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The Department of Labor and Employment said Sunday the global
deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has increased to more
than 1 million so far this year, and OFW remittances totaled $11.9
billion in the first 10 months of the year, according to a report by
the Philippine News Agency.
Labor and Employment Secretary Arturo D. Brion
said that OFW deployment reached 1,012,954 in more than 190 host
destinations worldwide from January 1 to December 9, according to
the report.
Brion expressed confidence that OFW remittances
will reach $14 billion this year, the record high in history.
He said that this year’s OFW deployment had
been boosted by a 5.2-percent growth in the numbers of rehired OFWs
in the land-based sector, which is separate from seafaring and
shipping sector, while a global gain of 1.1 percent in total
land-based OFW deployment was registered.
-- Xinhua
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