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Published December 15, 2020, 8:00 AM
They are called modern-day heroes, contributing over 10 percent to the domestic economy through the remittances that they send to their families in the country. Last year, total remittances by overseas Filipinos reached a record-high $33.5 billion. Their personal sacrifice does not only provide their own families a better future but also helped keep the Philippine economy robust through the years.
However, the global pandemic has already affected many of our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), with some already forced to go home because they have lost job opportunities overseas. Hundreds of thousands of land and sea-based Filipino workers have already started coming home with no means of supporting their families.