00:00Personal remittances from overseas Filipinos rose by 3.3% to $3.20 billion in August.
00:09The hike was mainly due to higher remittances from land-based workers
00:13with contracts of one year or more, as well as from sea and land-based workers with shorter contracts.
00:20Total remittances from January to August 2024 rose by 3% to $24.74 billion
00:28with cash remittances at $2.89 billion in August.
00:33Year-to-date cash remittances rose by 2.9% to $22.22 billion.
00:40The growth was mainly from the U.S., Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Singapore.
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