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Read MoreEnd of the line? by Boo Chanco | February 12, 2016 OFW remittances and BPO revenues are the two pillars of the Philippine economy. With an
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Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. The Philippines has been quite successful in taking advantage of opportunities offered by the global labor markets
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Read MoreAs far as emerging markets go, the Philippines is seldom the choice investment destination, but one analyst says the Southeast Asian nation could we
Read MoreOverseas Filipinos sent home $13B in 8 months Overseas Filipinos sent home $13.02 billion in the eight months to August, up 6.9 percent from a year
Read MoreDESPITE the availability of assistance programs and light payment or investment schemes, only two overseas Filipino worker (OFW) households out of 1
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Dutch financial giant ING Bank sees the amount of money sent home by Filipinos abroad climbing by six percent to a record lev
Read MoreRemittances, which have consistently grown despite challenges confronting the global economy, are expected to eventually plateau and cause consumer
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) sees the country’s gross international reserves (GIR) hitting a new record level of $74
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. The issue first dawned on me many years ago when, in response to my criticism of billboards that have engulfed the
Read MoreBenigno Aquino III, the popular Philippine president, should begin to worry about his country’s disappointing GDP growth of 3.4 per cent in the quar
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