MONEY sent home by overseas Filipinos in October dropped from a year earlier and from September on stiff competition in the supply of seafarers and a strong dollar, central bank data released on Thursday showed.

Personal remittances reached $2.32 billion in October, down 2.8 percent from $2.39 billion a year earlier. It was also down from $2.62 billion in September.

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