Philippines: High Remittances Attributed to Shift in OFW Employment Pattern

Iloilo City -- The continued high remittances from the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) had been attributed to the shift in employment pattern.Labor Secretary Arturo Brion said the reason for this is that the country had more professional and skilled workers going overseas rather than the non-skilled workers.

Brion noted that in 2006, 60 percent of the more than one million OFWs were professionals, while 40 percent were non-skilled workers.He said that in 2007 the deployment of skilled overseas workers increased to 73 percent compared to 27 percent for non-skilled workers, including domestic workers. [Read more]