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A report submitted to acting Labor Secretary Arturo Briones showed that $3.3 billion was sent home by Filipinos working in the US and Canada in 2001, a 17.5 percent reduction from the previous year. Remittances from Europe also fell by 24.22 percent to $405.1 million.


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LABOR SECRETARY ARTURO BRIONES

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OFWs remitted $6.2-B in 2001

By Sandy Araneta | April 14, 2002 - 12:00am

Led by those in Northern America, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) remitted $6.23 billion (roughly P317 billion) to the country last year, a 3.05 percent increase from the $6.05 billion they sent home in 2000, the...

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