DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A Filipina domestic helper here who applied for amnesty in 2018 after overstaying for two years ended up living underground for six more years after she lost her money to ...
Ricafort said the peso's strength seen in August at P56:$1 to P57:$1 levels versus the P58:$1 levels in July "somewhat reduced the peso equivalent of OFW remittances and effectively partly increased ...
MONEY sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) rose to $3.20 billion in August, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Tuesday, 3.3 percent higher compared to the year-earlier $3.10 ...
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. called the execution of an overseas Filipino worker in Saudi Arabia “a terrible tragedy,” and said that the Philippine government ...
“Masakit na masarap,” Recuerdo says about life as an OFW. It’s “a pain that gratifies.” His sister Memorie had originally studied to be a midwife, but the pay at hospitals is low in the ...
RCBC Telemoney may reach more OFW sites October 29, 2024 Fee-based businesses up BDO 9-month bottomline October 29, 2024 Breaking the ‘Savers are losers’ mentality October 29, 2024 ...
MANILA, Philippines — The government is determining whether to raise the status of Lebanon to Alert Level 4, a condition that would involve the mandatory repatriation of Filipinos in the ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government is currently reviewing whether or not to raise the alert level in Lebanon from 3 to 4, which makes the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers ...
The two largest contributors to GDP (together making up 20% of GDP) are OFW remittances and business process outsourcing-information technology (BPO-IT) which are predominantly part of the Service ...