Tag: OFs

BSP reports higher personal and cash remittances from overseas Filipinos this year

Personal remittances for July 2022 reach $3.24 billion, while those for first 7 months of the year reach $20.33 billion   (Eagle News) – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported higher personal remittances from overseas Filipinas (OFs) for the first seven months of the year at US$20.33 billion, and for July 2022 at $3.24 billion. The cumulative personal remittances from January to July this year were higher by 2.7 percent compared to the same period […]

DFA: Over 135,000 Filipinos repatriated amid COVID-19 pandemic

(Eagle News)-The Department of Foreign Affairs has said it has repatriated over 135,000 overseas Filipinos amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The DFA said the total 135,290 was after an additional 10,573 overseas Filipinos were brought home this week. Of the total, 38.9 percent (52,639 overseas Filipinos) were sea-based while 61.1 percent (82,651 overseas Filipinos) were land-based. Of this number, only this week, the DFA said it repatriated 8,112 overseas Filipinos from the Middle East through 27 […]