MONEY sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) rose to a five-month high in May, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data showed on Monday.

Personal remittances — made up of OFWs’ net compensation; personal transfers, whether in cash or kind; and capital transfers between households — reached $2.896 billion in the month, 5.5 percent higher than the $2.746 billion posted a year earlier, and 6.7 percent higher than the $2.713 billion booked in April.

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