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                    [Title] => OFWs remitted $8 B in  1999, labor chief says
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CLARK FIELD, Pampanga -- Some $8 billion was remitted by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the country last year through banks, Labor and Employment Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said yesterday.

He said OFWs have also brought in an undetermined amount of dollars through other means like "door-to-door" couriers or handcarrying the money themselves.

Laguesma, at the same time, allayed fears that the employment status of 120,000 OFWs in Taiwan would be affected by the government ban on Taiwanese airlines flying to the Philippines.

At a press briefing in this former US air [DatePublished] => 2000-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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                    [Title] => OFWs remitted $8 B in  1999, labor chief says
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CLARK FIELD, Pampanga -- Some $8 billion was remitted by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the country last year through banks, Labor and Employment Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said yesterday.

He said OFWs have also brought in an undetermined amount of dollars through other means like "door-to-door" couriers or handcarrying the money themselves.

Laguesma, at the same time, allayed fears that the employment status of 120,000 OFWs in Taiwan would be affected by the government ban on Taiwanese airlines flying to the Philippines.

At a press briefing in this former US air [DatePublished] => 2000-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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