Money sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) rose by 2.7% year on year in January, central bank data showed. — PHILIPPINE STAR/WALTER BOLLOZOS

MANILA — Cash remittances rose by 3.2% in August from a year earlier to $2.98 billion, the Philippine central bank said on Wednesday.

For the January to August period, cash remittances through banks increased by 3.1% from a year earlier to $22.9 billion. — Reuters

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