Lost Seedlings and a Makati Day’s Receipts — 31 August 2026

Last Week in Philippines for 24–30 August 2026: a province household loses its prepared rice seedlings and starts the season again with a smaller harvest; a first Makati day leaves chicken-and-rice at ₱270 and a Greenbelt stop at ₱862. Two very different ways of seeing what life here can look like.