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Overseas Filipinos in US, Middle East countries sent home $33.5 billion in 2023
Personal remittances from overseas Filipinos (OFs), which help drive consumption activities across the country, posted a new record high of USD3.6 billion in December 2023, up by 3.9 percent from the USD3.5 billion reported in December 2022.
BSP confirms forecast and maintains policy settings
The policy-making monetary board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday decided to keep its borrowing rate unchanged at 6.50 percent, confirming market forecasts. As at result, the interest rates on overnight deposits and lending facilities were kept at 6 percent and 7 percent, respectively.
US-based consultancy firm expands to Philippines, launches CSR initiative
CSI Professionals, a US-based employment and immigration consultancy firm led by Marge Ordiales-Martinez, is establishing an office in the Philippines as part of its...
Trending task-and-recharge con game a hit among desperate jobseekers
Some of the more gullible among Filipinos easily fall for the latest pseudo-investment schemes to hit the sham market, called the task-and-recharge scheme by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which has since warned the public to stay away from on pain of losing the money in their pockets.
Unless fully validated, Meralco rate adjustment may be premature – ERC
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Tuesday renewed the call for the distribution utilities (DUs) to be diligent in validating costs imposed by the generation companies (GenCos) before passing them on to consumers.
