OFW Remittances Down By 4.8% in First Half of '18

The government’s decision to repatriate thousands of Filipino workers suffering from abusive work conditions in the Middle East took an immediate toll on the amount remittances in the first half of 2018. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said that personal remittances for June declined by 4.9 percent to $2.6 billion compared to the same period last year, reports Inquirer.net.