MANILA – Where do the remittances of overseas Filipinos go when these reach their loved ones back home?
Of the 525 households polled by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), 95.4 percent said they used the remittances for food, 67 percent for education, 54.9 percent for medical payments and 42.1 percent for debt payments.
Those who said they used the remittances for savings declined to 39.4 percent from 42.1 percent in the first quarter. Respondents who said they put away the remittances in investments such as business capital or in stocks went down, as well as those who said they bought consumer durables, motor vehicles and real property.
Repondents in the National Capital Region (NCR) followed the national trend while those outside NCR said more OFW housholds used the remittances to pay down their debts and for savings. –Likha Cuevas-Miel, InterAksyon.com
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Monthly Observances:
1 Jun – World Day of Parents
5 Jun – World Environment Day
7 Jun – World Food Safety Day
8 Jun – World Oceans Day
12 Jun – World Day Against Child Labour
15 Jun – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 Jun – International Day of Family Remittances
17 Jun – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 Jun – World Refugee Day
25 Jun – Day of the Seafarer
27 Jun – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
Daily Observances:
June 6: Migrant Workers Day
June 19: Filipino Youth Day
June 25: Day of the Filipino Seafarer
