The act of lovingly packing a balikbayan box and sending it back to loved ones is one way of showing them they are always in their hearts. As a child growing up in the Philippines, I remember one of ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Beginning in the 1970s, just about every Filipino household in America was either hauling balikbayan boxes in person or mailing them to relatives back in the Philippines. These care ...

MANILA, Philippines – There’s no doubt about it: overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) contribute much to the Philippine economy. More than anyone, their families are the ones who feel the benefits of ...

Few Filipino Americans have ever opened a balikbayan box, muses chef Aaron Verzosa of Archipelago, about the giant care packages filled with food, clothing and trinkets sent home to the Philippines ...

“Balikbayan” boxes are familiar sights in the homes of Filipinos with relatives who live or work in other countries. Sending balikbayan boxes—defined by the government as packages of personal effects ...

KC Cargo boxes being sorted by LOGO Cargo in the presence of the company’s CEO. In the balikbayan box industry, every ...

To figure out what might have happened and what you can do, it might help to understand first the long journey balikbayan boxes go through MANILA, Philippines – The balikbayan box has been an ...

About three hours before Philippine Airlines Flight 102 leaves for Manila from LAX, the boxes begin to spill onto the curb outside Tom Bradley International Terminal. Packed with gifts such as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sergio Alcubilla stands with a balikbayan box he sealed in Honolulu, on Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher) ...