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Inquirer Interview

La Pinay with the Inquirer’s Business Editor

by reyna21 on November 15, 2007

I had another EB meeting with another blogger. It’s with Ms. Salve Duplito, the Business Editor of the Inquirer.net, who is the face behind the blog, Money Smarts.
We were orginally going to meet in Makati on Wednesday, but given her schedule, we changed it to a Thursday. I’m so glad she changed the Makati place [...]

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What are the implications of the emerging middle class from OFW families?

by Rainier on August 21, 2007

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 you, what are the [...]

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

by Rainier on 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 are signs everywhere [...]

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OFW migration is natural. Is it?

by Rainier on 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 POEA in [...]

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

by Rainier on 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 middle class [...]

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