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(16 May) - Money sent home by Filipinos abroad reached $5.6 billion during the first quarter of 2013 even as remittances showed less robust growth compared to previous years. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) Governor Amando Tetangco Jr reported that personal remittances from overseas Filipinos (OFs)... 

(16 May) - Singaporean housewife Siti Khadijah Abdul Rahman accumulated a few thousand dollars' worth of gold accessories over the past two decades, but now a rising cost of living is forcing her to pawn them. With a stretched household budget that must also cater to school expenses for her two teenaged children, the 49... 

Philippine’s de facto envoy to Taiwan, Amadeo Perez (18 May) - Philippine’s de facto envoy to Taiwan on Friday warned compatriots living on the island to avoid public places after a Filipino man was attacked and hospitalised by a gang of youths amid simmering tensions. The shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine...