Remittances from overseas Filipinos reach another record high

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Filipino workers who were repatriated from Kuwait take part in a dialogue with a Department of Labor official at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in the Philippines on February 12, 2018.

CLIFF VENZON, Nikkei staff writer

MANILA Remittances from Filipinos working abroad set another record in 2017, but a recent labor policy could partially hold back the rising tide, at least temporarily.

Total cash remittances sent home by overseas Filipino workers rose 4.3% to a record $28.1 billion last year, according to data that Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas released on Thursday.

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