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$1.5-billion OFW remittances may be lost due to Saudi Arabia's Nitaqat program

By Paolo Romero | August 1, 2011 - 12:00am

Some $1.5 billion worth of annual remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia could be lost because of the kingdom’s Nitaqat program, which requires more than 300,000 firms there to increase...

Business

Lawmaker wants life, P12-M fine for illegal recruiters of seamen

By Jess Diaz | July 5, 2011 - 12:00am

Rep. Emmeline Aglipay of the party-list group Democratic Independent Workers’ Association (DIWA) is proposing stiff penalties for illegal recruiters of seafarers.

Metro

Dubai crisis to cost RP $300 million in remittances

By Mayen Jaymalin | December 7, 2009 - 12:00am

The country faces as much as a $300-million drop in remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) due to the debt crisis in Dubai, the country’s largest labor group warned yesterday.

Headlines

Pinoy sailors now sending home an average $760 monthly

By Mayen Jaymalin | November 23, 2008 - 12:00am

Filipino sailors are sending home an average of $760 each a month, according to the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP).

Headlines

Peso fall a ‘temporary’ setback, GMA says

By Bebot Sison Jr. | May 26, 2006 - 12:00am

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The peso’s recent setback is a result of "temporary events" in the world economy and does not represent a direct long-term threat to the economy, President Arroyo said here...

Headlines