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Mga OFW sa Europa apektado ng taas-presyo sa Pilipinas

Mye Mulingtapang, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Posted at Sep 18 04:30 PM

MILAN, Italy – Maging mga Pilipino sa Europa ay umaaray na rin sa patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin sa Pilipinas. Read more »

Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos up 5.2 pct in July: BSP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 05:10 PM

Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos grew 5.2 percent in July to $2.4 billion, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data released Monday. Read more »

Ilang pamilya ng mga OFW, hirap mag-budget dahil sa mahal na bilihin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 08:05 PM

Dumadaing ang ilang pamilya ng mga overseas Filipino worker dahil hindi na sapat ang mga padala dahil sa mahal ng mga bilihin. Read more »

Mataas na palit ng piso vs dolyar, ramdam ba ng OFWs sa gitna ng inflation?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 10:03 PM

Sa pagsipa ng inflation, may epekto pa nga ba sa OFWs ang mas mataas na palit sa piso ng kanilang mga dolyar? Read more »

LIST: New OFW movies that tug at the heartstrings

Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 01:01 AM

The Filipino diaspora continues to make an impact in Philippine cinema.  Read more »

Peso breaches P53 to $1 level, falls to new 12-year low

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 01:19 AM

The Philippine peso sinks to a new 12-year low against the U.S. dollar. Read more »

NBI, may paalala sa online shoppers na nagbabayad sa remittance centers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 16 04:16 PM

Ayon sa NBI, ang mga online scammer daw ay hindi lumalabas sa kanilang "comfort area" o kuta na kadalasang malapit sa money remittance centers. Read more »

Remittance payments hit record in 2017: World Bank

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 23 12:51 PM

Payments from immigrants back to their home countries rebounded to reach a new record in 2017 but the costs of transferring funds also increased, the World Bank said Monday. Read more »

Cash remittances up 4.5 percent in February

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 16 04:05 PM

Personal remittances from overseas Filipinos reached $2.5 billion in February this year, which is 5.4 percent higher compared to the same month in 2017, the central bank said Monday.  Read more »

Send in kind, not cash to avoid misuse, OFWs urged

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 12:41 PM

Overseas Filipino workers should remit in kind, instead of in cash, to avoid misuse, an official of e-commerce platform BeamAndGo said Friday. Read more »

Globe fintech arm, MoneyGram launch smartphone-based remittance service

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 08 11:05 AM

Globe Telecom's financial technology arm said Wednesday it has partnered with global remittance firm MoneyGram to allow families of Filipinos abroad to receive remittances on their smartphones.  Read more »

Remittances from Japan may be cheaper using digital coins: advocate

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 06:41 PM

A Filipino-Japanese partnership promises to cut remittance costs for Filipinos in Japan, as part of an ambitious project based on a cryptocurrency called Noah Coin, one of its advocates said. Read more »

ALAMIN: Pinadaling remittance service para sa OFWs sa Japan

Seven Bank
Updated as of Feb 28 10:39 AM

Mas madali nang makakapagpadala ng pera mula sa Japan papuntang Pilipinas sa pamamagitan ng bagong remittance service na hatid ng Seven Bank. Read more »

Mga OFW sa Saudi, umaaray sa 5% VAT; remittances, damay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 10:33 PM

Bagama't ang Saudi pa rin ang may pinakamababang VAT rate sa buong mundo, napapaisip na rin ang ilang mga Pinoy kung paano paghahandaan ang malawakang epekto ng VAT sa kanilang pamumuhay. Read more »

Ano ang mga tinitiis ng OFW tuwing sasapit ang Pasko at Bagong Taon?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 07:30 PM

Gaano man daw katindi ang pagtitiis sa ibang bansa, lahat mawawala kapag nahagkan na ang pamilya.  Read more »

PH remittances recover in October, book fastest growth in 7 months

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 16 04:50 AM

Remittances from overseas Filipino workers strongly rebounded in October after shrinking in September, posting its fastest growth in seven months amid the steady demand for skilled workers, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said this week. Read more »

Gov't bats for lower remittance fees in bank for OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 03:37 PM

The government hopes to bring down remittance costs for overseas Filipinos when coursed through a new bank that was created just for them, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Thursday.   Read more »

SAPUL SA VIDEO: Paninigaw ng teller, customer sa senior citizen

Micaella Ilao, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 06:12 AM

Humingi na ng dispensa si Paul Gabuya, ang customer, na maluwag namang tinanggap ni Ricardo Gomez, ang senior citizen. Read more »

OFW is instant millionaire in UAE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 04:45 PM

A 43-year old Filipino engineer is now P13 million richer after winning the grand prize of a remittance company in the United Arab Emirates. Read more »

Remittances? There will be apps for that

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 02:49 AM

Pera Hub, the Philippine licensee of global money transfer giant Western Union, plans to launch mobile apps to make sending money easier as it leverages its network of physical stores to branch out into lending and micro-insurance. Read more »