The government has set aside P1 billion ($22.7 million) for the “reintegration” of returning overseas Filipinos in their home country, President Benigno Aquino 3rd said on Monday.
Dubbed as the “reintegration fund,” President Aquino said that the money will be part of a loan program for the Filipinos who have worked abroad and are preparing to come home.
The loan will be offered at a low interest rate and is meant to create an alternative livelihood opportunity for returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the President added.
He said that his administration will push for improvement of skills of OFWs on financial literacy and money management, among others that will help them manage their finances.
The government said that about 300 Filipinos leave for abroad daily in the hope of getting better jobs.
Currently, money sent home by the overseas Filipinos accounts for a 10th of the country’s gross domestic product, the total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year. –XINHUA
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7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
28 Sept – International Day for Universal Access to Information
29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
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Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
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Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
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Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
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Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
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