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 ==[[Philippines News|News from the Philippines]]==
-*'''Remittances up 8%, hit $2.76B in October'''
+*'''PHL edges up on gender gap report’s top 10 list'''
-*Tuesday, December 18, 2018
+*Wednesday, December 19, 2018 12:32 am
-:Money sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in October rose from a year earlier and the previous month, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Monday.
+:THE PHILIPPINES edged up in the world’s top 10 and took the helm in East Asia and the Pacific in an annual report that tracks how countries have been closing the gap between women and men in more than 70 indicators in the fields of health, education, economy and politics.
-:Personal remittances, which sum up the net compensation of OFWs, personal transfers whether in cash or in kind and also capital transfers between households, totaled $2.757 billion ........... [https://www.manilatimes.net/remittances-up-8-hit-2-76b-in-october/484367/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
+:Spurred by a marked improvement in terms of “economic participation and opportunity,” where it moved to 14th place out of 149 countries with a score of 0.801 — on a 0-1 scale where 1 reflects gender parity — this year from 25th/140 with a 0.764 grade in 2017, the Philippines moved to eighth place overall globally from 10th last year as it score improved to 0.799 from 0.790, according to the The Global Gender Gap Report 2018 which the World Economic Forum released on Tuesday ........... [https://www.bworldonline.com/phl-edges-up-on-gender-gap-reports-top-10-list/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
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-*'''Philippines on track with tourism revenue target – Bengzon'''
+*'''Remittances up 8%, hit $2.76B in October'''
-*Tuesday, December 17, 2018 12:00 am
+*Tuesday, December 18, 2018
-:MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Tourism (DOT) may start focusing on higher yield tourists instead of just looking at the tourist arrival volumes, in line with its push for sustainable tourism.
+:Money sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in October rose from a year earlier and the previous month, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Monday.
-:“I think we have to emphasize that in the years to come, there will be greater focus or emphasis on the yield for tourists. I think we have to really start positioning the Philippines as a higher yield type of a market,” Tourism Undersecretary and spokesperson Benito Bengzon said ........... [https://www.philstar.com/business/2018/12/17/1877539/philippines-track-tourism-revenue-target-bengzon<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
+:Personal remittances, which sum up the net compensation of OFWs, personal transfers whether in cash or in kind and also capital transfers between households, totaled $2.757 billion ........... [https://www.manilatimes.net/remittances-up-8-hit-2-76b-in-october/484367/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
 ==Independent Philippine Cities==