Dani Barretto once again clarified her sentiment about children giving back to their parents, as she stressed that some use the term “utang na loob” (debt of gratitude) as a “weapon” to get what they ...

I looked up the meaning of utang na loob on the internet and to no avail did I get a good answer – or a literal translation at the very least. I do think, however, that utang na loob is a valuable ...

There are parents who steal from their children’s achievements because they raised them and paid for their education. There are businesspeople who expect certain beneficial policies to be passed ...

How so often we list utang na loob or debt of gratitude among the Filipinos’ sterling traits, citing it as if we were the only people in the world who discovered how it works. Perhaps, in a way, it is ...

Utang na loob, the act of returning the help you received from someone who has done something significant in your life, has long been ingrained in Filipino culture. Over the years however, the concept ...

This was a common scenario in the early days of Philippine diplomacy: Our delegation met with its foreign counterpart. We were negotiating, say, a trade agreement or air travel rules. The foreign ...

Valentine’s week turned out to be the most explosive in February so far, as showbiz news about several personalities flooded our timelines. While news about Willie Revillame’s controversial “utang na ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Palace rejected on Monday Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte’s claim that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had no sense of gratitude following the arrest of former ...

On February 25, 1986, at 10.45am, Corazon “Cory” Cojuangco Aquino, the widow of slain opposition leader Benigno Aquino, became the first female President of the Philippines. It was the culmination of ...