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Why English is so good in the Philippines

Did you know that the Philippines actually has two official languages: Filipino and English?

I didn't really realize this until I went there in 2010 (my first...and only time there).

Billboards were in English!
Street signs were in English!

Here are some pics I took. Things look surprisingly like they do at home.








Filipinos start learning English in pre-school. It’s a required subject for all schools. It’s used in government and business. Filipinos have to learn English, one way or another, to get by.

Julia told me that often school subjects are taught in English.  Science: taught in English. Math: taught in English. 

My second day in the Philippines I was in the hotel lobby and I heard an argument. I looked over to the front desk to see the hotel clerk and a guest, both Filipino, arguing in English!

So why did the Philippines include English as an official language? Why not just use Filipino? The weird thing about Filipino is it’s not a language that developed organically; the Philippine government created it. 

The base language of Filipino is Tagalog, with words from other dialects mixed in. Even though Tagalog is the most used language in the Philippines, only 31% of Filipinos speak it. There are 120+ languages spoken in the Philippines.
Not dialects. Languages!

Cebuano
Ilocano
Sambal
Aklanon
Central Bikol
...

Non-native Tagalog speakers often have a hard time learning it. Especially if it's not spoken at home or around them. 

It’s often easier to learn English because even if they don’t use it at home, they use it in school or work. They’re also constantly exposed to English through Youtube, TikTok, Insta, TV, movies, and books.

What happens when someone from Davao travels to Manila?  How do they communicate?  English. 

Here’s what my OFS, Julia, told me about how this weird language barrier affects their life.

I’m not a native Tagalog speaker, so I’m not that fluent in Filipino. I’m a Cebuano speaker.

My husband, Jam, is a native Tagalog speaker and is fluent in Filipino. Jam’s parents are native Ilokano speakers who are also fluent in Filipino because they live amongst native Tagalog speakers.

If you forced us to only speak in our native language, we wouldn’t understand each other. I don’t understand Ilokano. My in-laws don’t understand Cebuano. So when we get together, we use Filipino AND English to understand each other, but I lean more towards English because my Tagalog isn’t that good.


People often ask me if they can find someone who speaks good English in the Philippines.

YES!

It's completely reasonable to find someone with perfect English.

When recruiting, see if you can find someone who uses English slang.  If they do, you know English is deeply entrenched in their life.

John

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Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Bigger free tier, metrics API, and MCP spec support

Plus agent plugins, suppression list control, and our first conference.
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Hey, it's Zeno.

This month, we gave every account 3 free domains on the free tier, we've added custom suppression lists, support for agent plugins and the new MCP spec.

We also dropped an entire headless analytics API that's extensible so we can continue to add additional metrics to fit your needs.

And don't forget our first-ever conference, Resend Forward, is quickly approaching.

Quick question:

What feature should we put on our roadmap?

Just hit reply. We read every answer.


3 Domains for all

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The free tier now includes 3 verified domains, so you can build and send from more projects without upgrading. Every free team can now verify up to three domains, in any region, at no cost.

→ Read the changelog


Headless email analytics

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Get data about your emails, from the send volume to unsubscribe rate, grouped or filtered by the period, domain, broadcast, or email.

→ Try the new Metrics API


A new way to verify your email

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A new proposal aims to enable email verification directly within the browser. We covered all the details, and built a library for you to try it out.

→ Read the blog post


Resend now supports Agent Plugins

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Resend Skills added support for the Agent Plugins Standard, an open, vendor-neutral standard for packaging skills and MCP servers into a portable plugin.

→ Check the guide


Manage your own suppressions

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Spam complaints and hard bounces can wreck your sending reputation, which is why Resend has always suppressed those addresses behind the scenes. Now you can see, manage, and automate your suppression list yourself. Here's how the new tools work.

→ Learn more about Suppressions


Resend supports the new MCP spec

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The MCP specification just released a major upgrade, and now Resend's remote MCP server supports this latest version.

→ Read the changelog


A full video tour

YouTube video

Take a full tour of Resend, the email API built for developers. In under 8 minutes, see how to authenticate your domain, send transactional and marketing emails, build automations, and debug with full observability, all from the dashboard, API, SDKs, CLI, or MCP.

→ Watch the video


For builders who care

Resend Forward. An event for builders. Oct 21, 2026. San Francisco.

It's easier than ever to make software, fast. Today, true artisans are differentiated on their attention to detail.

We're hosting a conference to gather builders who still care about their craft. Those who:

  • Lose sleep over an abstraction

  • Tweak designs pixel-by-pixel

  • Spend time fixing things most will never notice

Resend Forward takes place October 21, 2026 in San Francisco.

Since you're a user, we've set aside a reduced rate for you.

→ Attend Forward


Happy sending,
Zeno Rocha

Monday, August 31, 2026

Implementing AI in your business

I'm asking for your help in this email.

Everything I do is focused on you having a better experience finding the right help for your business. 

Getting the right help is magical.

To that end, we're beginning to teach VAs how to implement common AI workflows. 

The point is that you can hire someone who has already done a bunch of implementations and have them implement in your business.

So my question:

In your business, you want a VA to implement AI  to do ________?

What are your ideas for how you'd like to implement AI in your business?

Hit reply. 

John



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Sunday, August 30, 2026

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Friday, August 28, 2026

The top 14 "VA" experts people are hiring

"What are Filipino VAs best at?"

I always struggle to answer that question because they're people.  
I want to ask "What are Americans best at?"

Uhhh...you can find someone to do anything?

Same in the Philippines. 

But...here are what your peers are searching and hiring for on OnlineJobs.ph in 2026:

 
Rank Skill Search/Job Post Count
1 Video Editing 144,013
2 Virtual Assistant & Admin 141,738
3 Sales & Cold Calling 106,277
4 Social Media 102,635
5 Advertising & Marketing 94,317
6 English & Communication 71,337
7 Graphic Design 59,398
8 Customer Service 51,464
9 Bookkeeping & Finance 36,789
10 Shopify & Ecommerce 30,936
11 GoHighLevel 30,728
12 Content Creation & Copywriting 24,740
13 SEO 24,456
14 Lead Generation 18,948


There were 2 surprises in this list for me:
1. Video editing was more sought after than Virtual Assistants (including "executive assistant, personal assistant, general assistant...").
So much Youtube/TikTok/Insta/FB and high level video editing is being done in the Philippines. 

2. Sales - I'm not surprised it's in the top 10, I was just surprised it was #3. I get asked all the time if you can hire someone who can sell.  According to your peers, yes you can. 

Everything else on the list?  I was like
- Yep
- Yep
- Yep
- Yep
- Easy
- Yep
- ...

Super easy to hire for any one of these roles.  

John


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Thursday, August 27, 2026

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