President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign promise to put up a bank dedicated to the millions of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) is underway. He appointed former Davao City Judge Pelagio Paguican last week as Director of the Philippine Postal Savings Bank which will converted to OFW bank. The establishment of the OFW bank is on its final …
What is personal and what is smuggled? To avoid complications in the declaration of items contained in a balikabyan box, the Bureau of Customs draw the line. In the twitter account of the agency, it listed the following items as nontaxable and its quantities. Among the tax-free items but of limited quantities include perfumes, lipsticks, …
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PHILIPPINES – Starting march 2017, returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) whose tickets were purchased abroad will no longer have to pay terminal fees. Ed Monreal, General manager of Manila International Airport Authority on Monday, November 29, that airlines have “agreed in principle” to automatically relieved OFW’s from paying terminal fees. As it is now, every …
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Spectacular! That best describes the 4th Anniversary of FRAG, an organization of brotherhood among Overseas Filipino Workers in Hongkong on November 20, 2016. The vent took place inside a posh cruise ship which the OFW’s contributed to make the event meaningful. You could have mistaken them as professional entertainers and they showed the talents inside. …
