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==[[Philippines News|News from the Philippines]]==
==[[Philippines News|News from the Philippines]]==
*'''OFW remittances hit $10.8B in Jan-April'''
*'''USAID, ADB partner on $7-billion clean energy technical assistance program'''
*Tuesday, June 18, 2019
*Wednesday, June 19, 2019


:MONEY sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) reached $10.811 billion in the first four months of 2019, a 3.7-percent increase from $10.426 billion in the same period last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Monday.
:PRIVATE-sector firms in the Philippines and other countries in the Asia and the Pacific region can access a new technical assistance support for clean energy investments from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).


:For April alone, personal remittances totaled $2.713 billion, up 3.7 percent from $2.616 billion in the same month in 2018, but down 2.9 percent from $2.796 billion in March this year ........... [https://www.manilatimes.net/ofw-remittances-hit-10-8b-in-jan-april/571040/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
:In a briefing on Tuesday, the ADB said the agreement aims to mobilize $7 billion in technical assistance, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, in the next five years ........... [https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/06/19/usaid-adb-partner-on-7-billion-clean-energy-technical-assistance-program/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]


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*'''BSP sees higher GIR this year'''
*'''OFW remittances hit $10.8B in Jan-April'''
*Monday, June 17, 2019
*Tuesday, June 18, 2019


:THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects an increase in gross international reserves (GIR) this year on the back of its positive outlook on foreign portfolio investment flows.
:MONEY sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) reached $10.811 billion in the first four months of 2019, a 3.7-percent increase from $10.426 billion in the same period last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Monday.


:“In the case of gross international reserves, the projection for this year has been revised upward to $83 billion from $77 billion back in November. That largely reflects the continued inflows through the current account, as well as the recovery in portfolio flows,” BSP Department of Economic Research Director Dennis Lapid said in a briefing last Friday ........... [https://www.manilatimes.net/bsp-sees-higher-gir-this-year/570631/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]
:For April alone, personal remittances totaled $2.713 billion, up 3.7 percent from $2.616 billion in the same month in 2018, but down 2.9 percent from $2.796 billion in March this year ........... [https://www.manilatimes.net/ofw-remittances-hit-10-8b-in-jan-april/571040/<font size=4 color=green>Full Story»</font>]


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