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OFW Remittances

Mahirap maging OFW, baka kala nyo!

by reynz on March 12, 2011

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Pag hindi ka tinutugis nang mga impaktong pirata sa Somalia Nanakawin naman mga food supplies nyo nang mga lecheng tiga Libya. Nakalibre ka nga sa mga sira-ulong employers sa Saudi na itutulak ka sa tuktuk nang gusali Karipas ka naman nang takbo sa nang-re-rape mong boss sa Hongkong na hindi tuli Maligaya ka na sana [...]

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The disappearing balikbayan box?

by reynz on June 20, 2010

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We have some out-of-town visitors today. I decided to run to the nearest Filipino store to buy some stuff. Outside of the store, I noticed several boxes of balikbayan boxes for shipment. Back when my parents were still around, they would always remind us to spare a few dollars and fill a few balikbayan boxes [...]

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Photo Credits: Here Think about this. Dati, there’s about 10% of the Philippine population outside of the country nag-ta-trabaho. Ngayon? Mas marami pa! Wala kasing lecheng trabaho saten noh? As usual, the ritual goes na we all send money back home, konting ipon and hope na makabili tayo nang palasyo. But, let’s admit it. Mahirap. [...]

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Da TRUE and nothing butt da true: Where OFW remittances are coming from: In 2006, Overseas Filipino Workers remitted a total of $12 billion glittering US Dollars to the Philippines. Eto po sya shown by top ten sources by country. If you look, almost 60% of which comes from the US and only 10% is [...]

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The Interview continues: This is the continuation of the Inquirer Interview. Click these links for the: 1st part: Are OFW’s the emerging middle class in the Philippines? 2nd part: OFW migration is natural. Is it? 3rd part: What do you think is the reason for this difference in common observation and official figures? QUESTION: To [...]

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What do you think is the reason for this difference in common observation and official figures?

August 20, 2007

This is the continuation of the Inquirer Interview. Click these links for the: 1st part: Are OFW’s the emerging middle class in the Philippines? 2nd part: OFW migration is natural. Is it? QUESTION: People I talk to easily accept the observation that OFW’s are the new middle class. They can feel it happening, and there [...]

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OFW migration is natural. Is it?

August 18, 2007

This is the continuation of the Philippine Daily Inquirer Interview. Click this article to read the 1st part: “Are OFW’s the emerging middle class in the Philippines?“ Question: Do you believe the government’s explanation that this is because more OFW deployments are now professionals and skilled workers? (I have attached the latest figures from the [...]

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Are OFW’s the emerging middle class in the Philippines?

August 16, 2007

This is the unedited version of the interview by MA. SALVE DUPLITO, Editor of Money Smarts, INQUIRER.net with me. I got a permission from her to post it here. Of course, once this gets edited, isang sentence na lang ang matitira. hehehe. Question: Former Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas has said that OFWs are the emerging [...]

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Are you in favor of the DLSU study that OFW remittances be taxed?

May 28, 2007

SO, TELL ME! ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THE DLSU STUDY THAT OFW REMITTANCES BE TAXED? Yeap! You read it right! There’s a study out there – somewhere in the halls of the De La Salle University that OFW remittances will be taxed.  That’s right! tha’s an interesting piece of news imbedded in this article that [...]

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It’s clear OFWs can’t depend on gov’t

March 31, 2007

I wrote about this earlier: http://reynaelena.com/?p=393 and I really did not understand why the nurses walked out nor did I understand what must be in their mind for doing so. Here’s an email I picked up on the Inquirer to offer us some insights. Whether these are true, who knows. But what we know is the [...]

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It’s the government, not the Balikbayan boxes

March 29, 2007

Here’s an article and a commentary I picked up on the Inquirer that’s worth reading. It’s all about our plight and balikbayan boxes. It’s the government, not the Balikbayan boxes INQUIRER.net Posted date: March 13, 2007 Randy Castro’s cricitism is out of this world. He said, “What’s wrong with going abroad to work?” There is [...]

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Rising dependence on OFW remittances alarming

January 19, 2007

Think tank: Rising dependence on OFW remittances alarming Workers’ money accounts for 10% of GDP; By Delfin Mallari Jr., Southern Luzon Bureau, Posted date: January 18, 2007 MANILA, Philippines — The growing dependence of the country’s economy on the money sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has become alarming, the head researcher of the [...]

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OFW phenomenon to continue in 2006

April 6, 2006

I read this awhile back on the Philippine Daily Inquirer and I thought I would share this to all you out there. By Tessa R. Salazar Inquirer News Service WILL OVERSEAS Filipino workers’ investments in their home country continue to rise or slacken this year? Optimistic developers and real estate firms believe more money from [...]

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