PH had resorted to selling bottled water after losing valuables, including his passport, to a Pinay he met before his flight.
Russian Stuck in PH Sells Bottled Water
Millions of tourists visit the Philippines each year. Sadly, many of them lose valuables, including important documents like passports and ATMs, to locals who have bad intentions.
One of them is Igorevich Vladislav Saulev, a 43-year-old Russian national from St. Petersburg.
His situation went viral after a concerned citizen, John Carlo Villaruel, shared about on Facebook via Cebu Daily News Online last March 7, 2023.
According to Villaruel, he met Saulev in downtown Cebu. He was surprised to see the foreigner selling watered bottles in the streets with a placard around his neck, asking for help because he lost his passport.

It turned out that the Russian had met a woman before his flight. He had taken up residence in a town in southern Cebu and had arrived at the city at 2AM on February 25.
He met a woman on one of the city’s streets. They ended up spending a few hours together before returning to the spot at around 10PM.
While riding a taxi together, the woman asked the driver to stop – but she quickly grabbed Saulev’s backpack as she got out of the cab. It contained all his valuables.
With no money, phone, or anything, he ended up living on the streets. The vendors in the area took pity on him after noticing him wandering around.
Although though gave him money for food at first, they also have limited funds. That’s why they invited him to sell water for commission – and that’s how he met Villaruel.

Thanks to the kindhearted vendors, he was able to survive in the streets. And thanks to Villaruel, his plight went viral and he’s now receiving help from netizens and the authorities so he can go back home.
How to Avoid Losing All Valuables & Documents While Traveling
Everywhere you go, there’s a chance of losing your stuff because some people have made a living out of taking valuables from other people.
Here are some tips to avoid losing all your valuables:
- Buy anti-theft bags or packs that prevent people from slashing your bag to get your valuables
- Separate your documents and valuables so you can have a backup when you lose something
- Don’t bring a lot of cash; online banking and other digital options are now readily available as your backup
- News5 days ago
“Yaya” Ad Goes Viral over Requirement for University Diploma and Teaching Experience
- Inspiring2 weeks ago
New Pilot Goes Viral as He Flies Above House to Thank His Parents
- Inspiring2 weeks ago
Relationship Goals? Pilot Couple Goes Viral
- Inspiring1 week ago
Teen Ridiculed for Charles & Keith “Luxury Bag,” Now a Model of Several Brands
- Inspiring6 days ago
Top 1 in Physician Licensure Exam Battled a Heart Problem since 4 Years Old
- Inspiring17 hours ago
Jeepney Driver Offered Free Rides for One Day after Son Becomes Engineer
- Inspiring4 days ago
“Mango Flute” Girl Who was Cyber-Bullied at 14, Now a Licensed Engineer
- Inspiring2 days ago
Former Street Sweeper Sends Five Kids to College, Finds Fortune by Selling Tableya