I recently got a Sun Cellular post-paid account at Php350/month. One service available for post-paid an pre-paid Sun cellular subscribers is the “Sun IDD 10″. Subscribers can call 10 specific countries for less than Php5 per minute (Subject to NTC prescribed FOREX rate for US$ 0.10/min): U.S. Canada Singapore Hong Kong  China Thailand Malaysia Brunei [...]

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DBP and Smart Communications made a partnership that provides OFWs an opportunity to put up a business with their family in the Philippines while the OFW works abroad. Smart provides OFWs an Internet business package which is payable in 12 months via DBP remittance. DBP president and chief executive officer Reynaldo David said the livelihood program,  [...]

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Here are some interesting news, statistics on OFWs and remittances from a tradingmarkets.com clipping: PHILIPPINE Long Distance Telephone Co.’s international sales and marketing unit may tap the markets of Italy and Macau next year for the telco’s mobile virtual network operation (MVNO) service, PLDT Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan said. Pangilinan told reporters that his company [...]

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I was in the US with my family for a dream vacation. I wanted to check my credit card balances. I could access my bank account via the web (www.bpiexpressonline.com) by credit card details such as statement balance, current balance are usually easier to get through phone banking. I tried it out. I found BPI [...]

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I was at Robinson’s Pala-Pala, Cavite, last week when a sign caught my attention: “OFW Pamilya Center”. When I visited the Center, I was pleased to see how Robinson’s has taken action towards providing grouped services for OFW families. The center includes a remittance desk (Western Union), courier service (JRS Express), an Internet shop, Foreign [...]

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China Banking Corporation (China Bank) continues to expand and strngthen its remittance business, recently signing up a new remittance partner — Intaglobe, a leading international payment processor headquartered in Brisbane, Australia. Intaglobe is an innovative new service that allows OFW’s to send money back home quickly and at low cost. Remittance through Intaglobe is via [...]

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