{
  "id": 14611142,
  "title": "‘I wanted to change my life’: How Dubai gave this Filipino expat a fresh start",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/i-wanted-to-change-my-life-how-dubai-gave-this-filipino-expat-a-fresh",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T03:51:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/people/i-wanted-to-change-my-life-how-dubai-gave-this-filipino-expat-a-fresh-start-1.500711170"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dubai: When Romuel Perey arrived in Dubai in 2011, he had no clear vision of what his future would look like. What he knew was that he needed a change. “I didn’t plan a big move. I didn’t have a dream or a vision. I had a salary I was wasting and a life I wasn’t proud of,” Perey told Gulf News. Before moving to Dubai, Perey has taken technical courses in the Philippines and completed a two-year…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}