Haha, 1M house in PH is already decent. It's not a joke, most foreigners build houses for their Filipina wife/gf.The 1M peso is a joke, right?
So, our friend the youtube guy who every hates that lives in angel city, says its ~$500 dowry to pay the family for their daughter..... Is that really the case?
Dowry can range from that amount upward. It depends on the agreement between the parents and the guy. I had a Muslim friend who once said that the more educated a woman is, with a good profession and status, the more expensive the dowry becomes.