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 ...

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 ...

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TV personalities Cristy Fermin and Ogie Diaz have a bone to pick with Willie Revillame, who recently addressed the critics who he said owed him debts of gratitude after he helped them out in the past, ...

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 ...

He vowed not be swayed by utang na loob (debt of gratitude) and would serve as a neutral judge if appointed to the judiciary. But this early, Justice Secretary Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa, touted to be ...