MONEY sent home by overseas Filipinos surged to a nine-month high in September, central bank data released on Tuesday showed.

Personal remittances reached $2.62 billion in September, up 6.3 percent from $2.46 billion a year earlier – the highest level since $2.72 billion was registered in December 2015.

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